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Ma ke kakahiaka nui, ua ua iho nei ma Hāna. ʻĀnō, ke kolo nei ka lā ma hope o nā ao, a ikiiki loa ke ea ma ko Hauʻoli Kahaleuahi holoholo ʻana mai ka piko o Hāna School i ka māla — ua ʻeli ʻia nō ia ma ka pā mauʻu ma waena o nā lumi papa he ʻelua lālani. 

“ʻO ka ʻuala ʻoe, ka lakika ʻoe, ʻo ka pakila ʻoe,” wahi a Kahaleuahi me ka helu ʻana i kēlā me kēia lauʻai e ulu ana ma laila.

“ʻO ke kaikona ʻoe,” āna e hoʻomau aku ai me ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lepo. “ʻO ka lekuke ʻoe, a me ka ʻakaʻakai.”

Ma kēia lā e maluhia ai ka māla. Aia nā keiki ma loko o nā lumi papa; e hoʻi ana lākou i ka hana ma ka lepo ma hope. ʻO ka lālani i kokoke i ka hele ʻana o Kahaleuahi, he mau lumi papa kona lōʻihi, a ʻo ia kekahi o ʻelima lālani ma kēia pā mauʻu liʻiliʻi o ke kula kahua. He mau lālani ʻē aʻe ko ke kahua kula i mālama ʻia e nā papa like ʻole, a he mau ʻōnaehana mahiiʻa hoʻi ko laila e mahi ʻia ana ka lekuke, ke kāpiki, a me ka ʻōhiʻa haole e nā haumāna ma kēia makahiki aku. 

ʻAʻole kākaʻikahi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā māla i nā kula, akā he pae ʻokoʻa loa ko ka mea e holo nei ma Hāna School. Ua mahi aku nei nā haumāna i ka ʻuala he 200 paona. He ulu lāʻau hoʻi ko laila me 90 mau lāʻau hua, e laʻa ka mīkana, ka pea, ka maiʻa, ka manakō, ka soursop, a me ka ʻulu. 

Ke kūkulu aʻe nei hoʻi ke kula i kahi hale hoʻoulu mea kanu, no ka mea, ua pili loa ia i ka hui a Kahaleuahi e hana aku ai ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻonohonoho pilina kaiāulu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole i ʻelua mau kekeke aku nei me ka nuʻukia e aʻo ʻia ai nā keiki ma Hāna School i ka ʻoihana kūkulu, a ma muli o kēia, na nā haumāna i kūkulu i 13 kūkulu ma ke kahua kula, e laʻa ke keʻena o ke poʻo kula a me ke kula kamaliʻi. 

Mai kēlā wā aku, mau nō ka hoʻākea ʻia ʻana o Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke, e laʻa ke kōkua ʻana i nā mahiʻai kamaʻāina a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā haumāna e lilo i kahu ʻāina o ka hanauna hou.  — ʻekolu makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka hana noiʻi ʻana – a ʻo ia ke nānā i ka hōʻoi ʻana i ka lako mea ʻai ma Maui Hikina a me ka hiki ʻana o nā ʻohana ke loaʻa iā lākou ka ʻai pono no kēia ʻāina nei. Ua hihia loa kēia pilikia, akā holomua naʻe ka hui me kekahi mau haʻina. 

Eia kekahi o nā haʻina maʻalahi: E hoʻomaka ma ke kula e mahi ʻia ai ka meaʻai ma ke kula me ke aʻo ʻia ʻana o nā haumāna i ka hoʻoulu, ka mahi, a me ka hoʻomākaukau mea ʻai ʻana. 

“Ua hoʻomaka ʻia me ka ʻiʻini o kekahi e lawelawe aku ai i nā keiki, a ua lilo ia, he kula ma loko o kahi kula,” wahi a Chris Sanita, ʻo ia ke poʻo kula ma Hāna School. 

Lawelawe aku ʻo Hāna School i nā keiki he 400, mai ke kula kamaliʻi a i ka papa ʻumikūmālua, a me nā mākua ʻōpiopio i hemo kula aku nei a hana lākou ma ke kula ma o nā polokalamu aʻo ʻoihana a ka hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole. Ma o nā makahiki i hala, ua ulu ʻo Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke i ka pakanā hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole o ke kula aupuni, a ke pani ʻia nei nā hakahaka e hōʻalo ʻia ai nā ālaina pākulekele ma ka hana pū ʻana me nā keʻena hoʻonaʻauao he pae mokuʻāina a he pae pekelala. 

Me ka hana pū ʻana me ke kula, ʻo ko Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mākaukau ʻoihana i nā alakaʻi hou o ke kaiāulu ma Maui Hikina i hiki iā lākou ke mālama iā lākou iho, a me ka paipai ʻana iā lākou me ka ʻike e mālama ʻia ai nā hoa noho a me ka ʻāina a puni. 

He alahele ia no ka hui hoʻopuka waiwai ʻole e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia laulā ma ka pae pilikanaka a me ka pae hoʻokele waiwai ma Maui — e laʻa ka hoʻokele waiwai lahilahi a me ka ʻōnaehana meaʻai e kaukaʻi ana i nā waiwai hoʻopae mai — ma o kēlā me kēia keiki pākahi. Ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau, ʻo ia ka mea i pōpilika ai ʻo Maui ma ka pae hoʻokele waiwai, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻē ʻo Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke i haʻawina kālā mai ke aupuni pekelala no ka noiʻi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana mea ʻai ma Maui Hikina a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ke kaukaʻi ʻana o ka māhele ʻāina i nā waiwai hoʻopae mai no waho, a he ʻelua hola ka mamao kalaiwa ma waena o ua māhele ʻāina a me kahi pā pikineki. 

Ua hōʻike maila i hoʻolaha ʻia ma kēia kauwela, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke koena o �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ�� e hoʻopae ʻia mai ai ka mea ʻai he 90%, ʻo ka meaʻai maka kamaʻāina, he hoʻokahi hapahā ia o ka uku meaʻai no nā ʻohana ma Hāna. Ma o nā ana manaʻo he mau kākini i nīele aku i nā ʻohana a me nā keiki hele kula, ua hōʻoia nā mea noiʻi, makemake nā kamaʻāina no Hāna i ka meaʻai �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ�� — kapa ʻia he “ʻāina-based foods” e lākou, e laʻa ke kalo, ka ʻuala, ka ʻulu, a me ka maiʻa. ʻO nā meaʻai, e laʻa ka lasagna ʻulu, ka poi, ka laulau, a me ka puaʻa kālua, ʻo ia kekahi o nā koho ʻaina awakea punahele i koho ʻia e nā keiki no Hāna. 

Ma kēia pūkaʻina, e noiʻi nui ana ʻo Civil Beat i ka mea e pono ai ko �Ჹ�ɲ���ʻ�� hoʻēmi ʻana i ke kaukaʻi ʻana i ka mea ʻai i hoʻopae ʻia mai a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kona hiki ʻana ke ulu i kāna meaʻai ponoʻī. 

ʻAʻole nō ia he pūʻiwa, wahi a ka noiʻi, no ka mea, he Kanaka Maoli ka nui o nā kamaʻāina he 70% a ʻoi. ʻO ka pilikia naʻe, ʻo ia nā ālaina ma ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai i mahi ʻia e nā mahiʻai ma Maui Hikina i ka pā ʻai o nā ʻohana a me nā hale ʻaina kula. He mau mea like ʻole nā hihia, mai ke kumukūʻai a i ka nele ʻana o nā limahana ʻole, a ua pili kēlā hihia i ka uku ʻuʻuku no ka hana mahiʻai, ka nele ʻana i ke kālā hoʻomaka ʻole e hoʻopuka i ko ka māhele ʻāina mau mahiʻai, a me ka hiki ʻole ke hele a hoʻohana i ka ʻāina mahiʻai a me nā mīkini mahiʻai, wahi a ka noiʻi. 

“He pono ka hōʻoia ʻia ʻana o kēia mau mea i ʻike ʻia akula e nā kānaka he nui,” wahi a Lipoa Kahaleuahi, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokō o ka hui, a he pukana ʻo ia maiā Hana School mai. Ma mua o kona ʻauamo ʻana i kēlā kuleana, ua hana ʻo Lipoa ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻonohonoho pilina kaiāulu no ka hui, a ʻo ia ke kūlana a kona kaikaina ʻo Hauʻoli e noho nei. 

ʻĀnō, me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili, ke kālele ana ʻo Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke i ka hōʻoi ʻana i kahi māhele o ko Maui Hikina ʻōnaehana meaʻai penei, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mea ʻai kamaʻāina i nā keiki ma ke kula. Ma mua o ka wā maʻi ahulau, e hāʻawi aku ana ke kula i 450 ʻaina ma waena o ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina awakea i kēlā me kēia lā, wahi āna. 

Akā, ʻaʻole ia he maʻalahi i ka hale ʻaina kula e hoʻomaka i ke kūʻai ʻana mai i ka meaʻai mai nā mahiʻai no Hāna. I loko nō o ka pahuhopu o ka mokuʻāina e kūʻai ʻia ai nā meaʻai kamaʻāina, ua hihia loa ka moʻohelu kālā a me ka nui limahana, no laila, no ʻAmelika nō ka hapanui o ka meaʻai e hāʻawi ʻia e nā kepa DOE. No laila, ma kahi o ka manaʻo he “mahiʻai-i-kula,” ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Hāna School e hoʻoholo i ka manaʻo he “māla-i-hale ʻāina kula.” 

“He wahi kohu loa kēia i ka hoʻololi nui ʻia ʻana,” wahi a Kahaleuahi, ʻoiai, hāʻawi ka hale ʻaina kula i nā ʻaina he mau haneli i nā keiki no Keʻanae a i Kaupō. 

Ma kēia makahiki, ua hai ʻo Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke i luna hoʻonohonoho māla, ʻo ia ke haku i nā papa haʻawina a alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā keiki ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā hua a me nā lauʻai e lako ai nā papa kuke o Hāna School, ma luna aʻe o nā mea i hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia mai ka waihona meaʻai. Ma kahi kakahiaka mōlaʻelaʻe i kēlā pule aku nei, ua moani ke ʻala o ke kinamona a me nā ʻāpala mehana ma o ka lumi kuke ʻoihana o ke kula, ʻo ia kahi i kuke ʻia ai ke kai ʻāpala e kahi papa kula waena. 

ʻO Babette Lopez, ʻo ia ke nānā i ka polokalamu kuke, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia i nā pākaukau ma waho o ka lumi papa ma ka ʻauinalā. Inā kuke kāna mau papa i nā ʻaina he nui loa, e lilo kēlā mau ʻaina i ʻai māmā no ka nui haumāna ma hope o ke kula. Ma ka papa kuhikuhi meaʻai ma kēlā lā, eia nō ka meaʻai: ke kai ʻāpala, ka ʻuala i hākui ʻia, ka maiʻa i hoʻomaloʻo ʻia, a me ka palaoa pāpaʻa me ka maiʻa, ka pīneki pāka, ka ʻanoʻano chia a me ka meli — a na nā haumāna nō i hana. 

Ua kōkua pū hoʻi nā keiki iā Lopez ma ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kimchi he mau kālani. ʻAʻole nō ia e ʻai ʻia e lākou iho, e hoʻokomo ʻia naʻe ia i mau pahu e hoʻouna ʻia ana e Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke i nā kūpuna he mau kākini i kēlā me kēia pule. 

“Ua maikaʻi nō ia i nā keiki,” wahi a Lopez. 

Ma ka polokalamu kūkulu a Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke, kauoha pinepine ʻia nā haumāna e hoʻoponopono i nā hale o nā kūpuna ma ke kaiāulu. He alahele ia e hānai ʻia ai ka hanauna hou o nā kahu kaiāulu, wahi a Hauʻoli Kahaleuahi, a he alahele hoʻi ia no nā kūpuna e hō aku ai i ko lākou ʻike i ko Hāna ʻōpio. 

“Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi nui ma ʻaneʻi ma ko mākou kaiāulu,” wahi a Kahaleuahi. “He wahi kupanaha loa ko mākou kaiāulu, ʻo ia kahi e ola ai ka ʻike ʻāina a me ka ʻike ma ka hana.” 

Ua kākoʻo hapa ʻia kā Civil Beat kūkala nūhou ʻana i ke Kalana o Maui e nā haʻawina kālā na ka Nuestro Futuro Foundation a me ka Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation. 

Ua uku hapa ʻia ʻo “Hawaii Grown” e nā makana kālā maiā Stupski Foundation, Ulupono Fund ma ka Hawaii Community Foundation a me ka Frost Family Foundation.