Suggestions for Permie Places of Interest on Maui

We'll be on Maui visiting my mom from January 16th to the 30th, and would love suggestions of farms, markets, or other places of interest we might want to visit. In the past we've gone up to John Pollock's Rancho Relaxo, Surfing Goat Creamery (not really permie, but yummy fresh cheese), a place where a guy has a sawmill set up and mills local wood into bajillion dollar tables for the mainland, and we like to hit the Makawao farmer's market for groceries. It kind of seems like we've covered everyplace that has an easily google-able website at this point.

We'll be staying in Kihei, but we're happy to drive pretty much anywhere that won't violate our car rental contract. ;P

Leads on food would be very welcome. We're not big on grocery store food in the first place, and island grocery store food tends to be both less fresh *and* more expensive, which is just plain sad. Fresh eggs would be amazing.

So, what things should some wandering permies, enjoying the weather but also a little homesick for their homestead lifestyle, do and see?

Maui Nui Botanical Garden in Wailuka might be of interest. It's not permie, but it has many endemic plants. My interest is the edible stuff.....taro, sweet potato, sugar cane. I believe they offer docent tours if you contact them in advance they have a website where you can look up hours, directions, and contact info.

I know nothing about this site/group beyond having read a couple interesting pieces on their website years ago, but it might be an option: http://permaculture-hawaii.com/

There are a couple of very cool sites(or maybe more than one?) somewhere in Hawai'i featured in some of Geoff Lawton's videos... anyone remember names/locations, or know if they take visitors?

Great suggestion, but alas they are located on Big Island, not Maui.

Nothing to do with permaculture, but make sure you have the coconut shrimp at Bubba Gumps.

Roberta Wilkinson wrote:We'll be on Maui visiting my mom from January 16th to the 30th, and would love suggestions of farms, markets, or other places of interest we might want to visit.  In the past we've gone up to John Pollock's Rancho Relaxo, Surfing Goat Creamery (not really permie, but yummy fresh cheese), a place where a guy has a sawmill set up and mills local wood into bajillion dollar tables for the mainland, and we like to hit the Makawao farmer's market for groceries.  It kind of seems like we've covered everyplace that has an easily google-able website at this point.

We'll be staying in Kihei, but we're happy to drive pretty much anywhere that won't violate our car rental contract. ;P

Leads on food would be very welcome.  We're not big on grocery store food in the first place, and island grocery store food tends to be both less fresh *and* more expensive, which is just plain sad.  Fresh eggs would be amazing.

So, what things should some wandering permies, enjoying the weather but also a little homesick for their homestead lifestyle, do and see?

Hi Roberta,

I am traveling to Maui next month and am searching for a similar type of experience.  Did you find any leads? Do you have any memorable successes/finds? Thanks so much for your time.  Traveling is enjoyable but can be difficult.

If you can get a hold of John Pollock and he invites you up to his place, I would go. He's got a great setup and is an enjoyable guy to chat with. He doesn't do formal tours or anything though, I just emailed him through his website and he invited us out. He also vends at the Kula farmers market, which is a great truly local market, all organic. It's at Waipuna Chapel on Omaopio Rd on Wednesdays.

Roberta Wilkinson wrote:If you can get a hold of John Pollock and he invites you up to his place, I would go. He's got a great setup and is an enjoyable guy to chat with. He doesn't do formal tours or anything though, I just emailed him through his website and he invited us out. He also vends at the Kula farmers market, which is a great truly local market, all organic. It's at Waipuna Chapel on Omaopio Rd on Wednesdays.

Thank you so much for your time and quick response. I will take your recommendation to heart.