THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Together, we can build more resilient food systems and share in collective abundance.
Kamaʻāina Program
Kamaʻāina Program
Our goal has always been to help balance Hawaiʻiʻs Axis deer populations, but our hope is that the value of that management extends throughout our paeʻāina, throughout our communities.
As we grow as a business and try to meet these management goals, we remain committed to finding ways to make venison more accessible to our local customers. Kamaʻāina translates to - child of the land, and names our preferred pricing program of both fresh venison as well as bars and sticks for all Hawaiʻi residents.
In this spirit, we’ve compiled special Kamaʻāina fresh box and snack packs for any local customer, whether you are purchasing venison for your restaurant, retail location, or home.
Holo ʻAi Program
Holo ʻAi is the term for a traditional food bundle and can also mean to speed food to where it is needed. The Holo ʻAi Program started as a response to the instability created by the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Any successes this program has had thus far were only achieved through partnerships with incredible organizations and businesses—partners who helped store, move, cook, and share venison.
We want to mahalo these organizations, as well as a number of smaller kitchens, for their work in and out of this program to help holo ʻai within our communities:
Holo ʻAi Program
Holo ʻAi is the term for a traditional food bundle and can also mean to speed food to where it is needed. The Holo ʻAi Program started as a response to the instability created by the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Any successes this program has had thus far were only achieved through partnerships with incredible organizations and businesses—partners who helped store, move, cook, and share venison.
We want to mahalo these organizations, as well as a number of smaller kitchens, for their work in and out of this program to help holo ʻai within our communities:
Together, we were able to distribute over
48,000+ lbs of venison, 130,000+ meals,
into our communities to date.
For us, the program was not born out of a need for charity, but out of a need for change. It is about how to continue to better the way in which our communities are able to access and engage in Hawaiʻiʻs collective abundance. There is a lot of work to be done to build resilience and equity into our local food systems, and we believe that those who have the capacity to build, should build.