Our FARMILY
Our farmily includes residents, CSA (community supported agriculture program) members, teachers, students, volunteers who gather to share this beautiful life. We love our little community and are always looking for more great teammates.
Aloha kakou, my name is Meleana Judd-Cox. I love this magical place, cherish moments riding waves and am guided by a mission to grow food food and a place for peace health and wellness…and invite you to join us!
Our health is dependent on planetary health. I have no interest in over hyping our garden that is barely a farm. However, I am proud our small CSA program provides an alternative to our current mainstream toxic food system that poisons our soil, waters, workers and future generations. In addition to our CSA, my hope is to facilitate experiences of connection with nature that inspire values of malama aina & malama pono (caring for land & what is right/good), and have fun doing it.
Here is some of the story…my parents Carol & Cully started Inter-Island Solar Supply in 1973, my father was guided by a mission to help Hawaii reduce its dependency on fossil fuels (with the ultimate goal of World Peace) and Waihuena Farm is my way to continue that legacy. Leaving home for Pitzer college my relationship with food changed dramatically, for the first time I experienced food insecurity, studied organic agriculture and experienced a community garden. I travelled to Australia in hopes that a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) would give me a foundation to move forward in a world I felt increasingly critical of and uncomfortable about, it helped and I began dreaming of a sustainable homestead on the North Shore. I moved home to start work in the solar business, worked two sessions at Hawaiiʻs State Capitol learning the ropes of policy, took some agriculture-based courses at UH Manoa, worked briefly at Frankies & Hui Ku Maoli Ola nurseries, farmed for Ted Nakamura, visited many farms, spent a year working for Hawaii SEED doing public outreach advocating the importance of local agriculture and dangers of the genetically engineered seed industry we host, attended local ag meetings, workshops and conferences. In 2006 I found my surf life partner and in 2007 we bought the first 3 acres of the farm. I was stoked, overwhelmed, and still am.
While I am not quite the human I want to be nor is the farm nearly as much of the homestead I dream of, the mission continues to provide guidance.
I want to honor my late parents, Carol & Cully. Carol was our best weeder and Cully our solar pioneer…Mahalo for making this dream a reality, I MISS YOU!
Alex (Peanut) Cox loves eating healthy food, getting pitted across the street and working with wood to make picture frames.
Our daughter Kenui enjoys our animals, son Stuardt enjoys skating, and both are advancing from the shore break into the surf!
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TEAM
Jenny Jacobs, CSA and Keiki programs
Steven Olah, mushroom farmer, GoFarm graduate
Nick Votto, farm and yoga
Sebastian Buenrostro, arborist
Jason Evans, arborist
Kalani Chapman, maintenance, @kalani_chapman_surfboards & school northshorebeachboyz.com
Trevor Giles, maintenance, @gilessurfboards
Travis Reynolds, maintenance, @surfboardsbytravisreynolds
Trisha Leineke, pre/postpartum care, yoga @mothering.the.mama
Hayley Bechtle, hospitality maintenance
Joe Sullivan, Rolfing, maintenance/building
Andre Ankenbrandt, builder
PREVIOUS TEAMMATES
Mahalo to all of those who participated in our work trade/WWOOF program, joined our CSA, shared your keiki with us, practiced yoga with us, jammed bluegrass at a potluck, spun fire, been a guest at our vacation rentals or a longterm tenant… you are all part of the team! MAHALO NUI to those who made significant contributions (somewhat chronological)…
Jerome Prentice, neighbor Clifford Waiwaiole, Kevin Kamen, Hari DeCastro, Anton Adcock, Jillian Thorpe, Michael Hobbs, Angela Breene, Karuna Richard, Eliza Johnson yoga @littlekingfruitandflower, Caleb Monroe GoFarmhawaii.org, Tia Silvasy Extension agent at University of Florida, Lydi Bernal oahufarmtoschool.org, Ydine Sandberg, Anthony Palazzolo ainaculture.com, Peter Mclean OahuBamboo.com, Shawn Nicholson, Michael Bradham, Anders Berling, Menko Mckee, Paula Reyes paulareyesyoga.com, Chris Freed pearlfishingoahu.com, India Clark Oahu RC&D & hiregenerativefarms.com, Simon Beins keiki music, Jenny Fiedler CSA member, Kendyl Beschen music & yoga, Stacey Gilmore, Doug Groenveld, Ellen Lana, Alyssa Adler, Scott Haines, Chef Nami, Billy Pope, Matt Johnson oahufresh.com, Emily Crawford, Noelani Love noelanilove.com, Lauren Oliver, Angela Pastores, Katie Metzger hanaihives.com, Joanne Van Mol @sunsetbowlshawaii, Georgia Cottong, Carey Bonn DiamondIslandFarm.com, Jenifer Rudski, Richard Martin, Bodhi Garcia @surfskatesushi catering, DJ Jonathan Price tribaldreamz.com, Artist in Residence Keale Comstock @wavepaintings, Beth Brodie, Sebastian Jambou, Chef Mason Hernandez @thats_amason, Molly Perry, Darcie Peck windriveryoga.com, Peter Beachy @tasurfco
Special REST IN PEACE for friend & tenant Alexis (Lexy) Aaron who passed in a tragic plane crash in 2017, with help from Dan Bissell, Christie Comfort and the local Fire Arts community we host a kinetic wind sculpture in the garden to celebrate her.
COMING SOON ASSOCIATED WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS NETWORK…
