About Us
We are a regenerative enterprise committed to providing you with the tools to connect to Hawaii’s agricultural landscape.
We believe that keeping farms in business is the key to improving our food security and is the basis for our resilience as an island community.
This means that your purchases will go right back to assisting the farmers through promotional and capacity building programs.
Our Team
It all started with….
co-founders Kalisi & Angela who are sisters based in Hilo. They wanted to create opportunities for their farming business. They decided to use to their professional skills to create programs for farms statewide that would help to explore the concept of agritourism as a responsible alternative to conventional tourism that would minimize impact on the environment while strengthening local agricultural businesses in Hawai’i.
Kālisi Mausio
Founder, Chief Executive Farmer
“I’m a farmer and an entrepreneur who wants to see our farmers succeed because together we can ensure that we can thrive in an ever-changing climate and economy.”
Kālisi is an entrepreneur, a farmer, researcher, mapper and a mother of twin Polynesian dragons. She is the founder of the regenerative enterprise Hawaii Farm Trails, and is the co-owner of Kaivao Farm, an agroforest based on Hawaii Island. Recently she was a Phd student candidate focused on modeling indigenous food crops such as breadfruit. Through crop modeling she sought to understand how environmental conditions and farming practices influence how much carbon is stored or lost in a given area. She was previously at NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management where she helped address coastal management issues ranging from watershed restoration, to coastal hazards and climate resilience and adaptation. Kalisi received her M.S. in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science from the University of Hawaii, Hilo. Her B.A. in Geology and Environmental Studies was received from Bowdoin College in Maine. She was born and raised in the Kingdom of Tonga and has since lived and worked over the last 20 years in Fiji, New Zealand, and now Hawaiʻi.
Angel Mahaulu
Farm Hub Manager
"He ali’i ka ʻāina; he kauwā ke kanaka - The land is chief; man is its servant."
With roots in Hilo & as a graduate of Kamehameha Schools - Keaʻau, she became a student of the āina. After graduating with her B.S. in Applied Business Information Technology from the University of Hawaii - Maui she accepted the position as the Farm Hub Manager for the Onomea Country Market & Cafe. She focses on networking with local farmers and partners to provide farmer-sourced food and made in Hawaii products to the community. She's "connecting farmers to families." She has a solid faith and foundation in Akua (God), ʻohana (family), and Hawaiʻi. She is always on the lookout for island fresh foods or made in Hawaii products so feel free to stop by.
Kauila Niheu
Digital Systems Manager
"He Hawaiʻi Au a mau loa ē - I am Hawaiian, now & forever."
Born and raised in Puʻukapu Pūowaina, and Waimanoni. She is a student of the Hawaiian & Māori language immersion schools, having attended Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānunue and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rangi Aniwaniwa, and a graduate of Hālau Kū Māna Public Charter school. She received her BA in Haʻawina Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Studies) in 2013 from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani at UH Hilo. Passionate about Hawaiian culture, history, language, and stories pursued and received a masters degree in library and information science (MLISc) in 2015 from the Library and Science Program at UH Mānoa. Joining Hawaiʻi Farm Trails, she is in charge of sharing the moʻolelo (stories) of our work and managing our social media, website, and e-commerce. As well as the moʻolelo of the relationships we share with our farms and organization partners.
Advisors
Angela Faʻanunu Co-Founder, Assistant Professor of Tourism
Pomai Weigert AgBusiness Consultant, Go Farm + HATA
Noa Lincoln Assistant Proffessor, Indigenous Cropping Systems
Kamuela Enos, Director, Indigenous Innovation
Makenna Coffman, Director, Institute of Sustainability
Hui Aloha Kumu Lāʻau
Naima Te Maile, Environmental Justice
Haunani Kane, Climate Research
Lormona Meredith, Communications