Local Seeds
For Local Needs
Locally Grown and Adapted Non-GMO Seeds.
Our Seeds Are Grown In Hawai'i By Local Farmers.
MILK & HONEY FARM
Hawaiʻi Island
Meet a Seed Grower
Michelle Carrillo & Britton Price
Milk & Honey Farm
Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi Island
Milk and Honey Farm is a small, diversified family farm on the East side of Hawai'i Island in the Waiakahi'ula ahupua'a at 550’ elevation.
Our farm is focused on building healthy soil with the capacity to raise nutrient dense high quality food while using organic and sustainable methods. In our home gardens we trial various specialty vegetable crops to select for seed production. Our organic methods utilize cover cropping, field rotation, vermiculture and traditional composting to build well balanced and biologically active soil that promotes disease and pest resistance in the field. We practice silviculture by grazing a beautiful herd of Jersey cows in our diversified tropical fruit orchards.
At Milk and Honey Farm, we consider healthy soil and Open Pollinated, locally adapted seeds as the foundation of our farming methods.
Our farming philosophy is based bio-mimicry and building a gardening system compatible with lower Puna's unique environment of high humidity, high rainfall and rocky soil with high organic matter content. Over the years we have added a component of holistic grazing for grass management and fertility building. The high rainfall and intense invasive species pressure on Hawai'i Island requires a disciplined farming approach to gather good results while avoiding using pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers.
Our goal is to cultivate healthy soil with the capacity to sustainably produce nutritious and delicious food for our community.
