This was a very last minute group that came together amid the first cancellation of programs due to COVID. We are grateful that we were able to host this group and forge a strong alliance with Kealakehe HS and their culinary instructor extraordinaire, Karen Sheff. We were expecting a group from Japan at this time, but since all travel and events were being restricted, we switched to host a local group who were supposed to go to the mainland for a cooking competition. While th

At the very beginning of March, we hosted a group of 14 high school students from Heathwood, North Carolina. They came as a part of our partnership with Rustic Pathways, a global organization specializing in socially responsible travel around the world. We barely escaped the COVID lockdown when they arrived - this was when many of their trips in Europe were being cancelled. The students enjoyed full course meals using produce harvested from our gardens. The Hawaii trips are a