Malama Kauai

“Copy of the tax return sent to the board for review.”

“Board and executive director consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the policy.”

“Documents made available upon request.”

“Documents made available upon request.”

“Increasing food production - providing education, technical assistance, and funding to farmers, with a focus on small to medium and minority farmers: through various subsidized feeding programs, we have aggregated and distributed a significant amount of local food for producers islandwide; helped to distribute 215,000+ in grants to 40 individual farmers for food safety upgrades, alongside the largest food safety training success on kaua'i to date; fiscally sponsored 2 large grants for farmer groups for water systems management: moloa'a irrigation cooperative and waioli valley taro hui; developed the aloha 'aina workforce program which placed 24 dislocated workers for 14 weeks of paid training at 15 sites in conservation and food systems; 50% of participants were offered jobs in their new field by program end; launched the moloa'a 'aina center food hub project in partnership with the moloa'a irrigation cooperative, kauai's largest concentration of commercial farms (currently in early construction phase. Increasing food access - focusing on those most in need, by responding to both immediate needs and strategizing for long-term sustainable efforts to provide local food access: village harvest gleaning collected 12,000+ lbs of fresh produce and donated it to >12 food banks, pantries, and school programs with support from >150 volunteer hours; distributed 600 food trees and over 1,000 plant materials to the community for them to grow their own food; coordinated a quarterly kauai food access meeting with cornerstone organizations serving kauai's high-risk populations including food banks/pantries, elderly services agencies, snap outreach centers, and others; distributed 22,481+ free csas/grocery boxes in 2020, feeding 53,444 individuals through a variety of constantly-pivoting program models to meet the community's evolving anti-hunger needs during covid.”