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Just wanted to share, we are using the skills we learned from your workshop to grow herbs for (our) 85th Anniversary in May 😊. We are growing cilantro, tomatoes, green onions, basil, parsley, garlic chives, Greek oregano, and thyme. Lol Wish us luck!!! We just planted yesterday. - February 2024, 96786

First, let me say that I appreciated the UH Food to Grow presentation and training. The presentation and kits provided made for an informative, fun and worthwhile adventure! I’ve had beans to eat and at least one tomato (MUCH better than store bought!) - December 2023, 96817

I am so excited about this. I did not know that people could use EBT to buy live plants for food. That's wonderful, and it made coming to this community market 100% worth it. - December 2023, 96744

Last night I learned how to make fried rice. I used the green beans that I grew. - September 2023, Hawaiʻi Island

Thank you for providing such a thorough kit. It's great for people who have very little experience or no experience at all with growing plants. Often times I hear people say, "I'd like to but I don't have a green thumb." You don't have to have a green thumb. You just need to read the information in the kit and follow it. - July 2023, Hawaiʻi Island

Thank you for helping our family start a vegetable garden, it is a great way to encourage the kids to spend time outdoors instead of watching TV or playing computer games. (The kids) love to fertilize the plants and watch them grow. We look forward to planting some eggplants as our entire family enjoys Eggplant with Garlic Sauce! - January 2023, 96817

We are a plant-based family so we EXTRA appreciate being able to harvest right from our own backyard. (My son) LOVES to plant and gather and I am so pleased that he is able to know where his food comes from while appreciating the work it takes to grow these things. 🙂 So far we've planted the green beans, and the bok choy is next on the list! - January 2023, 96744

Wow, super cool program!" - November 2022, Maui

I am truly enjoying the planting what you eat approach to better health and savings. - June 2022, 96792

My ohana and I were just talking about planting tomatoes in our garden bed so that's super awesome of you guys to send those starter kits. - April 2022, 96792

Mahalo for this activity. The keiki had lots of fun and can’t wait to grow more. - April 2022, 96792

This is a great program! It is an easy way to help people get started. - April 2022, 96706

Wanted to thank you folks for doing the bean giveaway for our (Molokai) community. It was an awesome experience and lots of people had lots of good things to say about it. Mahalo nui. - March 2022, Molokai

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Project Years

2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020



Project Year 2023

12/13/23 from 96817 (20 kits)

Participant posing with transplanted green bean seedling

Green Bean Seedling workshop

Participant posing with transplanted green bean seedling

Green Bean Seedling workshop

Participant posing with transplanted green bean seedling

Green Bean Seedling workshop

Participant posing with transplanted green bean seedling

Green Bean Seedling workshop

Participant posing with transplanted green bean seedling

Green Bean Seedling workshop

12/8/23 from 96744 (30 kits)

Participants posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

Participant with transplanted bok choy

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

11/28/23 from 96786 (23 kits)

Participants posing with bok choy seedlings and kit bags

Bok Choy Seedling Kits

Participant posing with fully grown bok choy plant

Fully grown Bok Choy (cooked with Chow Fun noodles)

Participant posing with fully grown bok choy plant

Fully grown Bok Choy

Bok choy stir-fry with shrimp

Bok Choy and Shrimp Stir-fry

11/18/23 from 96826 (50 kits)

Tomato 11/18/23 from 96826

Tomato Seedling Kit

Participant posing with tomato seedling kit

Tomato Seedling Kit

Participant posing with tomato seedling kit

Tomato Seedling Kit

Transplanted tomato seedling

Transplanted Tomato Seedling

Tomato seedling transplanted

Transplanted Tomato Seedling

Tomato seedling transplanted

Transplanted Tomato Seedling

Tomato seedling transplanted

Transplanted Tomato Seedling

Tomato seedling transplanted

Transplanted Tomato Seedling

Mature tomato plant which started from seedling

Mature tomato plant

Harvested tomatoes

Harvested tomatoes

9/27/23 from 96792 (40 kits)

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Seedling Kit

9/15/23 from 96797 (25 kits)

Participant poses with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Participant poses with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Participants pose with transplanted seedlings

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedlings

Participant poses with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Participants pose with transplanted seedlings

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedlings

Participant poses with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Participants pose with transplanted seedlings

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedlings

Participant poses with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

9/9/23 from 96720 Hawaiʻi Island (18 kits)

Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Green Bean Kit

Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Green beans seedlings from kit seeds

Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Green beans growing

Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Cutting green beans

Fried Rice with Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Fried rice ingredients with green beans

Fried Rice with Green Beans 9/9/23 from 96720

Fried rice with green beans

8/22/23 from 96720 Hawaiʻi Island (40 kits)

Participants pose with seedling kits

Green Bean Seedling Kits

8/15/23 from 96817 (20 kits)

Participants pose with transplanted seedlings

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

7/27/23 from 96720 Hawaiʻi Island (70 kits)

Fabric Pot Kit recipient with Food to Grow staff

Fabric Pot Kit

Fabric Pot Kit recipients

Fabric Pot Kit

7/15/23 from 96819 (20 kits)

Participants posing with green bean seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

6/20/23 from 96797 (120 kits)

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy Seedling

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

Child posing with newspaper pot with bok choy seeds planted

Bok Choy seeds planted in newspaper pot

6/6/23 from 96744 (200 kits)

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Participant posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Bok Choy seedling transplanted

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted bok choy

4/29/23 from 96792 (250 kits)

Family posing with seedling kit

Eggplant Kit

Family posing with seedling

Eggplant Kit

Keiki posing with seedling kit

Eggplant Kit

Family posing with seedling kit

Eggplant Kit

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted Eggplant

Newspaper pot for bok choy seeds

Newspaper pot to plant bok choy seeds from kit

4/15/23 from 96792 (250 kits)

Participants posing with their seedling kits

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Participants posing with seedlings

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

4/6/23 from 96792 (45 kits)

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy seedling kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Families learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Families learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Families learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Families learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Family learning how to make newspaper pots to grow seedlings

Making newspaper pots

Keiki posing with transplanted bok choy seedling.

Transplanted bok choy seedling

3/22/23 from 96792 (30 kits)

Participants posing with newspaper pot with seeds planted inside and transplanted green bean seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with newspaper pot with seeds planted inside and transplanted green bean seedling.

Transplanted Green Beans

Family posing with transplanted seedling.

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with newspaper pot with seeds planted inside and transplanted green bean seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling and newspaper pot.

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with newspaper pot with seeds planted inside and transplanted green bean seedling.

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Participant posing with transplanted seedling

Transplanted Green Beans

Transplanted green bean plant

Green Beans grown from home

2/27/23 from 96826 (40 kits)

Child transplanting green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child transplanting green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child transplanting green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Children transplanting green bean seedlings.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child transplanting green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child transplanting green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

Child posing with transplanted green bean seedling.

Green Beans

1/24/23 from 96744 (12 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

"We are a plant-based family so we EXTRA appreciate being able to harvest right from our own backyard. (My son) LOVES to plant and gather and I am so pleased that he is able to know where his food comes from while appreciating the work it takes to grow these things. 🙂 So far we've planted the green beans, and the bok choy is next on the list!"

1/23/23 from 96817 (25 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Child with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

Child posing with transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

Bok Choy and Green Beans grown from seedling kit

Bok Choy and Green Beans grown from seeds in kit

Keiki and Kupuna planting seeds from Food to Grow kit

Bok Choy grown from seeds in kit

Keiki posing with bok choy planted from seeds.

Bok Choy grown from seeds in kit

"We harvested the leaves and they were delicious stir fried with garlic!"
"Thank you for helping our family start a vegetable garden, it is a great way to encourage the kids to spend time outdoors instead of watching TV or playing computer games. (The kids) love to fertilize the plants and watch them grow. We look forward to planting some eggplants as our entire family enjoys Eggplant with Garlic Sauce!"

1/18/23 from 96813 (19 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

Keiki posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

"Mahalo, we made some egg drop soup and included the bok choy. It was 😋 delicious."

1/17/23 from 96707 (25 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Child posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted bok choy

Adult and keiki posing with green bean seedlings started from seeds.

Green bean seedlings grown from seeds

Siblings posing with green bean plants grown from seeds.

Green bean plants grown from seeds

Siblings posing with green beans harvested from plants grown from seeds.

Harvested green beans

Watering transplanted bok choy

Transplanted bok choy

1/11/23 from 96791 (38 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy

Transplanted Bok Choy

1/10/23 from 96744 (26 kits)

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with bok choy kit

Bok Choy Kit

Family posing with transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

Child watering transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

Transplanted bok choy seedling

Transplanted Bok Choy

"This is a great program, I’m glad we can participate!"

Project Years

2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020