Our food systems are intertwined with the healthy stewardship of the land, fresh, and ocean waters; these socio-ecological dependencies have long been understood in a Kanaka ʻŌiwi worldview and reflected in ahupuaʻa management.

Any pathways towards fixing our broken food system must heal the current disconnect between food production and natural resource management and center indigenous practices, worldviews, and leadership.

HAPA actively addresses environmental threats to Hawaiʻi's land, waters, and communities.

Our campaigns focus on key areas such as:

• Mandating public agricultural lands for local food production.

• Protecting agricultural and public lands from unsustainable development and land grabs.

• Safeguarding water sources, including conservation lands, native forests, and aquifers.

• Restoring dewatered streams affected by plantation-era diversions.