when my parents were in town, i wanted to show them something they would really be interested and inspired by. what better than to show them the farm where produce is locally grown. so who did i call?? dean okimoto - mr. nalo farms. he was very gracious and gave us a tour of his farm.
take a look at some of the produce he is growing... so awesome. we had
chef morimoto gave some tomato seeds to dean and so he's growing them for him.
shiso - japanese basil. delicious with sashimi!
lahaina eggplant - cute huh? i guess they don't get much bigger than that.
red cabbage
this here is amazing. gobo - burdock. they usually grow in the ground, but dean is doing an experiment and using slates, pipes and zip ties to grow them.
how clever right??
mini opal basil
nasturtium - edible flowers, the leaves are almost like watercress
lemongrass
mint
mizuna - salad green from japan
sage
mexican merigold mint
opal basil
dean is also making honey!
papaya tree. my friends call me aya-papaya, but i really don't like papayas! hahaha.
field of nalo greens!
me and my mama & papa under the coconut tree
dean even gave us a tour of their processing center.
this is where the nalo greens get washed and packed. these are the greens were use to serve the nalo salad at the restaurant!
my hope is to take my staff on a field trip to nalo farms one day so we can all be more educated and knowledgeable about where our food comes from.
in due time...
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