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Notes from the field, the cooler and the kitchen — how we grow, harvest and prepare 'awa, and what's happening on the farm week to week.

Growing the Next Generation of Hawaiian ʻAwa
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Growing the Next Generation of Hawaiian ʻAwa

Aug 27th 2026

Every ʻawa plant growing at Pūʻiwa Farms Hawaii is here because someone before us chose to keep it alive. Cultivated kava (Piper methysticum) is generally sterile, which means the ʻawa varieties we know today have surviv
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