Mahiʻai Moa Project

SUSTʻĀINABLE
MOLOKAI

Mahiʻai Moa Project

Our Mahiʻai Moa Projectʻs mission is to increase food production by our island residents through poultry farming and feed workshops as well as training our local community slaughterhouse in order to increase our community access to fresh, nutritious food and make our community more resilient.

View the Mahiʻai Moa Info Presentation

For more info, contact:

Rufina Kaauwai

FARMER TRAINING MANAGER

Email: Rufina@sustainablemolokai.org

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Want to be one of the next 15 Native or Beginning Farmers and Ranchers on Molokai to participate in the 2025 Mahiʻai Moa Cohort 3 Session? Sign up for our mailing list and get updates when our Cohort 3 applications open!

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A Beginning Farmer: Defined as someone who has not operated a farm or ranch for more than 10 years (USDA Definition)

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A Native Farmer: Native Hawaiian, American Indian/Native American, or Native Alaskan). If you are indigenous to another country other than the United States, you may still be eligible (Priority given due to funding restrictions)

Mahiʻai Moa is a 5-month educational program on commercial chicken production, utilizing a blend of Zoom & in-person workshops and field trips, including:

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6 Zoom workshops with Korey Harris from Simple Roots
3 additional workshops: follow-up check-in sessions with the Mahiʻai Moa support team
2 Chicken Foraging & Feed workshops with CTAHR
2 off-island farm field trips
Farm Business Support: G.E license, business plan, and 1-on-1 consultations with a Farm Business Specialist
A built-in market for broiler bird sales while you stabilize and grow your business
A cohort-style model that encourages farmer-to-farmer support and collaborative sales methods
Supplies* to get your chicken business up and running!
*Value of supplies to be determined, and will be a set amount for each cohort member.

And... a built-in market that supports business growth!

2025 Session 3 - Mahiʻai Moa Project Timeline: TBD

2024 Session 2 - Mahiʻai Moa Project Timeline

Program Applications Open

April 29 - June 22, 2024

Program Interviews

June 25-27, 2024

Selections Made

End of June 2024

Program Begins

July 2, 2024

Workshop dates

(Via Zoom, 5:30pm - 7:30pm)

Workshop #1: July 2
Workshop #2: July 16
Workshop #3 : July 23
Workshop #4: August 6
Workshop #5 : August 20
Workshop #6: September 3
Workshop #7: September 17
Workshop #8: October 1
Workshop #9: October 15

Field Trip dates

August & September 2024

In-Person Slaughter Training

September & October 2024

Program Graduation

October 2024

2024 Session 1 - Mahiʻai Moa Project Timeline

Program Applications Open

January 8-21, 2024

Program Interviews

January 22-24, 2024

Selections Made

January 31, 2024

Program Begins

February 1, 2024

Workshop dates

(5:30pm - 7:30pm)

February 1, 2024

February 8, 2024

February 15, 2024

February 29, 2024

March 7, 2024

March 21, 2024

May 9, 2024

June 8, 2024

July 13, 2024

Field Trip dates

February 25, 2024

April 27, 2024

In-Person Slaughter Training

June 1, 2024(Tentative)

June 22, 2024 (Tentative)

July 6, 2024 (Tentative)

Program Graduation

July 2024

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MOLOKAI

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