Kona Sea Salt

We have been waiting for Coco, our kōlea bird to come back to Hawai’i and it just did! That makes us so happy to see Coco back safely! Kōlea make a remarkable journey thousands of miles from their breeding grounds in Alaska to Hawaii, every year to the exact same spot. Coco made its home at the farm for several years now, the grass patch we planted a few years ago. What an accomplishment. Welcome back!!!

A Small Mahalo for the Crews Working Across Hawaii Island!
We know many of you have even traveled here to help and are spending long hours on your feet getting our communities connected again.
If you have a little downtime, we would love to welcome you for a complimentary Deep Ocean Cold Water Foot Soak as a small way of saying thank you.
Come take your boots off, sit by the ocean and take a well deserved break!
No purchase necessary, just a Mahalo from us to you!

On September 5th we are excited to welcome Hawai’i artist Jodi Endicott to the Kona Salt Farm for “Papahanaumokuakea: Bringing the Place to the People”. Jodi will show several of her monk seal sculptures created from discarded fishnets and other marine debris collected at Kuaiehlani / Midway Atoll. A moving reminder of the impact wildlife faces throughout the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
This is the beginning of an exciting partnership, later this year Jodi will become our inaugural artist in our upcoming Artist-in-Residency program at the farm. We look forward to sharing more as the program develops.
Meanwhile please join us on September 5th, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Kona Salt Farm. RSPV link in bio
You might have seen Jodi’s work recently at the Downton Art Center and at OUTRIGGER Resorts and Hotels Downtown Art Center or at the many public locations or Honolulu Museum of Art and The Contemporary Museum among many others.

Join us for a free community gathering at the Kona Salt Farm on September 5th celebrating Papahānaumokuākea with food, storytelling, mele, and cultural connection to learn about one of the most extraordinary places in Hawaiʻi, Papahānaumokuākea.
Papahānaumokuākea: Bringing the Place to the People brings together cultural practitioners, researchers, and others with deep ties to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding ocean. Come hear their stories, learn about the remarkable cultural and ecological significance of this place, and discover how Papahānaumokuākea connects all of us.
The event will be free of charge and everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to help us plan. Link in bio

The Salt Farm will be able to open today, we have power and the roads are unobstructed. If you are coming to the farm, please let the HOST Park security guard know and they will give access. (The public beach is closed.) The Farm Store is open 9-4, we have tours and foot soaks.

Huge congratulations to Melanie and Ipolani and Kai ‘Ōpua Canoe Club on winning gold in the AA division in the 2026 Hawaii Canoe Racing Association (HCRA) State Championship Regatta on Saturday. Wow, what an accomplishment!! We are so proud of you and all the athletes who carry one of Hawaii’s most treasured traditions forward!

These are our coarse salt crystals close up. On the slightly “cooler” side of the evaporation tunnels, closer to the ventilation fans, the salt crystalizes slower and the crystals become larger. If you look closer, you can see how irregular they are. If you look closer at table salt or pure sodium chloride, the salt is in perfect cube shaped crystals. Ours are rugged and irregular due to the many other minerals present in the salt.