Our Story: We are a family-run farm and have been growing food on āina in the North Shore community for the past ten years and have been in local agriculture and community building for the past 20 years. We are grateful to the mentors and farming families weʻve worked with over the years. We are strong believers in the necessity of cultivating community health and well-being through the foods we eat and the way we grow them. We see growing food using natural farming practices as a way to re-connect with the nurturing nature within us. We are very grateful for what we have learned working with communities in Hawaiʻi and continue to be inspired by kupuna and leaders who nurture and bring community together by growing and enjoying food together. We aim to continue working with others to strengthening local food sovereignty and to do this in a way that gives back to the families with ancestral ties to this ʻāina and the greater community.

Our Board & team

We work through an “all-star team” of fruit tree & grafting specialist, soil scientist, arborist & agriculturist, educators, community builders and health & wellness practitioners.

  • Thanh Bidwell

    Thanh Bidwell is co-owner/operator of Lets Grow Farms with his wife Mistee. Both graduated from the GoFarm Hawaii program and are previous owners of a successful restaurant business. Thanh also served as the Hawaii Farmers Union North Shore Chapter Membership Coordinator. He currently works with Hawaii Regenerative Farms through the Good Jobs Hawaii program to assist in training interns. He also contracts with Hawaii Regenerative Farms as a heavy machinery operator and specialist in farm system and infrastructure.

  • JEREMY SMATHERS

    Jeremy Smathers, is co-owner-operator of Ho'omau Farms with his wife Reina. Both graduated from the GoFarm Hawaii program. Jeremy holds a Masters degree in Architecture and Design (200).  Jeremy works with Hawaii Regenerative Farms as a contracted expert in irrigation design and installation and as a heavy equipment operator.

  • Drew Wilkinson

    Drew Wilkinson is the owner/operator of Growing Together LLC. He is a certified arborist, Permaculture Design Instructor and works with Kokua Learning Farm as their Agroforestry expert and partner farmer. Drew holds a Bachelor of  Education and Biology (2002). Prior to starting his own business, he coordinated the Hawaiʻi propagation program with start-up, Terviva, a global leader of the ʻsuper cropʻ, pongamia. Through this work, Drew honed his skills in developing high-yielding tree cultivars, management services and a suite of pongamia products for energy, food, and agriculture. He works with Hawaii Regenerative Farms as a contracted expert in orchard and irrigation installation. Drew also serves on the Board for the Hawaii Farmers Union North Shore Chapter.

  • India Clark

    India Clark is the owner/ operator of Hawaii Regenerative Farms LLC and has over 20 years of experience in resource management, soil health, and agricultural resilience. She holds a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (2007). Her past roles include work with UH, NOAA, the Olohana Foundation,  and the Oʻahu Resource Conservation & Development Council and with the Hawaiʻi Women Farmers Network and the Hawaiʻi Soil Health Network. She currently serves as President of the Hawaii Farmers Union—North Shore Chapter and is pursuing certification as a Certified Crop Advisor. Her work combines hands-on farming, technical consulting, and leadership in developing local food systems and market strategies to reduce Hawaiʻi’s reliance on imports.

  • ZAIHA HEFF

    Zaiha Heff is a Junior at Kahuku High and grew up on the North Shore of Oʻahu on her family farm. She participated in the Kokua Learning Farm internship program in 2024 and is currently gaining new skills working as an intern with Hawaii Regenerative Farms through Good Jobs Hawaii.

  • SOMER WILKINSON

    Somer Wilkinson is the owner/operator of Big Wave Botanicals. Sheʻs worked in the Health and Wellness field in Hawaii over the past ten years. She contracts with Hawaii Regenerative Farms to design insectary gardens and supplies our projects with native plants and  ground covers.

  • AUSTIN PICKET

    Austin Picket is the owner/operator of Off Grid Building LLC. He works with Hawaiʻi Regenerative Farms to install farm infrastructure, such as Wash-Pack Stations, Farm-to-Table Shade Structures, and Barns/Storage Units.

  • Jessica Eirado Enes and Eddie Oroyan

    Jessica Eirado Enes and Eddie Oroyan are recent GoFarm Hawaii graduates and co-owners/operators of Lawaterra Farms. Jessica  works with Hawaii Regenerative Farms through the Good Jobs Hawaii program as an intern. Eddie contracts with Hawaii Regenerative Farms as a team leader for our maintenance projects and farm infrastructure installations. They are both social activists  and moving art professional artists. They  regularly design and organize workshops and events to promote community building, wellness and social justice.