Fire Mountain Farm

Website: www.firemountainfarm.com

Fire Mountain Farm products are available at amazon.com. Fire Mountain Farm, on the lower slopes of Mauna Kea volcano in the Hamakua District of the Big Island of Hawaii, produces Hawaiian macadamia nuts and Hamakua coffee using totally organic methods.

Fire Mountain Farm in the Hamakua District of the Big Island of Hawaii, on the lower slopes of Mauna Kea volcano, produces wonderful, Hawaiian macadamia nuts and Hamakua Coffee, as well as raw, unfiltered Hawaiian farm honey. Located next to the Hawaiian Vanilla Company, this small, family-run farm is owned bythe Barry Family. The Barrys purchased the farm from the Yokoyama family in 2004. With the purchase they also acquired historic macadamia nut and coffee processing equipment which is still in use. The Barrys pride themselves on the absence of herbicides and pesticides on the farm as well as using no chemical fertilizers. This has necessitated a number of adjustments in their method of operation including the use of sheep to keep weeds controlled and compost for fertilizers.

Surrounded by macadamia nut, coffee and guava trees, and nearby forests of eucalyptus and native Ohia lehua, the active bee hives on our property busily produce wonderful, raw, unfiltered honey for the enjoyment of all who try it.

Fire Mountain Farm is a small operation run by amateurs who are learning by doing. The six adults involved (see picture ) have careers in medicine, law, education, landscape architecture and utilities. We are not necessarily trying to become big, corporate, and impersonal, and we are as concerned about getting too many orders as we are about getting too few.