Welcome to My Farm on Molokai!
Aloha. I'm Pono. My girlfriend and I run a subsistence farm on a remote part of Molokai, Hawaii. We're not looking for just any WWOOFer — we're looking for someone willing to do things the Pono way.
I'm a restless soul. I've been fishing in Alaska every summer since I was 12, I travel whenever I can, I guide deer hunts, and I run a construction crew on the side. I pick up skills wherever I go and I'm always chasing the next thing to learn. Farming is just one part of how I live — but it's the roots that hold everything else together. Work hard, eat well, and squeeze everything out of the life in front of you. That's the philosophy here.
That energy runs through everything on this farm. You'll be doing real work — feeding the chickens, tending the animals, watering plants, gardening, harvesting, trail maintenance, painting, building, and pushing the land further. This isn't grunt work — it takes skill, sharp thinking, and the ability to figure things out. We use power tools, we solve problems, and we don't cut corners. If you work with the construction crew, one of the best parts is rubbing shoulders with real local Molokai people — the kind you won't find in a guidebook.
Food is serious business here. We eat well, we eat real, and almost everything on the plate comes directly from this land. Fruit and vegetables from the farm, fish pulled from the ocean, and Axis deer roasted over an open fire. The menu changes with what the land gives us. Simple ingredients, big flavor, nothing wasted. I eat a lot and I'm particular about quality — keeping the crew fed and fueled is a real job, and everyone on this farm pulls their weight on that front.
We host small farm-to-table dinners — no menus, no restaurants, just real food from the land on the table in front of you. It's one of the most rewarding things we do out here, and a damn good way to connect with people and see the full picture of what this farm produces.
The farm is fully off-grid. Solar power, gas stove, gas refrigerator. Water comes straight from the roof catchment or a siphon line running down from the river in the valley. Cold showers only — after a hard day's work under the Hawaiian sun, you'll earn every one of them.
When the work is done, the island is yours. Weekends mean beaches, free diving, fishing, and getting out on the boat. You might learn to hunt Axis deer or spear fish. There's a good chance you'll find yourself swimming with turtles. If I'm ever pushing you to move faster, it's because the ocean is waiting — and it's always worth it.
This fall we're building a Quebecois-style clay bread oven from scratch. If you've got any background in masonry or gardening, even better.
What to expect:
Cold showers, rugged off-grid living, and Starlink WiFi when you need to reach the outside world. Cell service is basically nonexistent out here, but we've got that handled. It's remote, it's raw, and that's the whole point.
What to bring:
Long sleeve work clothes
Swimsuit
Ball cap
Sunscreen
Medium-duty work gloves
Hiking boots
Pocket knife — there's always something that needs cutting
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Raising of other farm animals
Forestry
Wild foraging
Flower farming
Meat processing
Traditional crafts
Green Building
Renewable energy production
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Biodynamic agriculture
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
Certified organic
16.2
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40
Acres
Accommodation
