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Hawaiʻi Food Systems Accelerator - HIR Cohort 6

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(January 2025) – As we reflect on an amazing year of movement-building work at HIR, we want to take a moment to celebrate a year of incredible work from the members of Cohort 6. We celebrate the individuals and enterprises who participated in the accelerator and acknowledge the connections made, the growth we’ve witnessed across this cohort, and the commitment and sacrifices they have made to be in this collective work together.

While we officially wrapped programming for the Second Cohort of HIR’s Hawaiʻi Food Systems Accelerator in October 2024, they join our network of alumni who are addressing Hawaiʻiʻs most pressing issues through innovative solutions.

List of Cohort 6 Enterprises:

  • ʻĀina Hoʻokupu o Kīlauea – Yoshito LHote & Jeremy Burns
  • Feed Hawaiʻi DBA Kohala Food Hub – Maya Parish & Sarah Freeman
  • GoFarm Hawaiʻi – Laura Ediger & Janel Yamamoto
  • The Food Basket Inc.- Kristin Frost Albrecht & Duryn Izumo
  • Hawaii Rangeland Stewardship Foundation – Nicole Galase & Taylor Kellerman
  • Hawaiian Islands Land Trust d/b/a Hawaiʻi Land Trust – Olu Campbell & Angela Britten 
  • Hawaiʻi Foodbank, Inc. – Amy Miller & Marielle Terbio
  • Mokuwai Piko Poi Inc – Kahealani Kaaihili & Baba Ignacio, Jr.
  • Molokai Heritage Trust – Kawaipuna Kalipi 
  • Sustʻāinable Molokai – Tehani Kaalekahi
  • Polipoli Farms – Lehia Apana & Brad Bayless
  • Agribusiness Development Corporation – Wendy Gady & Jason Okuhama
  • Supersistence – Hunter Heaivilin

For more info about these amazing enterprises, view the Program Booklet from their final presentations in October.

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Preview more photos HERE: Cohort 6 Slideshow

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Interested in applying for a future cohort? Cohort 7 will be by invitation only, by referral, and will focus on Food Systems Infrastructure. The program will begin in 2026. 

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