Made In Hawaii? This Innovative Startup Can Help You Promote Your Product - Honolulu Civil Beat
Made In Hawaii? This Innovative Startup Can Help You Promote Your Product
When the pandemic hit, the start-up ditched its hospitality-focused components and zeroed in on a goal to help Hawaii food entrepreneurs reach a larger audience.
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KILAUEA, Kauai — In late 2018, a pair of local business investors purchased a former guava kai plantation on Kauai’s North Shore with a plan to fortify Hawaii’s local food system.
As they built a team of experts in business, community-building and agriculture, a vision took shape for Common Ground, an 83-acre campus where food producers and consumers could meet through impact investing and business mentorship programs, farming, a restaurant and an events space.