March 2025 Update: Where to Buy Local Farm-Fresh Eggs on O‘ahu

Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino

Where a few years ago we had just a handful of choices, there are now at least nine sources for local eggs on O‘ahu—and with mainland eggs in short supply, our local poultry farms are more essential than ever. Here’s where to find eggs from KLK Farm, HoaMoa Eggs, Ka Lei Eggs, Shaka Moa Eggs, Full Circle Farm, Golden Farms, Kahumana Organic Farms, Waialua Fresh and Kunia Thai Farm.

KLK Farm

What: Educational tropical fruit farm that also raises honeybees and chickens that graze under the fruit trees. The farm practices permaculture and regenerative farming methods using a zero-waste model. Fun fact: You can attend a coconut workshop by contacting klkfarm.com.

Find eggs at: Hapa Market, 1720 Palolo Ave., Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m to 6 p.m.

Price: $13.50/dozen (sizes vary)

HoaMoa Farm 

What: Hoamoa, meaning companion of chicken, raises free-range chickens on organic feed. Kōkua Market carried its eggs for years and continues to carry them inside Hapa Market in Palolo.

Find eggs at: Hapa Market, 1720 Palolo Ave., Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m to 6 p.m.

Price: Grade A eggs in three sizes: medium $11.50/dozen, large $13.25/dozen, XL $15/dozen

Golden Farms

What: Free-range Leghorn (white eggs), Rhode Island Red (brown eggs) and Americana (blue eggs) hens on this North Shore farm are raised without antibiotics, producing beautiful organic eggs. The brown eggs are bigger and the blue eggs are creamier with bigger yolks, according to interviews with co-owner Channon Harris.

Find eggs at: KailuaTown Farmers Market, 640 Ulukahiki St., Kailua, Sunday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Price: $12/dozen

Image: Courtesy of @kahumanaorganicfarm

Kahumana Organic Farm

What: Kahumana purchases hens and eggs from local growers and farmers around the community. They carry chicken and duck eggs, each carton labeled with information on where they are from, breed of chicken and what they are fed.

Find eggs at:

• Kaka‘ako Farmers Market, 919 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Wai‘anae Farmers Market, 86-120 Farrington Hwy, Wai‘anae, Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Kahumana CSA Program
• Kahumana Farm Cafe, 86-660 Lualualei Homestead Road, Wai‘anae, (808) 696-2655, Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Price: $10/dozen for chicken eggs, $12/dozen duck eggs, $5/dozen quail eggs

SEE ALSO: Worth the Drive: Kahumana Farm Café in Lualualei Valley

KK Poultry  (formerly OK Poultry)

In business, but asked not to be included in this listing.

Ka Lei Eggs (Hawaiian Maid)

What: Ka Lei Eggs, or Hawaiian Maid Eggs, is a family farm in Wai‘anae that has been around since 1975. These brown and white Grade A organic eggs can be found at most grocery stores on island.

Find eggs at:

• Ka Lei Eggs, 419 Waiakamilo Road Unit 1E, Kalihi, (808) 841-7695, eggshawaii.com.
• Also at Foodland, Times Supermarkets, Whole Foods, Safeway, Walmart and more.

Prices:

• Whole Foods $11.49/dozen (for organic, large)
• Times $10.79/dozen (large), $7.99/dozen (brown, large)

Image: Courtesy of @petersonsuplandfarm

Petersons’ Upland Farm (closed in 2024)

What: Established in 1910 and run by the fourth and fifth generations of the Peterson family, the oldest egg operation on O‘ahu sold fresh eggs at the farm five days a week. They came in different sizes and were beloved by local chefs.

Mā‘ili Moa/Shaka Moa

What: Opened in 1998, this family-run farm raises cage-free chickens and markets their eggs under the Shaka Moa brand. You can find them in grocery stores all over the island or pick them up fresh from the farm.

Find eggs at:

• Mā‘ili Moa Farm, 87-102 Maliona St., Wai‘anae, (808) 696-3823, shakamoaeggs.com, Monday to Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Also available at Farm Link Hawai‘i ($9.49 /dozen large, $10.49/dozen extra large) and most grocery stores on O‘ahu, including Foodland, Times, Whole Foods and more.

SEE ALSO: Local Online Grocer Farm Link Builds Up Hawai‘i’s Food Systems

Waialua Fresh

What: This sustainable farm’s 300 off-grid acres were developed to lessen Hawai‘i’s dependency on imported eggs. Pick up these cage-free eggs from the farmstand near the entrance to Sweet Land Farm or at grocery stores islandwide.

Find eggs at:

• Villa Rose Egg Farm (Waialua Fresh), 65-1001 Kaukonahua Road, Waialua, Friday to Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., waialuafresheggs.com.
• Also available at Kaka‘ako Farmers Market, Don Quijote, Foodland, Times, Costco and more.

Price:  

• Times $8.29/dozen (large), $12.59/dozen (extra large)
• Kaka‘ako Farmers Market (at Ho Farms booth) $11/dozen

Kunia Thai Farm

Find eggs at: Kapi‘olani Community College farmers market, 4303 Diamond Head Road Parking Lot C, Saturdays 7:30 to 11 a.m.

Price: $10/dozen