Happy Harvest: Where to Pick Produce This Autumn
Support local farms and share the uplifting experience of picking produce with friends and family this fall.
Looking for fall feels? Skip the pumpkin spice latte and head to a local farm to pick produce. Harvesting your own fruits and vegetables can help ensure the freshest flavors and highest nutritional value for home cooking, plus the wholesome outdoor experience supports local agriculture.
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Photo: Courtesy of Aloun Farms
Aloun Farms Pumpkin Festival
Last three weekends of October, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The farm holds its annual Pumpkin Festival in October, with attendees picking ‘Ewa sweet corn, string beans and pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, from the kind that fit in your palm to porch-size ones. Produce is also available at an on-site farmers market, along with family-friendly entertainment including free hayrides, a petting zoo and E.K. Fernandez rides and games.
$5 per person age 2 and older, 91-1440 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, alounfarms.com, @alounfarmshawaii
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Photo: Courtesy of Kuilima Farm
Kuilima Farm’s Fall Celebration
Nov. 9–10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pose in front of fall-themed backdrops, play lawn games, hop on a hayride and visit the petting zoo at Turtle Bay Resort’s farm, which supports the resort restaurants’ seasonal menus. There also will be a “U-pick” experience, with expected harvests of watermelon, corn and calabaza squash, along with other farm-fresh goodies.
Tickets available online or at the door ($12 pre-sale, $20 pre-sale with hayride, $15 at door, $20 at door with hayride, free for ages 4 and under), 57-146 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, kuilimafarm.com, @kuilimafarm
Photo: Credit Little Bird Photography
Keiki and Plow
Every Friday, plus select Saturdays, 9 to 11 a.m.
On Open Farm days, “U-pick baskets” are available for sale (small $10, medium $20, large $40). Pull up root veggies and pluck herbs and edible flowers—anything that fits in the basket. If you’re lucky, you’ll gather a rainbow of eggs from the chicken coop.
Reservations required, $15 for adults, $12 for keiki, 587 Pākalā St., keikiandplow.org, @keikiandplow
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Photo: Courtesy of Lokoea Farms
Lokoea Farms
Every Friday, 9 to 11 a.m.
Explore orchards lined with more than 600 trees while learning about horticulture. The tour concludes with a picnic, using the fruits you picked paired with coconuts and macadamia nuts you crack open yourself. Along with year-round fruits like bananas and papayas, longan, dragon fruits and figs are in season this fall.
$43 for a farm tour, reservations required, 62-394 Joseph P. Leong Highway, Hale‘iwa, lokoeafarms.wixsite.com, @lokoea.farms
