Johnny and Jaymie moved to the Big Island in 2014. We visited several communities looking for a place to call home.
After some time searching, we chose to start our own . We bought the land across the road from where we were renting for two years in the district of Puna.
We started clearing the second growth weed trees at first by hand with machetes , backpacking soil and banana plants over uneven lava and crawling through brush, later with a chainsaw and a cart, and finally after a year of working ourselves to the bone, we used a bulldozer to open up the land for farming and living.
We have 24 acres. At this time(2023)about 15 acres are developed for agriculture or other human uses. The remaining acres are in native Ohia forest or a mixed forest, including polynesian introduced Kukui trees.
We have planted over 500 tropical fruit trees. As of 2023, many of them are 7 years old and bearing fruit. We continue to plant more.
We have 30 chickens in a large chicken yard and about 30 free-ranging muscovy ducks, and 3 farm cats.
As of 2023, we have one family of 3, another family of 3, and 4 single people living at Anuenue farm.
We are looking for another family to live here. We are also interested in singles visiting and potentially Living here full time.
We have a guest open air house available for rent and work trade for them.(After a trial period, they may be able to move to a different part of the land.)We also have multiple camping/ glamping options.
Applicants must be motivated to share in the hard farm labor as part of living here.
If you do not like getting dirty and doing hard physical labor to grow abundant food and create a beautiful living situation for all of us, please do not contact us.
We are also open to short time volunteers to camp here, work-trade 8 hours per week, and enjoy life on the Big island.
Anuenue Farm is multi-family tropical fruit farm based on sustainable farming and simple living.
Anuenue Farm is multi-family tropical fruit farm based on sustainable farming and simple living.
Prospective residents should participate in several Malama Monday work parties. These are held most Mondays on the farm and include a shared group lunch. If the individual or family feels like a good fit, they may be invited to camp on the farm to try it out. 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months and a year, are our trial periods before becoming full residents.
We need to all be able to communicate clearly with each other and respect each others needs. Every resident has some interaction with everyone. This is not the place to be a hermit.
Call us or text at 808-494-5533 if you are interested.
Ideally you would be able to visit on several Mondays to join our weekly work party to check us out and for us to check you out.
We have limited internet access, so we could take a week or longer to reply to email.
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Primary authority rests with the community’s founder(s) or designated leader(s).
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Monthly fees/dues: $50
Labor required: 8 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes (some debt)
Common House, Garden(s), Library, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Outdoor Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
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