Our Story
Aloha, my name is Pasha and I planted my first seeds when I was about 6 years old in my grandparents’ organic garden in the 1980’s.
My grandma and I pulled weeds by hand, spread crushed eggshells to fertilize, and composted weeds and kitchen scraps.
Around that time, while still a kid, I made my first herbal teas (also called tisanes), by boiling freshly harvested herbs like Spearmint and Lemon Balm. I really enjoyed making and drinking them.. with a little bit of sugar.
Fast forward to 2000 something..thousands of miles later..
True to my roots, I started OrganicHawaii.org over a decade ago to share my belief in the importance of living an organic lifestyle in Hawaii.. and beyond.
At a time when Hawaii was making a reputation as the “GMO capital of the world.”
At a time when people, including myself, were peacefully protesting and taking positive action against pesticide/herbicide toxic chemical spraying near Hawaii schools, parks, and communities.
At a time when I was growing plants indoors next to a window, as we had no land to grow on. Not even a lanai.
What started as a simple online blog, from the inside of a small apartment rental in a Waikiki high-rise, grew into the organic dream we are living today.
In 2021, during the peak of the Pandemic, my family and I left the concrete jungle of Honolulu and moved to the real jungle of Hawaii Island, shortly after purchasing our first (and only) house we now call home, turned homestead, and our small organic farm I mostly started from scratch.
300 miles away and a decade later, we are now surrounded by the lush, isolated, and pure rainforest on the Big Island of Hawaii, living and working the dream.
To say it wasn’t easy would be an understatement. It actually felt nearly impossible at times, but through hope, faith, determination, focus on goals and dreams, and through Gods’s divine guidance we made it through…
To be continued..
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A brief history of non-organic farming..
What happened?..
Non-natural and non-organic farming was introduced only recently during the 20th century in order to increase corporate profits by reducing costs of production with toxic chemical fertilizers, synthetic pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, industrial solvents, and monopolization of the food supply via patents on genetically modified seeds and other proprietary technologies.
Previously no entity could patent seeds since all seeds were originally created by Nature and, thus part of public domain. Now securing a patent is possible by artificially manipulating the DNA of the seed or any life form, thus securing exclusive rights to use that seed or animal commercially with the unacceptable potential of monopolizing the entire global food supply.
Artificial manipulation of farming and the food supply (that was organic from the beginning of time) quickly reached global mainstream levels. As a result, it became necessary to make a distinction between regular food and “organic food.”
