KALO LEDGER
We like clean lines.
What came out of the ground.
What was sold.
What was shared.
What went back into the farm.
This is a working record of the season.
We are not a large commercial business and we are not a non-profit organization.
Just one family. One generational farm. In one Ahupua'a.
This is our realistic field record, not a success story dressed up for the internet.
2026 TO DATE
425 LB
Raw kalo harvested
60 PIECES
Kūlolo made
220 LB
Sold as kalo + poi
$1,930
Gross farm sales
175 LB
Given to family + community
HARVEST LEDGER
What came out of the loʻi and where it went.
DATE
AUG 14
AUG 21
AUG 28
SEP 4
TOTAL
HARVESTED
100 lb
100 lb
75 lb
150 lb
425 lb
WHERE IT WENT
Family + friends
Gifted / sold / home
Kūlolo + poi/kalo
Catering / gifted / farm direct
Season to date
SALES
—
$320
$740
$870
$1,930
GIVEN
Some of the harvest is sold.
Some of it is given.
175 LB
30 PIECES
Kalo + poi
Kūlolo
BACK INTO THE FARM
The work has costs too.
ITEM
COST
Ram pump + ʻauwai pipe
$350
Production propane
$120
Extra kūlolo propane
$60
Containers
$84
4-inch pipe fittings
$170
Soil amendments
$600
ʻAuwai rock
$1,400
Gas
—
Steaming Drum + Lids x 2
$60
Website Cost
$60
Gravel for road due to flooding
$500
Diesel
$200 / month
KNOWN COSTS SO FAR
$3,239
Gas and monthly diesel are not included in this total.
WHAT WE’RE WORKING TOWARD
REFRIGERATED PICKUP STORAGE
Friday–Sunday poi pickup
Working toward
WATER + SOIL TESTING
Continue the field record
Ongoing
ʻAUWAI REPAIR + PIPE
Repair after most recent flooding event.
Ongoing
PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Support weekly production
In progress
CONTINUITY
The point of keeping this ledger is not to make the numbers look good.
It is to know what this work actually takes.
What went into the ground.
What came out of it.
What was sold.
What was shared.
What broke.
What had to be bought.
What we absorbed ourselves.
Because keeping something going and making it sustainable are not necessarily the same thing.
The goal is still simple: keep kalo in the ground, keep water moving, and keep poi on the tables around us.
Now we are trying to understand what it takes to do that in a way that can continue.
Last updated: September 2026
This is a working record. Numbers change as the season moves.