ʻIkiʻiki, Anahulu Poepoe

Hala Exhibition, Loko Iʻa Workday, Hilo Chocolate Festival

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Cora Johnson
May 09, 2025

Anahulu Poepoe

Welcome to Gather Core, a newsletter by Onomea Country Market, released at the beginning of each anahulu.


gather (n.v.adj.) bring/come together, collect, understand

core (n.v.adj.) center, heart, gut, mind, innermost, enduring

Food Menu

Local Produce

  • Lychee

  • Papaya

  • ʻŌlena

  • Ginger

  • ʻUala

Baked Goods

  • Fresh Rosemary Bread available on Fridays (can pre-order to reserve a loaf)

Fridge/Freezer

  • Tropical Dreams Icecream: Green Tea, Kona Coffee, Chocolate Fudge, Tahitian Vanilla, Coconut Sorbet, Passion Sorbet

  • Lilipops: Hawaiian Fruit Popsicles

  • Waiholokui Garden: Gingerade

Song of the Anahulu

Original Trifecta by Kapena Mokiao

Community Happenings

  • Hala Exhibition Opening Reception at Wailoa Art Center on Friday, May 9th, 2025. 5pm-7pm. Celebrate the cultural significance and ecological importance of the hala plant in Hawaiʻi. Exhibit on view from May 10th - June 19th.

  • Hale O Lono Workday every 2nd Saturday of the month. May 10th, 2025. 9am-11:30am. Join them in connecting with ʻāina through traditional Hawaiian fishpond management in Keaukaha. More information at instagram.com/hale_o_lono and edithkanakaolefoundation.org/sites Potluck encouraged. Recommended to bring tabis, gloves, sunscreen, and water.

  • 2025 Hilo Chocolate Festival at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel on Saturday May 10th, 2025. 9am-4pm. Enjoy Hawai'i Island grown cacao with free chocolate samples, tree to bar cacao exhibits and demos, free farm tours, agricultural exhibits, cacao seed giveaways, and a silent auction. Find more info at https://www.easthawaiicacao.org/festival/index.php

  • Financial Planning Workshop featuring Dr. Brett Carey on Thursday, May 15th, 2025. 1pm-4pm. A part of the Technical Assistance Workshop Series with Hawaiʻi Commercial Kitchens and Hawaiʻi Farm-To-Car by Hoʻōla Farms. Find more info at https://hawaiicommercialkitchens.com/workshops and https://www.instagram.com/hoola_farms/

  • Hui Mālama I Ke Ala ʻŪlili - huiMAU current position openings: Hānai Kanaka Assistant. Join their huiMAU Hub crew in working to transform our food systems in Hāmākua through the work of hānai kanaka - feeding and nourishing the community with foods grown on their ʻāina. Find more information at alaulili.com and instagram.com/huimau_ohana 

  • Hui Mālama I Ke Ala ʻŪlili - huiMAU current position openings: ʻĀina Education Program Specialist & ʻĀina Education Program Assistant. Join their ʻāina restoration crew in working to equip and empower keiki in the community to live & thrive in this place for generations through ʻāina and Hawaiian culture-based educational initiatives on their ʻāina and in the classroom at their DOE partner schools in Hāmākua. Find more information at alaulili.com and instagram.com/huimau_ohana 

  • Onomea Country Market is a distribution location for Hawaiʻi Farm-To-Car by Hoʻōla Farms; an online farmers market for local produce, meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, value-added products, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted. Shop online Friday-Monday and pickup on Wednesdays from 3pm-5pm at the Pepeʻekeo location. https://hoolafarms.org/hawaii-farm-to-car/

Follow this link https://linktr.ee/gathercore to make submissions for Community Happenings and/or Maker Spotlights.

Onomea Country Market is a family style run corner store located at the end of the scenic route in Pepeʻekeo. We carry local produce from Hawaiʻi farms and other locally made products from Hawaiʻi farmers, artists, and makers. We also carry grocery and convenience items. Along with Piʻilani Kitchen and The Lei Bar, we are apart of Onomea Hub.