Grove Farm News

Giving Back to Our Community Historians have described Grove Farm’s founder, George Norton Wilcox, as a philanthropist who gave back to the community. Kaua‘i Historian, Hank Soboleski, penned an article on G. N. Wilcox and described...

There has been quite a few changes in Grove Farm's website... Including the launch of our Sustainable Culture section. Working towards our vision of Building a Sustainable Kaua‘i, Grove Farm is focused on practices such as protecting...

Chances are, when you're driving around Kaua‘i, you will notice a bunch of albizia trees -- Falcataria Moluccana -- towering over vegetation on the sides of roads. While beautiful and stately, albizia is one of the most destructive and...

The Waiahi Surface Water Treatment Plant (Waiahi SWTP) provides safe drinking water to over 15,000 Kaua‘i residents and visitors, roughly 20% of the island. The only surface water treatment facility on the island resulted from a...

Kūkulu Kaiāulu – To Build a CommunitySince the coronavirus hit our island in early spring, our team at Grove Farm came up with many ideas “to build a community” – or Kūkulu Kaiāulu. A number of initiatives arose from Kūkulu Kaiāulu,...

Three students who demonstrate excellence in community service, academic accomplishments, and quality of character are selected to receive a scholarship valued at $20,000. Since the program was founded, Grove Farm has committed $660,000...

New Filters at the Waiahi Surface Water Treatment PlantIn our inaugural 2020 Grove Farm Newsletter, we began a series on Water Clarity, which highlighted the importance of sustainable surface water and its many beneficial uses. As you...

Story by Brittany Lyte / Civil BeatIn a letter to Kauaʻi Mayor Derek Kawakami, Grove Farm President and CEO Warren Haruki said he is disappointed that the original vision for the facility “was not given a chance to succeed.” Haruki said...

Story by Sabrina Bodon / The Garden IslandStakeholders, community members and elected officials are crying out against the re-purposing of the Kaua‘i Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center.[In May], the county’s administration...

As our island continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, we at Grove Farm applaud and support the collective efforts being made to flatten the curve, with outstanding success to date. Even so, it is still vital that we continue...