78 YEAR OLD FARMER RELUCTANTLY RETIRING FROM 420 ACRE FARM
ON THE IDYLLIC ISLAND OF MAUI, HAWAII
420 ACRE FARM IN HANA, MAUI - HANA TROPICALS
Give yourself a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live your dreams. Seize this chance to live your lives well and fully in Hāna; a hidden gem on the island of Maui. Immerse yourself in the Aloha of these Islands. Farm organically. Live sustainably. Become a part of this very special community called Hāna. Hāna offers a semi-tropical climate year round which means you can choose a fully self-sustaining lifestyle. You have 365 growing days every year, so you have the opportunity to grow all your own vegetables and fruit. Chickens and ducks are very happy on the land and provide both eggs and meat. Anything additional may be purchased at the weekly Hana Farmers’ Market including locally raised beef and pork, and locally caught fish. Annual rainfall averages 80 inches per year, so living with a water catchment system is a reasonable goal. There is enough rain that there has been no need to water or irrigate the fields. There is certainly enough sun for solar panels to power telephone and internet access. The tradewinds keep Hana cool, thus there is no need for heating or aircon.
The farm was ready for sale in March 2020, but due to the COVID pandemic, the aging owners decided to delay the sale and shelter in place. We spent the lockdown living on the farm with our interns and shockingly, had a marvelous time! Our lives continued. The community pulled in and sheltered its own and together, we all managed. We had a few difficult years. We stopped tours and of course, this affected our bottom line. However, we are still able to operate and live comfortably.
There is incredible potential for multi-million dollar sales when you take over this magnificent farm. Other farms on Maui of only 20 acres generate sales of over $2m so the sky is the limit with the right investment planning. And should you be thinking of a hideaway in the event of further world problems, this is for you.
Your problem is actually how do you put a price on such an opportunity. We encourage you to check out other listings on the Island of Maui, and you will realize the incredible value of Hana Tropicals. On Maui, a small house on a small lot costs nearly $1 million with a property tax of over $10,000 each year. Moving away from harsh winters; growing your own food when inflation is out-of-control; finding a safe resting place when our world threatens increasing instability; these quality of life factors are priceless. If you agree with these statements, your Dream is within reach. Do not procrastinate as we expect this farm to sell fast!
THIS CAN BE YOURS:
● Trading as a US - C Corporation and doing business as ‘Hana Tropicals’, ‘Maui Moringa’ and Jungle Bee’ Honey products.
● Control of 420+ acres in Hana, Maui for 62 years on State of Hawaii land.
● Perfect location as a tourist destination ( TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR HERE ) Prior to covid, Hana Tropicals was open for tours almost every day of the year.
● 2 bedroom/1 bathroom cottage with large indoor/outdoor kitchen/living area. Room for expansion.
● A second building, presently used as the residence “Bamboo Cottage” of the Farm Manager
● Tiny house with sleeping loft, kitchen and outdoor shower
● Packing shed/warehouse on concrete floors measuring 4800 sq ft. This complex includes four offices, a bathroom with shower and the ONLY truck/container loading dock in East Maui
● Greenhouse of 5880 sq ft. Irrigation system.
● Another industrial building of 1800 sq ft - located at the entry to the farm - with an office, 2 bathrooms, and large open space for anything from gatherings to equipment repair
● 5+ acres of a wide variety of tropical flowers and foliage used in arrangements shipped to the US Mainland - grown organically
● 500 Moringa trees - grown organically
● 8+ beehives of wild, Hawaiian honey bees
● One acre of vegetable and herb gardens - including loofahs and turmeric - with lots of room for expansion - grown organically
● One acre fruit orchard including grapefruit, lemon, avocado, surinam cherry, pomelo, star fruit, etc - grown organically
● Many other fruits in the “food forest” throughout the land including 4 types of avocado for year round production, papaya, mango, liliquoi, mountain apples, coconuts and 4 types of bananas - all organic
● 5 miles of trails from 150 to 1200 ft in elevation
● The town of Hana is 1.25 miles to the east of Hana Topicals; an easy 25 minute walk.
With the right amount of investment to increase production of additional acreage and expand facilities, it is a reasonable projection to increase sales to $5M+ per year. The agricultural property tax is presently less than $2000 per year. In order to maintain this extremely reasonable rate, it is imperative - due to the agricultural zoning - that the person buying can show the State of Hawaii that they intend to run a commercial farm and can run an agricultural business. This can be done if the buyer has agricultural training of some sort or the buyer has the resources to add a qualified farm manager as a permanent staff member. If you are trying to emigrate to the USA, what better place. You may qualify for an E2 Treaty Investor visa for you and your family when you buy. No need to join the immigration queue.
INCREASING STATE SUPPORT OF
HAWAIIAN AGRICULTURE
The State of Hawaii relies heavily on imported food (literally 75-80% of all food consumed) and is working hard to promote locally grown products to replace this drain on the economy. There are multiple Hawaii Farm Bureau bills each year designed to help farmers with financial assistance. The State Legislature passes many of these financial assistance agricultural bills each session to help this happen. Here are a few recent relevant examples:
● Ornamental red ginger funding. One hundred thousand dollars for studying diseases affecting the production of ornamental ginger.
● Foodhub pilot program. Requires the Department Of Agriculture to establish a five-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food. Provides for the award of grant funding to qualified applicants wishing to establish a food hub.
● Farm-to-State procurement. Requires the Department of Education, plus the Departments of Health, Public Safety, Defense, and the University of Hawaii to ensure that a certain percentage of food purchased by the public schools, youth campuses, public hospitals, etc. consist of fresh, local agricultural products plus local, value-added agricultural food products.
● Tax credit extension is the period during which the important agricultural land qualified agricultural tax cost credit is available.
● Compost reimbursement program. Establishes and appropriates funds for compost reimbursement programs under the umbrella of the Department of Agriculture, This includes one full-time permanent program manager.
● Cover crop reinvestment program. Establishes a reimbursement to provide up to 75% of cost reimbursement to farming operations in the State for the acquisition of cover crop seeds, green manure, or compost.
● Hemp program. Extends the sunset date of Act 14, which establishes the State, hemp processes and commercial hemp production laws by three years to 2025.
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and a price you are happy to pay should you be ready to buy.
OUR BELIEFS AND HOW
HANA TROPICALS FITS GLOBALLY
We believe strongly that we should leave the earth better than we found it. For 18 years, we have worked sustainably by replenishing and giving back to the land and people around us. Quite often we find ourselves with dirt under our fingernails and a smile on our faces because we love what we do! We are local members of the Hawaii Farmers Union and proud to represent farmers of East Maui. We operate under the perspective that the quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our relationships. In other words, the better relationships we have, the better quality of life we experience. Not only do we strive to enhance interpersonal relationships but we also seek to bring harmony to the relationships that we as a farm are involved with each day: our community, land, animals, farm team, and customers. We operate our farm in such a manner that seeks to be responsible, conscious, and sustainable. Not only do we want to be sustainable, but we also seek to enhance the land and animals in our farm. We are aware that our job is never done; we believe in always improving, and we are excited about the possibilities that lie ahead.
● OUR FLOWERS: We are the designers of our boxes of flowers. We take pride in growing, harvesting, choosing and arranging our very own flowers. Unlike other flower companies with multiple flower partners and many levels of distribution, our customers know exactly where their flowers come from, and they are encouraged to expect the very best. We have 5 acres of tropical flowers and exotic foliage, all organically grown and tended with great love.
● OUR MORINGA: There are 500 Moringa oleifera trees in our Moringa fields. Our Moringa trees are tenderly cared for each day. We hand-pick each leaf from our trees to ensure our products include only the best, most nutritious leaves. All our Moringa products are produced in small batches by hand. Our products are held to a better than organic standard, so all our plants and flowers are lovingly tended without harming the surrounding environment or our Team. It is said that if Moringa and Ulu (the breadfruit tree) were planted in countries facing famine, the travesty of world famine would be resolved; ulu for substance and Moringa for all the nutritional elements the body needs to survive.
● OUR HONEY: The bees of Hana Tropicals produce a lovely amber honey that’s not too sweet. Our bees are wild Hawaiian bees. Most arrived at our farm naturally, multiplied and live happily amongst our exotic flowers and palm trees. Others we rescue from the exterminator, and they too thrive in our organic fields. When appropriate, we harvest their bounty with gratitude. Our honey is 100% pure, semi-filtered, raw, wild, Hana honey. We have been advised by an apiary expert that the land will support up to 2000 beehives.
● OUR TURMERIC: We hand-process our Turmeric rhizomes - from start to finish - with Aloha: harvest on a day as designated on the Hawaiian planting calendar (really!), dehydrate them in our self-contained Moringa/Turmeric room, create the Turmeric powder, package it and ship it to our customers’ doors. Filled with powerful and intense flavor from the volcanic-based soil, our Turmeric powder will transform your cooking experience and quite possibly, your health.
● OUR LIVES: We have been blessed with the aloha of this amazing community of Hana; its people, its support, its lessons. We consider ourselves much richer for having been encompassed by this microcosm of sanity. You have no idea how much pain the concept of leaving Hana brings. However, Hana teaches that ‘there is a time for every season’ and our age dictates that managing an active farm that can offer so much more brings our legacy to an end. Our hearts will always hold Hana close and the friendships we cherish will always be with us.
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HANA TROPICALS: A HISTORY. A LEGEND.
A SHORT HISTORY: Hana Tropicals has been a farm for a very long time. At the start of the State leasehold farm in the 1950s 30 acres were planted in papayas, providing a thriving wholesale business for many years until the Islands’ entire papaya industry was devastated by a blight. The then owners changed course and chose to focus on ornamental palms, shipped in 20 foot containers to the Mainland.
In 1986, Rosewood Hotels purchased Hotel Hana Maui AND Hana Tropicals. Hana Tropicals became the source of landscaping plants for Rosewood’s exterior renovations of the Hotel Hana Maui and other hotels throughout Maui. This morphed into plants for the Hotel interiors, then changed course again to offer floral arrangements and orchids shipped as gifts to the Mainland. After multiple owners, we (Ian and Krista Ballantyne) purchased Hana Tropicals in January 2005. We continued the retail shipping of floral arrangements and orchids. We added daily tours, then our wellness products based on Moringa and Turmeric. Recently, we added our own honey to the product mix. We have bees, chickens and ducks. And finally, after NOT using inorganic pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers for over 16 years, we have begun producing fruit and vegetables to share with our community at the Hana Farmer’s Market. We continue to expand our offerings and are happy to share all our organically grown food. We have experienced so many amazing things since our arrival all those years ago. Perhaps the three most important lessons we’ve learned are:
● To listen to the land. Accept and always be thankful for our time in Hana.
● Continue to learn all we can about sustainable, organic land practices, and teach these ways to all who work with us.
● Most importantly, listen to the Kapuna and learn the old ways. The “tried and true” ways from the past are simpler and they work. It is critically important to maintainthe old knowledge of this beautiful land and to pass it along to the new generation. After 18 years and now 78 years in age, we have decided to finally retire; hence HanaTropicals is for sale.
A LEGEND
Legend has it that in the early 1800’s, King Kamehameha I offered the people of Hana access to this land to harvest hala (Pandanus tectorius) for their everyday needs and the Kukui tree (Aleurites moluccanus) byproducts for medicinal needs. Both of these trees are considered ‘Canoe Plants’ and were brought over by the original Micronesian settlers. Hala leaves were of paramount importance as the material used for thatching, mats, hats, ropes, twine, sails for small boats, baskets, and other fibre products. The oil content of the Kukui tree nuts was so intense that the nuts could be set alight and used as candles. The only stipulation the King made was that for everyone to share in this bounty, absolutely no bloodshed was allowed on this land. Today, the land of Hana Tropicals remains benign in its acceptance and protection of humans. In this, we are blessed.
THE LABYRINTH AT HANA TROPICALS
In 2009, my best friend - who loves Hana - decided that the land of Hana Tropicals was peaceful and benign with amazingly positive energy… enough for a meditative labyrinth. She has a foundation that encourages the creation of peaceful places for meditation. It’s in honor of her father, who repatriated the bones of Japanese soldiers thrown into mass graves during WWII on the island of Taiwan. He was given an award from the Emperor of Japan for this humanitarian effort. Marsha, my friend, is striving with this foundation to extend the efforts of her father and create peaceful pathways for others.
We are so blessed. We were able to draw young people from all over the world to help us. We had helpers from Japan, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, USA, and of course, Hawaii. We gathered together for 10 days clearing the land. Dowsers, brought in from Sebastopol, California, figured
out the best location. They laid the stones for the labyrinth that seemed appropriate; and indeed, it is. We held a blessing for the labyrinth and invited the community. In its life, this spot has been blessed by people of many religions and has continued to attract the positive energy of those who visit while providing a safe place for introspection.
The labyrinth at Hana Tropicals is a seven circuit labyrinth based on the one located at the Cathedral of Chartes in France.… which is actually based on an ancient labyrinth in Africa. Normally, a labyrinth will be designed to have you to enter on the ‘female side’ and exit on the male. At Hana Tropicals, the dowsers laid the pathways opposite because that is what felt right to them at the time. Interestingly enough, it makes sense in Hawaii to do so, especially in Hana. So, on our land, you stand at the entry and set your intentions; proceeding to walk the circuit towards the center on the male side (or clockwise), all the while shedding your anxieties and negative thoughts into the ground as you progress. After stopping at the center, you turn and retrace your steps outward,moving counterclockwise, while pulling the strength of Mother Earth into your heart. Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of the Earth, is revered in this part of the Islands, so we feel this is appropriate.
WALKING A SACRED PATH
The Labyrinth is an archetype, a divine imprint, used over the past 5000 years by all religious traditions in various forms around the world. The Labyrinth is a tool to guide healing, deepen self-knowledge, and empower creativity. Walking the labyrinth allows us to clear the mind, letting go of that which gets in our way and gives us insight and clarity on our journey. Always walk it with an open heart and an open mind.
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HANA; A MOLECULE IN TIME
The following article was written by the late Carl Linquist, a journalist and longtime resident of Hāna
One of the most rewarding things about living in Hana is the spontaneous reaction you get when you tell people that you live here.
Hāna? Wow, you live way out there?
Hāna? Oh you lucky thing, that’s my favorite place in the whole world
Hāna? Don’t tell me you’re driving back today!
Hāna? I can’t believe you live there! Nobody actually lives in Hana, do they?
To say, I am from Hāna means different things to different people. It means that you love natural beauty, that you’re willing to make deep personal sacrifices to enjoy and protect it. It means that you believe in helping others; particularly the keiki and the Kūpuna, and subscribe to the concept that the word kokua means to help without being asked. It means that you rarely litigate, and that you believe that ho’oponopono, a traditional Hawaiian rite of meditation, is the most acceptable way of solving problems. It implies that you are part of a fiercely independent group of people who, if they can’t get something done in a conventional manner, will, more likely than not, find their own way of getting it done.
For Maui residents, living on the other side of the island, coming to Hana is a visit with a purpose: a chance to see relatives, to watch their kids take part in sports, to go fishing or pig hunting or to just hang out and breathe.
For tourists, Hāna is a day trip taken in a rental car or as a passenger in a helicopter, bus or van, or an excursion from one of the highly populated visitor destinations on the other side of Maui. It is, in a word, an adventure, a diversion.
For some of us, Hāna is something more: a journey that will end only when life itself is done, and, for some, not even then.
If you’re born here, particularly if your ancestral line reaches back into the ether of Hana’s past, this covenant is innate, since the ‘aina, hanau, the land of one’s birth, is rendered forever inseparable from the soul itself.
For others, like me, who have come from elsewhere to stay, the journey begins with an awakening, a consciousness, not only of the deep spirituality that lies beneath this incredibly beautiful, tropical surface, but of the connection between an omnipotent force and one’s self.
This revelation is sometimes slow to gain momentum. More often than not, it comes as a sudden awareness that this is a place truly set apart from any other on our Earth: that it is a place long searched for and rarely found in man’s journey to find peace with himself. There is another side to this revelatory experience: Hāna, as things turn out, it’s definitely not for everyone. In the beginning there is a stringent kind of filtration that must be undergone when you come here; a process of letting go of familiar values while accepting others. This is Hawaii, but there are no golf courses. This is Hawaii, but there is no guaranteed sunshine. There are no white sand beaches (although some incredible ones in silver, black and red). There are a limited - really limited – number of places for shopping and dining. There is no nightlife. Your cell phone may or may not work. There are no fast food outlets, no hardware store, no Starbucks, no movie theater. There’s a long list of things you can’t do and things you might miss… Get used to it. Throw in an approach road that in both directions, requires hours of negotiating, in an undulating cliffhanger of a mountain track; a Highway of no little reputation for driving people out of their minds with its twists and turns, and you’ve helped eliminate a big number of potential Hāna converts.
If you’re willing to accept this purging process, you may find what so many seek, the essence of the place called Hāna, this place we love.
Contemporary life, In Hāna is a direct manifestation of the many layers, composing its foundation, beginning with the revered history of a people bound together by both isolation and the bounty of nature, then driven by a common purpose of commoners and kings, who conducted themselves as one with the land and the sea; of a culture that embraces family and custom and tradition, as being intrinsic parts of life itself; of a legacy of eloquent chants, that record genealogies and momentous events, and tell of deities such as Pele and Ku’ula, who lived here as mortals until passing into the rich pantheon of Hawaiian gods and goddesses; of the traditions of music and song and hula, providing a poetic and physical literature, which has been passed on, (and will continue to be passed on) through the generations. The more recent influences have emanated from an entrepreneurially-driven agricultural era, mixed and melted with the multi ethnic stew that first began bubbling with the importation of foreign fieldworkers. Add to this more change: the coming of Christianity and the ultimate demise of the once-pervasive sugar, pineapple and rubber plantations, replaced by small farms, cattle ranches, and hospitality-oriented ventures.
Today Hāna is a little of all of these things when the akule schools come into Hāna Bay, the fisherman still scramble for their boats and nets, and everyone shares in the catch and the stories that follow. A softball or a volleyball tournament, a school, graduation, a funeral will attract nearly the whole town. One typical day begins with the sunrise sending soft sweeps of color up through the pastures, where herds of cattle offer an archival counterpoint to the Fagan Memorial Cross atop Lyon’s Hill, and often ends in the surprising glow of color emanating from a far-off sunset. The rains are still blessedly abundant, bearing precious gifts of rainbows and waterfalls. We are surrounded by an unending pallet of blues and greens, bordered by the black lava shoreline, and the glistening white of breaking waves.
The narrow road to Hāna never gets any wider. There are never fewer curves or one lane bridges. We are still a long, long way from anywhere, but here is where we want to be, having so much, in Hāna, the place we love.
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So here we are at the end of a whole lot of information, and we hope you enjoyed reading it. You will be thinking either this is not for me - in which case- thanks for reading this and good luck and happiness with the rest of your life… or you may be intrigued enough to want to be thinking this is for me but what is the price? We mostly buy stuff because we think it is good value so it is up to you to decide what you think the value is to you and to make an offer accordingly. Please do not waste your time by offering a figure followed by less than 6 zeros. You will probably want to visit before a final decision so email us at hanaian333@icloud.com for inquiries and any questions and a price you are happy to pay should you be ready to buy.
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Be profitable in paradise…
There is incredible potential for multi-million dollar sales when you take over this magnificent farm. Other farms on Maui of only 20 acres generate sales of over $2m so the sky is the limit with the right investment planning. And should you be thinking of a hideaway in the event of further world problems, this is for you.
East Maui…white sand beaches, community, fresh fruit…
Give yourself a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live your dreams. Seize this chance to live your lives well and fully in Hana; a hidden gem on the island of Maui. Farm organically. Live sustainably. Become a part of this very special and close-knit community called Hana.
