A Maui Farmer’s Dream: Where Food, Not Fences, Separates The Homes.. Facing a shortage of affordable agricultural land, a Maui farmer is forging unique partnerships with high-end homeowners to grow food in their yards.
KIHEI, Maui — Inside a gated community of nine multimillion-dollar homes on the lower slopes of Haleakala Crater, fruit and vegetable farmer Jordan Longman has an unusual agreement to transform several property owners’ expansive grassy lawns into miniature food forests.
Although the 2-acre parcels at Kaimanu Estates are zoned for agriculture, a recent real estate listing describes one of them, valued at $20 million, as an “elegant resort-style compound.”
