Lanikai Farms is a unique fish breeding facility that uses biological filtration and rainwater runoff channeled from adjoining nursery structures to create a healthy and financially efficient environment for raising fish. Designed by Lloyd Fischel, this commercial operation is the first of its kind on the island of Maui. This photograph shows the 3,000 gallon biological filter with the 55,000 gallon breeding pond in the background.

A viable ecosystem is based on the principal of self sustainability. Though man has invented a vast array of methods and technologies, we still find that by working side by side in harmony with nature's own methods we can achieve success in sustainable living.
* Let us help you plan your food growing area, small or large. Call for    consultation.
* Adult Class - Worm and Fish Basics - 2 hours $60.
* School class site visitation - No charge.
* Four-day program living on the farm includes Orchids 101, Fertilizer,    Repotting.

LLoyd Fischel is a founding member of the farmer's union in Maui County. Lloyd is dedicated to educating people about how to grow food, starting with soil. Over the past generation, the lessons of how to grow food have been lost as chemical fertilizers, pesticides and large corporate agricultural practices have become the norm. We at Lanikai Farms are dedicated to re-learning the lessons of the generations before us about growing healthy and abundant food.

When one grows more food than one can eat, sharing is inevitable. When one shares, one makes the cause for his or her own happiness. This is life's golden rule based on the law of causality.

In a presentation at a national aquaculture conference Lloyd touted Hawaii’s aquaculture industry leaders, their courage and determination to develop and promote Hawaii’s commercial aquaculture. In so doing, the comments stress the philosophical spirit behind Lanikai Farms. “The environmental landscape mirrors the hearts and minds of people who at this point in history are in control of virtually all land and its accompanying water resources. The reality is that corporate business values are steadily depleting the natural environment and hardening areas that were once water sources with concrete and asphalt."

Lanikai Farms is a beautiful example of how channeling natural resources can become a source of enrichment to any neighborhood and surrounding community. And, in times of trouble or scarcity, such endeavors will be an important source of sustenance.

Simple and efficient, 100% of rainwater is channeled from a 6,500 sq. ft. greenhouse roof. Rain in the Haiku region rises above 100 inches annually.

Culture pens keep different varieties and sizes of fish separate.

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Directions from Kahului:

• Take the Hana Highway 36 East. A few miles past Paia, after mile marker 14, turn right onto Ulumalu Road.
• Turn right at the second stop sign on Kaupakalua, (known as "Five Corners.")
• At the first block turn left on Pakanu.
• Follow the fork left onto Maluna Place.
• First right onto Kapuai.
• First left onto Koolau Road.
• Turn left onto Lanikai Place.
• Lanikai Farms #20.

Directions from Kula:

• Head North on Kula Hwy.
• At approx 6.9 miles Turn right on Makawao Ave, (second set of traffic lights from Kula)
• Follow Makawao Avenue through Makawao, it will turn into Kaupakalua Rd.
• At approx 3.6 Miles Turn right onto Pakanu Rd.
• Follow the fork left onto Maluna Place.
• First right onto Kapuai.
• First left onto Koolau Road.
• Turn left onto Lanikai Place.
• Lanikai Farms #20.