Lanikai Farms is a state-of-the-art facility open to schools for field trips (grades 5-12.) Students are taught the basics of fish farming for sustainable agriculture in a small or large space. The educational facility was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Sea Grant's Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program (PTOFP), and the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii.

Lloyd Fischel, a serial entrepreneur, created the instructional method that is hands-on, and covers water quality and filtration, and concepts of protein production for one's home and large scale commercial breeding for the more advanced classes. One or two hour educational sessions must be scheduled at least a month in advance. Lanikai Farms is wheelchair friendly.

"I learned so much and in such a fun way about how farms can grow fish using rain captured from building runoff as we saw at Lanikai Farms." - Jennifer Lopez, Junior High School Student

We now know how to grow fish in the smallest home yard." - Lenore Harrington, High School Teacher

"This is a good facility for learning how to grow fish in a sustainable manner." - Robert Howerton, Sea Grant Professor, Maui Community College