WELCOME
Hello, I’m Naoki, a writer with a taste for good food and a passion for sustainable food systems. In short, I like to eat right, and write about all the things that make food good — and I’m constantly exploring the myriad ways in which we grow, source, purvey, prepare, and consume the things that nurture us.
Bon appétit and bonne lecture (happy reading)!
Record Floods Impact California Ag
While California assesses agricultural damage from a historic deluge, official tallies may overlook an important segment of the industry: small farms and farmworkers.
Rerooting Farmers in a New Land
At PGC Farms in Kuni, on the island of O’ahu, immigrants from across Southeast Asia and the Pacfic cultivate 41 individual plots. Along with affordable farmland and help in accessing capital, PGC’s farmers receive field training, financial and regulatory expertise, and language resources — the full support they need to root themselves in Hawai’i.