Permaculture design
A design process that defines and uses the natural energy flow on our upcountry farm.
Our story · Boranian Farms
A family farm, thirty years in the making.
You're about to start a coffee tasting adventure that began 30 years ago on our family-owned and operated, single-estate farm, in the heart of the Kona coffee belt.
Holualoa · KonaSingle estateFamily owned
How we farm
Soil, plant and people, all connected.
From the beginning, Boranian Farms has used a permaculture design process that works with the natural energy flow of our upcountry farm. It taught us the direct links between soil, plant and human health.
Korean natural farming
One of the regenerative practices we use to enrich and enhance our soil.
Mulch and nitrogen-fixing trees
Mulching, plus nitrogen-fixing trees, to enrich and enhance the soil.
Picked ripe, dried in the sun
Hand-picked. Sun-dried. Every time.
Our coffee, sold under the Kona Love Coffee Company label, is always hand-picked at the peak of ripeness and sun-dried on the deck of our award-winning bamboo structure.
Hand-pickedSun-driedAward-winning bamboo structure
About Joshua
Meet Joshua.
Our farm was part of the Donkey Mill Art Center's "Kona People" exhibit. Amanda Lillibridge of Malama Mushrooms shot this short film of how we farm.
Joshua was born in Orange County and moved to Hawai'i before his first birthday. His interest in farming started young, as weekend chores on the family farm in Holualoa led him into the natural world around it. Growing up, he found solace exploring the wild corners in and around the farm.
He tried a fashion design degree at Mesa Community College in San Diego. It turned out to be unfruitful, so he came home to his roots and earned a B.S. in tropical horticulture from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo.
Since then his focus has been coffee and many other crops, grown through natural regenerative agriculture. His hope is to provide healthy foods and a healthy place to experience life.
- ●Born in Orange County, in Hawai'i before age one
- ●A short detour through fashion design in San Diego
- ●B.S. in tropical horticulture, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
- ●Farms with his mom Linda and dad Dickran
Not just coffee
What else grows here.
Besides coffee, the farm also grows:
'UluBananaTaroPapayaTurmericGingerDragon fruitAvocado
Read "Things We Grow: Turmeric" on the blog
Off season
Events and Zouk nights.
During the off season, the farm also hosts special events, and Brazilian Zouk nights on the drying floor.
Kona Love Letters, by Linda BoranianThe fastest and most proficient picker in the family? Mom, of course.