Our farm began the way most family farms do: with two people, a piece of land, and a stubborn fascination with growing things that don't grow easily. Bob and Susi Hamilton planted their first trees on the slopes of Mauna Loa in 1987, drawn to the volcano's rich soil and the rare microclimates it creates — conditions that let tropical fruit varieties from across Asia and the Pacific thrive in Hawaii.

Nearly forty years later, Bob and Susi are still an active part of the operation, alongside their daughters, who have been running around the farm since childhood. The Hamiltons also run Plant It Hawaii, a wholesale nursery serving Hawaii's farms and gardens — a sister business built on the same lifelong passion for tropical horticulture.