Know Your Farmers: Waihe‘e Valley Plantation

Whether you’re used to seeing them covered in chocolate or hanging from trees, macadamia nuts are part of Maui, and are now included in our farm-to-table culture.  At Fork & Salad, we use them fresh on our ingredient line, and in our popular mac nut pesto (featured on several signature sandwiches).  Waihe‘e Valley Plantation takes great pride in growing mac nuts in the most natural, sustainable ways possible.  In this “Know Your Farmers” video, Chef Travis visits the peaceful Maui plantation, home to around 17,000 mac nut trees on more than 11,000 acres.  Get more details on the operation in our blog on Waihe‘e Valley Plantation.

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