Rachel Fukumoto’s Instagram handle is @thepastryfarmer, and she’s bridging the worlds of pastry and farming in Hawaii. Right now, she’s a full-time farmer at Big Island Tea, a regenerative tea farm, while her dreams of tea-inspired pastries gently steep. Tune in for a chat about Hawaii’s biggest beginner farming program, the endless possibility of tarts, farming in a rainforest, baking with local ingredients, vanilla in Oahu, and much, much more.
Links:
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
JSTOR Daily: “How The Organic Label Leaves Small Farmers Out”
Eater: “Is Organic Food Over?”
Laie Vanilla Company, and a PBS Hawaii video about Saili
Hawaiian Honeycreepers and some pictures of them
Instagram: @regenerativebaking and @dresslerparsons