In order to ensure that our workers are either adequately compensated or volunteering for educational purposes, we feel that it makes best sense that our coffee production zone be located in Hawaii—specifically in Ohipikao. In order to ensure that we are working in alignment with the ethics of earth care, it is crucial that our coffee be planted with a variety of other perennials that are intercropped among shade-producing trees. Some of these might include–very similarly to cacao—waiwi, lychee, banana, avocado and a number of citrus trees. Additionally, outsiders that we are, we are committed to preserving local tradition, and therefore employ the practice of Polynesian Polyculture, which states that no plant is “planted in clusters over 1/10 of an acre” (Permaculture Foundation of Hawaii).