A Little More Normal Every Day
September 24th

Our power is back!

After 13 days of lugging generators around the farm and doing what we could to keep things moving, seeing the lights come back on was an overwhelming sense of relief.

This week has brought a lot more normalcy. On Monday, we harvested a full load of Noni from our orchards, and yesterday we processed our latest batch of Noni Fruit Leather and got it into the dehydrators.

There’s still plenty of cleanup ahead. We’re working our way through sections of the farm that didn’t need immediate attention, clearing fallen trees and debris and slowly getting everything back in order.

Farmers Markets & Farm Tours

We’ll be back at the Princeville Farmers & Artists Market starting Saturday October 3rd. We’re planning to resume farm tours most Wednesdays and Fridays beginning September 30th. We may block out certain dates as needed to allow us to finish farm cleanup.

Kauaʻi Is Open

Most of the island is returning to normal, with many ocean and adventure activities beginning to resume. Many local shops and eateries are back open. Some of the harder-hit areas still need more time, particularly the North Shore community beyond Hanalei Town, which remains without power and limited to local resident traffic. Several hiking areas, including Waimea Canyon, Kōkeʻe and the Nāpali Coast, also remain closed.

But there’s still so much beauty to experience and enjoy around the island.

If you’re planning to visit, please come. Eat at local restaurants and food trucks, shop at local stores and boutiques, and, as always, bring a little extra aloha with you. Our island ʻohana is working hard every day to clean up and restore the island, and your support means the world to us.

Mahalo for all the aloha you've sent our way. ❤️🌿

Hurricane Lowell: Our Family & Farm Are Safe
September 12th

OUR FAMILY IS SAFE.
OUR FARM IS OKAY.
AND OUR NONI IS STANDING STRONG. 🙏🏼

We are so grateful for all the calls and messages checking on us. We feel the love and appreciate every single message.

Hurricane Lowell was so much worse than we expected, and so many have lost so much. Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau have experienced significant damage in many areas. Our hearts are with everyone affected.

We Got Rocked by the Winds 

Here on the farm, we definitely got roughed up. We have lots of debris, some uprooted trees, and farm roadways to clear. The powerful winds shook a lot of Noni fruit to the ground, which will now simply return to the earth and compost back into the soil to nourish the trees.

Most of our Noni trees are standing strong after the storm, though many fruits were shaken to the ground. 

We are so grateful that we had no structural damage. Our inventory of Noni products, which had just been made last week, is also completely safe inside our processing facility.

The North Shore of Kaua‘i remains without power, including us. We have generators and some solar, but with such an extended outage, they can only power a limited amount. The roads and highways that were impassable earlier this week due to downed utility poles and trees have now been cleared, and we are so grateful for that progress.

Great news: Our Post Office has power! 📦

As of Friday, September 11, we’ve resumed shipping orders. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. We expect to be fully caught up with all waiting orders by Monday morning, September 14.

Staying Connected

Because we are still without power, our phone service and internet remain limited, so we’re a little delayed in returning calls and emails.

You can still call or email us at aloha@realnoni.com and we’re responding as we’re able and truly appreciate your patience.

If you need to place an order, the quickest way is through realnoni.com.

Markets & Farm Tours

We are uncertain when markets will resume and we’ll be able to return to the Princeville and Kilauea farmers markets.

We hope to resume our farm tours as soon as power is restored and our farm is ready to safely welcome visitors again.

We’ll share updates on both as soon as we know more.

We were blessed with this beautiful sunrise as we caught our first glimpses of the aftermath of the storm.

Full of Gratitude

We are so grateful to be shipping orders again. Every order means so much to our family and is a beautiful reminder of all the wonderful people who continue to support our farm from near and far.

Thank you for being part of our Real Noni ʻohana and for all your love and support. 

Mahalo and aloha,
❤️ The Frailey Family

After the Storm
Snapshots from around the farm the morning after the storm.

Large trees blown over and uprooted by the powerful hurricane winds.

Just one Noni tree didn’t make it through the storm, split in half by the powerful winds.

Lots of Noni fruit at every stage of maturity were blown from the trees throughout the orchards. These fruits will simply return to the earth, composting back into the soil and nourishing the orchard.

We just planted these keiki (baby) Noni trees in the orchard last week, and they are standing strong!

The winds did a little harvesting of their own, bringing down a number of banana stalks in our orchard.

Large trees are down about every 15 feet along our 2000 foot east fence line. If you’ve visited us for a farm tour, the area above is where Steve shares the story about the albatross.

Our golden bamboo in the valley took a real beating from the hurricane winds. This is just before the parking area where we welcome guests for our farm tours.

Huge African tulip and java plum trees were knocked down and thrown across the back valley road.

The hurricane decorated the outside of every building and vehicle with leaf confetti.

Hurricane Lowell passing by Niʻihau and Kauaʻi. From 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., the winds were at their most intense, with powerful gusts shaking everything around us.

Yoda peacefully meditating in our farm valley, finding a moment of calm after the storm.

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