Kavafied Family Kava Nursery & Farms
Feb 16, 2018
Cyclone Gita Aftermath - February 16 - 2018
On February 12, 2018, the Kingdom of Tonga was devastated by cyclone Gita. It was the closest cyclone to hit Tonga i...
Jan 25, 2018
It's Not Just Kava It's Family - January 25 - 2018
The saying, "it takes a village to raise a child" can also be applied to farming Kava. Over the course of 4 years ma...
Jan 7, 2018
New Year More Kava - January 7 - 2018
Our young family Kava farmers started off 2018 by gaining a valuable lesson in hard work. There were plenty of weeds...
Dec 19, 2017
New Lot More Kava - December 19 -2017
The Kavafied family Kava farm is off to a running start with over 1,000 plants successfully transplanted to our initi...
Nov 15, 2017
Transplanting Kava - November 15 - 2017
The time has come to transplant our young Kava plants from the nursery. The field has been plowed and fenced in to p...
Nov 7, 2017
Kava growth and closeups - November 7 -2017
The Kavafied family Kava farm continues to grow by the day, including our young family Kava helpers. 'Eua, Tonga Kav...
Oct 25, 2017
Plowing and fencing our future fields of Kava - October 25 - 2017
Thanks to our buy one plant one Kava sustainability program, our Kava farming initiative in Tonga is making a lot mor...
Oct 18, 2017
Giving back through Kava - October 18 - 2017
Kava farming is expensive, labor intensive and very risky. A lot can happen during the 4 years it takes to grow matu...
Oct 17, 2017
Grow kava grow - September 7 - 2017
Our Kava babies are off to a great few months of growth. Our Kava fields are a few miles away from the village so th...
Oct 17, 2017
Kava Babies - August 5 -2017
Our baby Kava plants are starting to catch their stride. We've been using two types of potting bags; cheap (white) o...
Oct 17, 2017
First Signs of Kava Life - June 17 - 2017
After our last harvest we were able to plant a couple hundred Kava cuttings. The high cost of Kava has created a pl...
Oct 17, 2017
Kava Nursery Beginnings - March 24 - 2017
Sharing Kava with the world one shell at a time is our motto at Kavafied. We have dedicated ourselves to creating in...