APAAU — When he was younger, Aukea Kaaekuahiwi didn’t realize everything it takes to get dinner to the table.
“When I was small, I thought, ‘OK, things just happen,’” the 16-year-old said. “‘They just come onto our plate. I don’t know how, but it just comes to our plate.’”
Now a bit older and wiser, he knows there’s more to it than that.
Almost two and a half years since he started raising pigs with his brother, Alii, the two Kohala High School sophomores created an enterprise that not only puts