Tracy Matfin and coauthor Dona Willoughby live, learn, teach, and grow at La’akea Community, currently comprised of nine adults and two children on 23 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island (
permaculture-hawaii.com).
Articles by Tracy Matfin
On Hawaii’s Big Island, La’akea Community explores sustainability through myriad experiments—from keeping wild pet pigs in the garden to eating 100 percent locally to mowing with sheep.