The Natural Farming Learning Lab is a 1.5 acre site in North Kohala, Hawai’i Island that has been developed as a learning center to teach the use of Natural Farming methodologies to grow taro, vegetables, fruits and animals. The Natural Farming Learning Lab site is used for training and for producing food for family and community and small-scale commercial production. The Natural Farming Learning Lab encompasses taro and vegetable beds, fruit trees, taro lo‘i, the Natural Farming Pig and Chicken House and the Hagwan (Quonset Hut Leaning Center).

Activities at the Natural Farming Learning Lab include custom training for OAR families, mentoring in taro cultivation and animal husbandry for local youth in partnership with Hau’oli Mau Loa Foundation, education and mentoring for visiting youth groups, agricultural workshops, tours and events for the public.

Natural Farming (formerly Korean Natural Farming) was developed by Master Cho of Korea and has been used internationally by commercial farmers to increase yields, grow chemical free food and reduce agricultural inputs (and therefore costs). The core of Natural Farming training is learning the art and science of the on-farm creation of “fertilizers” and “pesticides” from commonly available ingredients such as brown sugar, egg shells, fish waste and fruit, combined with microorganisms from the soil. Natural Farming Hawaii is an organization that has been trained by Master Cho and is teaching and supporting the methods in Hawaii. The Natural Farming Hawaii organization is working on a certification and marketing program that will market the “Natural Farming” brand, adding value by emphasizing that it is locally grown without chemicals.

Kahua Pa’a Mua is combining traditional knowledge with modern methodology by utilizing the Natural Farming method in order to increase yields, keep water usage low, and provide a way to make natural fertilizers on the farm, which reduces production costs and doesn't use chemicals that are harmful to the land, water and people.