To contextualize the efforts taking place in Heʻeia to support the wellbeing and health of the community through food production and ʻāina based education, students were able to spend an hour distance learning with each site. Their staff shared about the intentions of their spaces and how they support food sovereignty and ʻai pono in the work that they do.

Students worked on ʻāina everyday. They took on various tasks that needed to be done. Through this work, they not only learned how our kūpuna cultivated food, but they also learned about the significance of that practice through moʻolelo, ʻike kūpuna, and practicing the practice itself. Students were able to experience ʻāina in a way that was both educational, but also spiritually and emotionally uplifting. Through mālama ʻāina students were able to experience how that work itself supports your physical health as well as make connections to the foods they would be preparing and eating.

In addition, students also scaffolded their knowledge learned on land with three videos that emphasized the importance of mālama ʻāina while touching upon issues and historical events faced by the community:

- ʻĀina: That Which Feeds Us
- Stolen Waters
- Heʻeia: Thatʻs Thinking Island

At the end of the day we always closed out and shared what we learned, how we felt, and what we appreciated about the day in group discussion. In addition, students were asked to share any other thoughts they had on the day that they did not verbalize in the discussion. This was a great opportunity for students to see each otherʻs thoughts and how they felt. It was also a great gauge for me as a kumu to see where the students were at with their learning and how they were feeling emotionally in order to move forward the next day and into the future time we had together.