Visiting a Local Farm for a Day! || [Oahu, Hawaii] Iconic 95 Year Old Farm! 

Great story! This place is a part of Hawaii's history & must never go away! Besides, where else we going get watercress?. Support Local!!!

omg i remember seeing david sumida (aka beano shots) when he played in the band oriental love ring back in the '80s! glad to see david's doing well and that sumida farms is going strong 😊 i love their watercress ❤

Amanda took the words right out of my mouth near the end! As I was watching, I felt this was one of the best, most interesting videos you have done because it does educate us on a farm that many of us see from the highway but know very little about! Learned a LOT! Now you guys will have to have a new series of similar farm vids: Peterson Upland (Egg) Farm, Kahuku Shrimp Farm, Aloun Farms....

May that family continue growing watercress for generations to come. I absolutely love their watercress. I've been eating it weekly for decades. It's apart of our lives.

Amazing tour of the "watercress patch" that my entire family grew up with. We remember this place before Pearlridge existed, and my brother even went to school with one of the family members in the 70's. Glad to see the family is still running this very important farm. Happy to know they fought off the developers to keep the farm. Excellent episode.

This IS kind of things I was expecting to see in HI - Nature, Farming, Agriculture, Self-sustainability. Thank you for the video! 😊

that's my family's farm

100% agree with Amanda. Not even a minute in I was thinking that this is probably one of my most favorite episodes! I went Pearlridge Elementary, Aiea Intermediate, Aiea High & we had field trips to here. Good times!! So great to see the farm & meet the family and chef. LOVED this episode ❤. MAHALO so much!

I agree with you Amanda about this video being one of your favorite ones. This was one of my favorite videos too.

Oh, this is one of my favorite episodes too! I LOVE the fact that we got to see "behind the scenes" of one of the most iconic places on the island, and am so appreciative this farm is still around. Thank you to you guys for taking us along, and to Sumida Farms for sharing -- long may they thrive and be successful! 🥰 P.S. Gonna buy me some watercress next time I go to the supermarket. Another great way to cook it is in Portuguese bean soup.

Super cool - Drive by there all the time.

What an awesome visit you both had! There is nothing better than Sumida Farms watercress. There is a distinct difference in taste and freshness. In Germany, I was ono for salted beef with watercress soup and was told that the horses eat their watercress or used as garnish. I didn't believe it until I saw the horse munching away on it on a farm. On the Mainland, the stores only sold the tops. I asked where's the rest of the watercress and was told that's how it was sold. I was making hekka and ended up getting 4 bunches of tops. Watercress is so versatile. We always had it in salads or with just dipped in shoyu. Great video guys!

I know I'm not the first to say this, but great video. I loved meeting the family and being educated about the farm. If you grew up on Oahu, you know the watercress farm, but now we know the Sumida family❤

I only buy Sumida. So fresh and clean tasting, no dirt. I have been there and so wanted to catch opai...lol. That water was freezing and clear. Thank God this iconic gift is saved. Mahalo e ke Akua & KS

Agree that this is my favorite episode! Born and raised here, I always wanted to know more about the farm and felt so enlightened after this ep; springs, the monorail, the shack! Thanks for giving us the tour. Look forward to the next one!

I love watercress!! Thank you for taking us on this tour!!!

You guys are on to something with this style of videos.

Thank you for sharing this video on watercress. History and Iconic area on Oahu about this farm along Kam Hwy and next door to Pearl Ridge.

Way cool! I lived in Pearl City all my life and know that Sumida Farms has been around for forever but didn't know the background you presented!!! WTG!!!

I remember passing by the farm as a kid. Always got excited when I saw them picking the watercress. I’m in my 60’s now and watching this sure took me back. Such caring and love put into farming the watercress. I use to wonder if the watercress at the supermarket came from there. Well, now I know. Amazing video you guys!!

Awesome video, super happy her grandpa didn't give in and let Pearl Ridge take over.

Thank you for this amazing behind the scenes video

Great video. Please do more local farmers... Farm to restaurant! Felix, you and I have the exact same sense of humor. I love you Double-take smirks, and Amanda has the patience of an angel to put up with your jokes. Keep up the great work. You make me laugh while making me miss my home so very much. XO

First time to see watercress farm! Nice tour !🙂

I've always wanted to visit this farm! I hope they will open up for limited tours!

This was a very cool video That farm is cool

I’m SO GLAD Y’ALL FOUGHT PEARLRIDGE!

Here in Seattle we call that kind of frozen dessert/drink GRANITA. It’s a refreshing way to serve a latte. My favorite is to make a granita out of a Campari sprits with grapefruit or orange. Never have I fried watercress but I see it in my crystal ball. Great tour, thank you!

I would love to see more of these local farm tours!

Thanks so much for the tour/video. It was super interesting and informative. It's been a while since I have eaten water cress but this video prompts me to start eating it again!

Excellent video. I would love to see more videos like this

Pure Alkiline water Great for drinking high pH. Thanks for sharing this educating sustainable lifestyle farming thank you for sharing this video enjoyed 😉 😊 it thank you Felix& Amanda

Another excellent video guys!!!❤

Great video! Please do a series where you feature locally sourced foods (deer, tuna, taro, the list goes on!).

I had a tour back in1961 - 62 from IOLANI SCHOOL it was very eventful and awesomely interesting. ThankYou SUMIDA and Amanda and Felix.

That's looks beautiful! Tall be going to the good spots

Wow I love Watercress and Everything they’ve Prepared looked Amazing

Awesome video, always wondered the history of that farm in the middle of a city area. Not much farming left on Oahu.

Mahalo guys that was awesome

This was a great video. ❤ ❤Thanks for giving us a beautiful tour❤❤. Keep up the great work.

I love watercress! Sometimes it’s hard to find it in the stores!

I love watercress in soup made by my mom. With so much development going on. Not too much farmland is left.

More like this please ♥

One of your best most informative videos. Thank you. Looking forward for more 🙏🏼❤️🤙🏼

Yes! As most of the other commenters have noted, this was a great episode and one of our favorites because it's very interesting and informative, and something different from the usual foodie vlog or eatery reviews. This is actually the kind of stuff I was interested in before there was sharing on the Internet, way back when we learned about things from books and TV programs and the original chefs that created Hawai'i Regional Cuisine were just getting started. I had already been interested in the history of Hawai'i and the people and ethnic cultures that make up Local Culture, including our food, so I enjoyed reading the cookbooks by Alan Wong, Sam Choy, etc., which described the history and cultural influences along with the recipes and great photos of the food. I also recommend Arnold Hiura's books, From Kau Kau to Cuisine and Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands (as well as a cookbook) I think I mentioned it once in a comment when you were talking about the origins of the plate lunch in Hawai'i or about manapua. I also used to love the PBS special series with Hawai'i chefs and farmers, like Chef Ed Kenney's show "Family Ingredients" on PBS. I also like Chef Sheldon Simeon today because of his cultural explanations as he cooks. I remember seeing TV news or specials about the Sumida family and their watercress farm, and I have taken groups of students on tours. It's too bad Nalo Farms had to close. I'm especially interested in highlighting sustainable agriculture and locally-sourced food and ingredients to help Hawai'i become more food-independent and develop alternatives to an economy based on the tourist industry, or at least more toward more "regenerative" tourism. OK, I guess you can tell I'm a teacher, and I don't expect you to come up with videos like the PBS or Eater series, but as others have commented, it would be great if you could have a sideline series of visits to different farms or companies that produce local products like coffee, chocolate, and beer with tours and talk story, as well as some ideas for different uses or recipes. Since Amanda & Felix Eats has become so well-known, I'm sure these kinds of businesses, in addition to the eateries would be happy to invite you to spread the word. And one last note: I often made tofu salad with Sumida watercress, and I just took it for granted that that was how all watercress tasted, but when I went to a cooking demo at the Okinawan festival and the person cooking said they couldn't find Sumida watercress for the demo, I found out how bitter "mainland" watercress actually is! Ruined the dish for me!

Love the generational sustainable farm right there in the city!

Love love loved this episode!! Pearl city is my old stomping grounds and i used to pass by this place all the time! I remember the shack and the marlin tails!! I remember seeing heron like birds in the fields and the sprinklers going off. I often wondered why, but it was explained perfectly here! My mom would go to Times to buy the watercress! I love it. Blanched, squeezed out the moisture then add shoyu, sesame oil. Sometimes bonito flakes. Sometimes a miso paste mix. So good! I wish they would’ve explained the health benefits a little more , but no matter. It’s a great veg! Love that they are atill going strong. I had heard it was going to shut down soon. I hope it will thrive and continue for many more generations!! They invested in a new cooling machine, and it keeps growing. I didn’t know about the spring water sources. Amazing! Great job! Please do more like these too! So cool to see Pearl City again and the famous watercress farm thriving!!! Mahalo!!!❤👍🏿😀

Foodie Ohana! What a beautiful episode showing Hawaiian local history. What an amazing way to showcase how new stores didn’t stand the test of time but the watercress farm has ALOHA SPIRIT! Thank you for showing us this family and a side of Hawaii we don’t ever see. Love you Foodie Ohana! 🤙🏽❤️🥬🌴

Absolutely loved this video! Love that it is a historic place and goes great with your foodie show. I will definitely check out the links. More historic/food you tubes! Support local! Thx Christine

💯🤙 Great in-depth vid on the Sumida operation.

Aloha 🌺 My Mom always severed fresh watercress with tofu, mayo & shoyu. She liked to blanche it. Oishi! Mahalo Sumida Farms!🥰

Exactly this is by far my Fav Episode

We loved visiting Sumida Farm with you guys! My mother used to make abalone and watercress soup, which was so onolicious! The soup basically consists of sliced canned abalone and watercress cut up in bite size pieces. I don't hear anyone mentioning that soup anymore probably because canned abalone is so expensive. Mmmahalo!

Amazing I've lived on the island , and seen the water cress growing for years. Always amazed, and love this video. Mahalo!

This is one of my favorite episodes. I’d pass the farm growing up on Oahu, but never got to visit on a school tour. It was great to learn the history of the farm and the process of watercress farming. So interesting to learn about the natural springs. It’d be great to see more episodes about local farms or locally sourced foods or products.

Enjoyed this vlog !!! Brings back memories ! My Dad was a good friend of their grandfather ! I grew up in Pearl City ! We Love watercress !!!

Very Cool!! A normally hidden part of hawaii...most people would never think of. Great video. Thanks. I am so impressed how you set out to support local businesses

That was excellent! It was great to see the farm and how they use their product. And super nice people as well.

I love ❤️ new adventure with you both That’s what I love ❤️ to see Nature and farming, I have seen this field so many times for years. Interesting how it starts. Fresh natural spring .. Kamehameha owns the land .. hummm Not a big fan of kamehameha I wish we can visit as well

You went above and beyond with this. Congratulations. Thanks to Sumida Farms for giving you access. You perhaps you can use this to show the positive publicity you would generate for other local producers if they also gave you a tour?

This was a fun and educational watch. Learned so much- that shack everyone sees from Kamehameha Highway, the source of their water, the marlin tails, etc. Thanks for doing this!

Glade to see them still there. remember when kid the hold outs and building shopping places next to there home. Ya there not there now

I absolutely love that you are doing pieces like this. So much of my childhood was always looking forward to seeing the watercress farm when I would go to Pearlridge. So it is really nice to do a deeper dive into the history of Sumida Farm other than the typical things most of us know about it. 💚💚💚

What a wonderful visit to a sustainable farm. What an unexpected wonder thisvfarm has not gone the way of much of thise farther west in the Ewa Plain. Wowza you two! How remarkable!

Amanda & Felix...I just love love. love this episode. I went to school in Pearl City, so this farm is near and dear to my heart. Thank you for that behind-the-scenes tour. It was really special, most people would never have the opportunity to see the educational aspect of this farm, and all those good watercress eats. Yum...I also love Watercress prepared many ways...Try tempura the watercress in a light batter, with a Shoyu/Mayo/sugar/black sesame seed/cayenne pepper dressing...BOMB! My other favorite is Chicken Hekka. Not many people make this dish anymore. Thumbs up!

Great video!! I have heard watercress is one of the healthiest greens. This makes me want to eat it now!!

Love Sumida watercress

I've always wondered about this place! Mahalo!

Love their product. Grew up on it,even here on Kauai.

Love this Episode ❤

Hello Foodie Ohana❤

Its Aloha Friday...

Makes me crave some water cress!!

Hi you guys! Fantastic review of this local farm! So incredibly interesting..I must have water crest now. I love greens, so good for the body! Really so much fun, thanks we would love to see more 👍🌿

Top it off on tofu with a chili oil and shoyu..delicious.

This has got to be one of thee coolest vids you guys have done. I loved all the back info on this timeless watercress farm. So cool to see the generations of workers and family still perpetuating the farm! 💚

This is so interesting! Always wondered why there was a farm right next to pearlridge

I really like this content 😉 👌🏻

OMG I want to try that Guri Guri type of Watercress

Kind of like TANAKA FARM here in Orange County, California, but these Folk's are on a much smaller scale than The TANAKA'S. 😀😃😄😁👋🤞✌️👌🤙👍☝️👏🙏

Shoyu, mayonnaise and black pepper. I can eat a whole bunch dipped it this.

Wow score pork tofu watercress

Cool video. I subbed

Happy Aloha Friday. 😊

What is cake noodle?

Mahalo for the tour of the Sumida farm. We always , past by and just guess what it's like. Very fun educational tour. Wonderful to watch and we don't have to bother them and interfere with their business. Thank them for sharing and you two for your time with this video.

I've wanted to visit that farm and go in the little grass hut since I was a kid.