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Specialties
We create beautiful preserves using fruit grown only by Kauai’s farmers.
History
Established in 2010.
Monkeypod Jam works with over 25 Kauai farmers to create 55 seasonal preserves. Monkeypod is deeply committed to Kauai agriculture, green practices and impeccably high preserving standards.
Meet the Business Owner
Aletha T.
Business Owner
Aletha Thomas, a former schoolteacher, launched Monkeypod Jam in 2010, when she was placed on furlough. Each furlough Friday, Aletha would pull out her French copper pot and make jams and jellies using ripe Kauai fruit. With each batch, she was preserving the season’s harvest while also preserving childhood memories of her grandmas, both of whom she remembers making jams on the farm.
The turning point came when a neighbor unloaded a hundred pounds of fat, creamy mangoes on her husband’s doorstep. «We have to make jam!» he told Aletha. And that’s when she began preserving in earnest, working hard to make sure none of Kauai’s beautiful fruits went to waste. Today, Monkeypod Jam works with more than 25 Kauai farmers to create 55 seasonal preserves. We use only fruit from Kauai and are deeply committed to Kauai agriculture.