Intertwining different species is the defining characteristic of Common Ground Kauai. From the chickens providing nutrients for trees, which return the favor. To another area where an ʻulu tree acts like a trellis for the vines of a vanilla plant. Located on the North Shore of Kauaʻi, the organization’s great connector is food, as the organization’s director of agro-ecology, John Parziale, puts it. He shared that the main goal of Common Ground Kauai is to “not be an island” but to be a part of t