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The natural foods cooperative Kokua Market served Honolulu’s university area for more than 50 years — but it went into decline as farmers markets, subscription-based services and for-profit supermarkets with a “natural” bent cut into its subscriber base. The store closed in September.
Board members and volunteers tried to keep the co-op alive in Palolo, within Hapa Market & Grill, but resources ran thin, and late last month, it was officially dissolved. Though Kokua Market is finally, truly, sadly gone, natural-food devotees can still find homegrown produce and Molokai-harvested venison on sale at Hapa Market.
