Tails of the City: Goats, Chickens and a Beehive

Eliza Lathrop might best be described as a Renaissance woman of nature. She spends her weekdays teaching Punahou students how to garden and grow things, while at home, she lovingly tends to her chickens, bees and goats, which provide her with eggs, honey, cheese and milk that’s turned into yogurt. She sees her urban farm—replete with a lush vegetable, fruit and herb garden—as a “miracle” where things grow and provide sustenance.

“I like sharing the space with all the other creatures, like our bees that are everywhere,” she says of her O‘ahu oasis. “It gives me a real, deeper connection to this place where I live and the food I put in my body.” If you have just two chickens, she says, you get daily eggs and have the “pleasure of having an animal that is both a pet and a food producer.”

Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino

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