Fallow agricultural lands and two adjacent, historic commercial buildings in the heart of Haleiwa town have been acquired by Kokua Hawai‘i Foundation, the nonprofit environmental organization co-founded in 2003 by musician and North Shore native Jack Johnson and his wife, Kim Johnson, a former schoolteacher.

The property comprises 7.5 acres abutting on Kamehameha Highway and Achiu Lane.

The foundation, which supports hands-on environmental learning with such projects as gardens and recycling in Hawaii schools, plans to restore the lands to productivity with a learning farm and to establish other community-based, educational and retail activities that promote local food, waste reduction and environmental stewardship, a spokeswoman said in an email Tuesday.

First steps, planned for this month, include a community meeting and a blessing of the site with the planting of an ulu, or breadfruit, tree.