Aloha kakou!
Two weeks ago we announced Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu, a community-based project to revitalize 'ulu (breadfruit) as an attractive, delicious, nutritious, abundant, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. If you have not already done so, please help us assess the Hawai'i Island community's interest in reviving 'ulu by completing a 5-minute survey by Sunday, September 12, 2010. Your survey response is essential to help us get started in the right direction on this essential work (and you could win a prize). We greatly appreciate your support!
A hui hou,
Craig Elevitch
Pedro Tama
http://hawaiihomegrown.net
Events
From Saturday, August 28, to Sunday, August 29, 2010, Hamakua
Slow Food Hawaii Annual Waipio Campout
Saturday, August 28, 2010 – 09:00am - 05:00pm, Puna
Natural Farming Seminars
Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 03:30pm - 05:00pm, South Kona
First Wednesday Coffee Talk -- Moisture Meters
Friday, September 03, 2010, 10:00am - 02:30pm, South Kona
Growing Kalo (taro) as a Dryland Crop
Friday, September 10, 2010, 05:00pm - 08:00pm, South Kohala
Mealani "Taste of the Hawaiian Range" and Agricultural Festival
Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10:00am - 04:00pm, Hamakua
Home Cheesemaking Workshop
Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Wednesday, September 22 to Saturday, September 25, 2010, 08:00am - 03:00pm, North Kona
NACD Regional Conference
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Friday, September 24, 2010, 10:00am - 02:30pm, South Kona
Kalo Varieties Identification & Growing Tips
From Friday, September 24, to Sunday, September 26, 2010, Kaua‘i
20th Annual Hawai'i International Tropical Fruit Conference
From Saturday, September 25 to Saturday, October 02, 2010, North Kohala
North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 08:30am - 01:00pm, Island-wide
Slow Food Community School Garden Workday
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:00am - 02:00pm, North Kohala
Introduction to La'au Lapa'au (Traditional Hawaiian Medicine)
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 09:00am - 12:00pm, North Kohala
Growing an Abundant Perennial Food Garden
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 02:00pm - 06:00pm, Kaua’i
HOFA 18th Annual Meeting
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 07:00pm, North Kohala
"Ingredients" (film)
Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Starting Wednesday, September 29, 2010 for one month, Puna
La'akea Community Internship
Saturday, October 02, 2010, 09:00am - 04:00pm, North Kohala
Plant and Seed Exchange Tent
Saturday, October 02, 2010, 02:00pm - 04:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Tuesday, October 05, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Saturday, October 09, 2010, 09:00am - 11:00am, Hilo
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Farm Tour
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 09:00am - 11:00am, South Kohala
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Farm Tour
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 09:30am, Puna
Annual East Side Seed Exchange at La'akea Community
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 09:00am - 03:00pm, Hamakua
4th Annual Hamakua Alive! Festival
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Practical Agriculture for Hamakua 2010 - Class
Reports
Written by Andrea Dean | 27 August 2010
Andrea Dean opens the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp
I am not sure where to start writing the story of the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp. It's my tendency to want to report the specifics: who attended, who taught, what strategies were imparted. But I think this story starts with a story.
I was feeling like the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign was a one woman show. If I dropped it, would anyone even notice or care? Where were the community volunteers? Why didn't the community "get it?" Why didn't funders "get it?" Why did the same 1-3 people always end up doing all the work?
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Written by Sonia Martinez | 26 August 2010
The Keauhou Farmers Market
The Keauhou Farmers Market has been active for almost 4 years and has a list of impressive vendors on its roster. Located in the parking lot of the Keauhou Shopping Center in south Kailua-Kona on the leeward side of the island, it has become popular with not only locals but many tourists who stay at the two large resort hotels nearby. Sponsored by the Kona County Farm Bureau, the market has strict rules about the origins of the farm produce and products sold, and stresses that value-added products must contain a large percentage of locally grown ingredients.
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Written by Dan Brunet | 26 August 2010
Biochar expert Josiah Hunt presents at Imin Center.
Okay, now I am excited. Why? In a word, "biochar." In his introduction to this July 25, 2010 workshop, Craig Elevitch said that biochar will permanently change the way we do agriculture. Yes, it could very well help save ourselves from industrial, high-input agriculture, helping to rapidly repair the soil damage our species has caused while sequestering carbon for a very long time. Organic matter that might otherwise contribute to mounting landfills can also be diverted to the biochar process.
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Written by Andrea Dean | 26 August 2010
Local food will be highlighted in restaurants in the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown week.
Featuring Workshops, Film and, of course, Food!
If you like FOOD—growing it, cooking it, eating it, and talking about it—the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign has something for you! Farmers, ranchers, hunters, and fisherman in North Kohala provide our community with so many unique and delicious foods. In conjunction with the Kanu Hawai’i statewide Eat Local campaign, the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign encourages you to seek out, cook out, eat out, eat in, and generally celebrate our local foods September 25–October 2, 2010.
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Announcements
Join the 2010 Eat Local Challenge with Kanu Hawai’i, North Kohala Food Forum, and the Hawai’i Homegrown Food Network
From Saturday September 25th to Saturday October 2nd, Kanu Hawai’i is sponsoring its statewide Eat Local Campaign. On Hawai’i Island the North Kohala Food Forum and the Hawai’i Homegrown Food Network are partnering with Kanu Hawai’i to support our island inhabitants in taking up the challenge of buying and eating locally grown food during the last week of September.
Visit the website http://www.kanuhawaii.com/campaigns to learn how you can make even a small commitment to eating more locally grown food and supporting your local farmers and a sustainable, homegrown economy.
Visit the website http://www.nkfoodforum.org and this website's Events pages to learn about the weeklong local food campaign and events in North Kohala.
Here are a few examples of commitments you could make to change your personal eating habits and increase our island’s food security:
- Eat only local for one day on September 25th (or choose your day)
- Eat Local for the week of September 25th to October 2nd
- Go to your local farmers market and buy more than you’ve ever bought before
- Shop at your local natural food store and buy local food products
- Attend a workshop about growing a garden
- Stop eating at national fast food chains
- Eat out at a restaurant that uses local food products
Join the grassroots effort to support Hawai’i Island food sovereignty. Commit to make personal changes that build our local communities.
Holualoa Farmers Market Seeking Vendors
Aloha! the Holuakoa Farmer's Market in Holualoa town is looking for vendors to sell fruits, vegies, herbs, plant starts, etc.. We run Saturday mornings from 9am-noon. Contact Barb if you've got extra stuff in your garden!! 322-5072.
Demeter-certified coffee sought
Do you know any coffee growers that may be interested in wholesaling t, a majoro an American roaster and distributor? They would need to get Demeter certified.
Elizabeth Candelario, Marketing Director, Demeter USABoard Chair, Stellar Organic Certification Services 707.529.4412, www.demeter-usa.orgJoin our Facebook fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Demeter-USA/115200118495672?ref=sgm
Call a Master Gardener!
Master Gardeners are volunteers at their respective Ag Depts in the local University across the country. We have an avid group of volunteers ready to answer your garden and plant questions right here on the BI. The Master Gardener office is located in the UH CTAHR office on Komohana in central Hilo.
The phone line is open Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays from 9am to Noon. Call 981-5199 with your garden questions.....
Specialty Crop of the Month
Written by Hector Valenzuela | 27 August 2010
Certified organic ginger commercially grown in Hamakua, Hawaii.
Ginger is used throughout the world as a spice or fresh herb in cooking and a variety of other value-added products including flavoring in candies, beverages, liqueurs, ice cream, baked goods, curry powder blends, sauces, and various condiments. Ginger is also used in traditional medicine to treat several ailments including nausea, motion sickness, migraine, dyspepsia, and to reduce flatulence and colic. Young rhizomes that are harvested early are also used in pickles and confectionery.
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Farmers' markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Please visit our new comprehensive page dedicated to Hawai'i Island farmers' markets and Community Supported Agricuture.
Web Resources
New web site listings
Project Advisors
Amanda Rieux, teacher at Mala ‘Ai Culinary Garden at Waimea Middle School Andrea Dean, project manager, How Hawaii Eats, Kapa‘au Bruce Mathews, professor of Soil Science, UH Hilo Deborah Ward, retired UH CTAHR extension agent and farmer, Kea‘au Geoff Rauch, director of Know Your Farmer Alliance and farmer, Kapoho Hector Valenzuela, vegetable crops extension specialist, UH Manoa Jerry Konanui, mahi 'ai and educator, Pahoa Joe Kassel, naturopathic physician and farmer, Holualoa Ken Love, tropical fruit horticulture and marketing specialist, Captain Cook Lyn Howe, director of Know Your Farmer Alliance and farmer, Kapoho Mary Lynn Garner, Konawaena High School teacher and farmer, Kealakekua Nancy Miller, marketing specialist and manager of Keauhou Farmers’ Market Roen & Ken Hufford, Honopua Farm, managers, Hawaiian Homestead Farmers Market, Waimea Ted Radovich, crop specialist, Sustainable Farming Systems Laboratory, UH Manoa
Supporting Organizations
Sponsors
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