Presentations
“The Story of Seed: Wild, Domesticated, Bred, and Engineered–Where Did We Begin and Where Might We Go?”
Public Presentation by Matthew Dillon, Founder and Director of Advocacy, Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) and Frank Morton, Wild Garden Seeds in Philomath, Oregon (www.wildgardenseed.com)
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Welcome
Dr. Matt Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center (TKC)
Dr. Darlene Martin, Education Strategy Project Manager, Keauhou-Kahalu‘u Education Group, Kamehameha Schools
Overview of Symposium Goals and Vision and Summary of Statewide Seed Assessment
Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i Island Seed Exchange, TKC
Dr. Hector Valenzuela, UH CTAHR and Matt Dillon, Founder and Director of Advocacy, OSA
History of Seed Industry Development
Matt Dillon, Founder and Director of Advocacy, OSA
State of Seed in Hawai‘i – A Historical Perspective on Seed Work at UH Mānoa
Dr. Ted Radovich, UH CTAHR and Dr. Hector Valenzuela, Vegetable Specialist, UH CTAHR
Seed Saving Basics
Dr. John Navazio, OSA and Micaela Colley, OSA
Seed Storage
Alvin Yoshinaga, UH CCRT
Seed: A Farmer's Perspective
Frank Morton, Wild Garden Seed
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Opening Remarks
Dr. William Mokahi Steiner, Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, UH Hilo
Historical Perspective and Reproduction of Hawaiian Crops
Jerry Konanui
Conducting On-farm Variety Trials
Micaela Colley, OSA and Dr. Hector Valenzuela, Vegetable Specialist, UH CTAHR
Crop Improvement and Variety Development
Dr. John Navazio
Past and Future Seed Sustainability for Hawai‘i – Panel Discussion
Moderator – Dr. Hector Valenzuela, Vegetable Specialist, UH CTAHR
Ellen Sugawara, Ginger Farmer/Seed Collector, Moloka‘i
Glenn Teves, UH CTAHR County Extension Agent, Moloka‘i
Paul Massey, Regenerations Botanical Garden, Kaua‘i Seed Exchange
Dr. Russell Nagata, Hawai‘i Island County Administrator, UH CTAHR
Jill Wagner, Hawai‘i Island Native Seed Bank
Ray Uchida, O‘ahu County Administrator, CTAHR
Greg Smith, Market Farmer/Former Seed Grower, Ka‘u
Alton Arakaki, UH-CTAHR County Extension, Moloka‘i
Island Group Discussion
Hawai‘i Island
O‘ahu
Maui
Moloka‘i
Kaua‘i
Closing Remarks
Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i Island Seed Exchange, TKC
Presentations from "Seed Basics Workshops for Farmers and Gardeners"
Kaua‘i, November 2011
O‘ahu, March 2012
Maui, May 2012
Moloka‘i, August 2012
Hawai‘i Island, November 2012