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-Kahaluu Education Group, Kamehameha Schools

Overview of Symposium Goals and Vision and Summary of Statewide Seed Assessment
Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawaii 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 Hawaii – 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 Hawaii – 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, Kauai Seed Exchange
Dr. Russell Nagata, Hawaii Island County Administrator, UH CTAHR
Jill Wagner, Hawaii Island Native Seed Bank
Ray Uchida, Oahu County Administrator, CTAHR
Greg Smith, Market Farmer/Former Seed Grower, Ka‘u
Alton Arakaki, UH-CTAHR County Extension, Moloka‘i

Island Group Discussion
Hawaii Island
Oahu
Maui
Molokai
Kauai

Closing Remarks
Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawaii 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