Hawai‘i workshop 2012 Agenda
November 3-4, 2012

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Day 1: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook

8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30-9:00 a.m. Opening Introductions by Nancy Redfeather

9:00-9:45 a.m. The Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative by Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator HPSI
• Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
• Public Seed Commons: A Brief History of the Seed Industry.

9:45-10:15 a.m. History of Seed Production and Crop Breeding in Hawai‘i by Hector Valenzuela
• Brief Summary of Statewide Seed Assesment from the 2010 Seed Symposium.

10:15-11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m.-Noon Seed Basics: Botany and Biology by Russell Nagata
• Monocot and Dicot Plant Differences
• Open-Pollinated/Hybrid/Heirloom
• Inbreeding/outbreeding: Know Your Crops Mating preferences.
• Selfing/Cross Pollination Pollen Transfer (wind, insect, human)
• Reproductive Cycles: Annuals, Biennials, Perennials
• Different Strategies - population numbers, isolation distances, roughing and selection to maintain seed purity

Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Growing Tomato for Seed in the Garden by Glenn Teves
• Overview of what conventional tomato breeders might consider:
o Selecting for cultivars with characteristics that address the special needs of Island propagation.

2:00-2:30 p.m. Wet Process Seed Saving - Demonstration of Saving Tomato Seed by Glenn Teves

2:30-3:00 p.m. Seed Networks and Initiatives Happening Around the Country by Lyn Howe

3:00–3:30 p.m. Update on Kaua‘i Seed Projects by Paul Massey

3:30–4:30 p.m. Seed Saving and Storage: Basic Techniques and Ideas by Paul Massey


Day 2: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook

9:00-10:00 a.m. Growing Requirements for Producing Lettuce for Seed by Russell Nagata
• Cleaning Techniques for Dry Seeded Crops.
• Pollination, Isolation, Optimum Number of Plants
• Seed Purity, Improving Lettuce Varieties, Roguing and Selection
• Seed Storage, Viability Testing

10:00-11:00 a.m. Harvest And Clean Lettuce Seed - Demonstration And Class Participation

11:00-11:15 a.m Break

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Growing Kalo by Glenn Teves

12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15–2:30 p.m. “Garden Collection Walkabout” Talk Story with Glenn Teves and Jerry Konanui – Kalo & Sweet Potato

2:30-3:00 p.m. Variety Trials by Hector Valenzuela
• What is a variety trial and what information are we looking to gather?
• How to use the log Hand-out in your folder
• What we will be doing and recording this year - how the information gained will be recorded
• Give Lettuce and tomato seed to participants to grow out and record information

Seed on Hawai‘i Island - Group Action
3:00–4:30 p.m. Group Break Out Session - convene by areas and brainstorm in these groups to discuss:
• Seed Growing
• Challenges and Opportunities
• How to create a seed network - what would this look like? Seed Exchanges, Seed library, Seed potlucks, Other ideas?
4:00–4:30 p.m. Reconvene and Share your ideas with each other.


Mahalo to Our Workshop Presenters:
Hector Valenzuela, Ph.D., CTAHR Extension - Vegetable specialist.
Russell Nagata, Ph.D., CTAHR County of Hawai‘i Extension Administrator - Lettuce propagation and seed production specialist.
Glenn Teves, CTAHR Moloka‘i Extension Office - Taro And Tomato Propagation Specialist.
Nancy Redfeather - Program Director - Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative & Program Director Of The Hawai'i Island School Garden Network & Co-Owner Of Kawanui Farm on Hawai‘I Island.
Paul Massey, - President/Director, Regenerations Botanical Garden, Kaua‘i. Manages The Kaua‘i Community Seed Bank.
Lyn Howe - Workshop Coordinator

Special Mahalo to:
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden for opening their space and sharing their gardens with us.
Jerry Konanui for Joining us to share his mana’o on taro and sweet potato.