January 16, 2015 (Pacific Business News)—Kamanamaikalani Beamer has been selected to succeed Matthews Hamabata as president and CEO of The Kohala Center on Hawai‘i’s Big Island. The Big Island-based research, education and conservation nonprofit has multiple programs, some of which reach statewide, that focus on land, energy and food self-reliance.
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January 14, 2015 (West Hawaii Today)—The Kohala Center will hold cleanup day beginning at 8:45 a.m. Saturday in the Keokea Beach Park parking in Kapa‘au. Cleanup will focus on Keokea Beach Park, Niuli‘i Stream and Konea O Kukui Garden of Peace and will include removing debris from the shoreline area, clearing and restoring waterways, removing fallen trees, replacing a foot bridge and moving rocks.
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January 13, 2015 (Big Island Now)—Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ph.D. has been appointed as The Kohala Center’s next president and chief executive officer. According to a release issued Tuesday by The Center, Matthews Hamabata, Ph.D., current serving president and CEO of The Kohala Center, will retire after founding the organization in 2000.
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January 7, 2015 (West Hawaii Today)—Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center turtle biologist Rachel Silverman will give a once-a-month talk about Hawaiian green sea turtles in the small pavilion at Kahalu‘u Beach Park. Attendees will learn about the types of turtles found in Hawai‘i, why they are important to Hawai‘i’s ecosystems, what threats they face and how to help protect them.
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January 6, 2015 (Big Island Now)—A federal Farm to School grant has been received by The Kohala Center to aid in the support of increased locally produced foods for Hawai‘i schools, as well as increased support for school gardens and farms throughout the state.
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January 6, 2015 (The Molokai News)—The Kohala Center has received a grant from the Health Impact Project to study the potential health impacts of proposed regulations associated with a community-managed fishery policy for the Hawaiian Native Mo‘omomi Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area on the north shore of Moloka‘i.
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December 30, 2015 (Maui Now)—Moloka‘i elementary students are getting up-close and personal with food through classroom, cooking, and gardening activities as part of a national program to address childhood obesity and food insecurity.
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December 29, 2014 (Big Island Now)—Listening sessions will be held by The Kohala Center, in conjunction with Kealapono, LLC, in the Hamakua district between Jan. 5 and Jan. 8 to explore the need for Internet services at broadband speeds in the area.
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December 17, 2014 (West Hawaii Today)—Honaunau Elementary School recently received a $2,500 grant from the Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network to support a part-time coordinator for its learning garden program. Started by garden educator Melissa Chivers in 2008, Honaunau Elementary’s school garden is currently staffed by FoodCorps Hawai‘i service member Jessica Sobocinski and part-time garden educator Malani Souza.
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December 5, 2014 (Kamehameha Schools)—More than 200 food sustainability, farming, and public school pros recently converged at the Kamehameha Schools Ka‘iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center to attended the annual Hawai‘i Farm to School Conference.
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