Hawai’i Public Seed Initiative “Train the Trainers” Workshop
Location: Amy Greenwell Garden
Date: September 12-15, 2013
Event Description: HPSI will offer an advanced three-day “Train the Trainers” Workshop in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Island. It is designed to help dedicated individuals from each island broaden their seed production skills and continue to advance and promote seed work in their respective locales.
This training will focus on:
– Furthering seed-saving skills
– Crop selection
– On-farm breeding programs
– Crop diseases and building soil health in the garden to increase disease resistance
– Social media networking tools and protocol
– Developing working models for seed education and seed networks on each island
– Envisioning future goals and requirements
We are inviting people who have experience in seed saving and are willing to make a commitment to working in their locale to help to create and further island seed networks.
Please look over the self-assessment points below to determine if you qualify. A committee will select a few applicants from each island. Travel scholarships will be available.
If you feel you qualify please download and complete the application and return via e-mail to seedproject@kohalacenter.org. The application deadline has been extended to June 30, 2013.
Contact: For more information contact Lyn Howe – lynhowe1946@yahoo.com