Latest Past Events

Introduction to QuickBooks
(Hilo, Hawai‘i Island)

Hawai‘i Innovation Center 117 Keawe St, Hilo

April 5, 2018—QuickBooks is an accounting and bookkeeping computer program that helps businesses track income and expenses, create invoices and statements, and produce financial statements. The workshops will cover accounting basics and how to read P&L and balance sheets, as well as provide an introduction to QuickBooks to help attendees decide if the software is right for them.

$15

Sustainable Agriculture Program for High School Students
(Honoka‘a, Hawai‘i Island)

The Kohala Center's Demonstration Farm 45-434 Lehua St, Honokaa

March 19–23, 2018—Hey high school students and recent grads! Want to learn how to grow your own food, take field trips to Hawai‘i Island farms and ranches, experience traditional Hawaiian land management systems—and earn a scholarship for it? Apply for our one- and two-week Sustainable Agriculture programs, in which the ‘āina is your classroom!

Free

Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development Program (through September 2018)
(Honoka‘a, North Kohala, South Kona, Ka‘ū, Hawai‘i Island)

North Hawai‘i Education & Research Center 45-539 Plumeria St, Honoka‘a

January 13, 2018—The Kohala Center’s Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development Program is a nine-month course that includes 188 hours of classroom training, online coursework, on-farm demonstrations and workshops, and field trips, as well as a student-selected assignment. The course begins on Saturday, January 13, 2018 and runs through September. Classes are held every other Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Hawai‘i Education and Research Center (mornings) and TKC’s Demonstration farm in Honokaʿa (afternoons), with some sessions taking place in North Kohala, South Kona, and Ka‘ū.

$250