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September 23-October 2, 2014—FoodCorps Hawai‘i orientation that will introduce service members to their sites, communities, culture and history, and what their day-to-day service will look like.

October 3, 2014—Presented by the Hawai‘i Farm to School and School Garden Hui and The Kohala Center, this important gathering of food systems stakeholders will promote the knowledge and best practices needed to develop and sustain a statewide farm to school program to re-grow Hawai‘i’s agricultural economy, future farmers, and healthy schools and communities. For more information and to register, visit http://hif2sc.eventbrite.com or email Lydi Morgan Bernal at schoolgardenhui@kohalacenter.org.

November 8, 2014—Facilitated by Gary Eoff. Open to all K-12 teachers. Gary Eoff will share his knowledge of local plants and traditional methods of preparation and weaving. We will also be harvesting and prepping cordage material. Student and teacher cordage will be included in the makana (offerings) that the Hōkūle‘a gives at her ports of call. Eoff is an artist and craftsman with a strong passion for communicating cultural knowledge with teachers and students.

November 22, 2014—Facilitated by Anna Peach. Open to all K-12 teachers. This workshop will offer tips for successful squash growing in a school garden. Additional topics to be covered will include nutrient recycling, soil building practices of creating fish emulsion and bokashi, natural pest control, seed selection, melon fly traps, water conservation, variety selection, companion planting and pollinators. Anna has created an interesting squash growing strategy that creates a perennial plant from an annual by using pruning and mulching technique.

View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).

For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.

January 9, 2015—The goal of this meeting is to increase awareness, understanding, and support for farm to school and school garden-related legislative initiatives for the 2015 session, including efforts to:

• Establish a Farm to School Program and coordinator position in the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
• Designate October as Farm to School Month in Hawai‘i
• Provide increased funding for locally sourced school lunches
• Provide support for school gardens within the Hawai‘i Department of Education
• Amend the state procurement code in support of local food purchasing
• Support local farmers and increase Hawai‘i’s food security and food self-sufficiency

January 24, 2015—Facilitated by Hayley Blondin. Open to all K-12 teachers; content will emphasize grades K-5. Augment your toolkit for making connections between the classroom and the garden in this interactive, resource-rich workshop. Hayley will share curriculum plans and resources to develop a unit around the planting, cultivation, and harvest of the traditional Native American Three Sisters Garden. Resources include grade-level appropriate readers, writing prompts, recipes, craft ideas, planting materials and tips, sample student work, and much more. While originally designed for third grade, this unit can be modified to meet the needs of any K-5 elementary classroom. This workshop will focus on the Three Sisters Garden, but will cultivate techniques and ideas about how to develop unit plans for other gardens such as salsa gardens, canoe-plant gardens, and pollinator gardens.

View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).

For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.