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September 2013
East Side Seed Exchange and Harvest Festival
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. Location: La‘akea Permaculture Gardens, Pāhoa Details: Bring your favorite dishes using only locally grown food for the third annual, 100-percent local food potluck! Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to bring seeds, plant cuttings and bare roots to exchange (please check for fire ants before bringing!). A panel discussion will focus on preparing and preserving the food we grow. Admission is free. Download the flyer
Find out more »October 2013
Organic Seed Alliance Celebrates 10 Years: Leading the Way in Organic Seed Innovation
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013 Location: Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, Washington Time: 6:00 p.m. Details: Please join us in celebrating and supporting OSA with a 10-year anniversary dinner and art show. Local food, live music, and art will make this an event not to miss! The evening will include a look at OSA's roots as Abundant Life Seed Foundation and the advancements we've made since our launch. Come sit side-by-side with our plant breeding partners, including the farmers who grew the food for…
Find out more »November 2013
11th Annual West Hawai‘i Seed Exchange
Where: B.H. Amy Greenwell Garden - Captain Cook When: Friday, November 1, 2013 from 2:30-6:00 p.m. We invite the home gardening community of West Hawai‘i, students and their teachers saving seed in school gardens, and all visiting gardeners to attend the 10th Annual West Hawai’i Seed Exchange that has become a “tradition” at the Amy Greenwell Garden. Come bring saved seed (seed, roots, huli, and cuttings) of food, medicine, flower, or native plants that do well in your home gardens and share…
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Honoka‘a Seed Exchange and Potluck
August 30, 2014—In collaboration with Honoka‘a High School Ag Program and the Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative. Special presentation on variety trials by Russell Nagata from the University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).
Find out more »October 2014
East Side Seed Exchange & Harvest Festival – POSTPONED
October 4, 2014—Join us for a Seed and Plant Exchange AND Local Foods Potluck! Bring seeds, plants, cuttings, or keiki - MUST BE FIRE ANT TESTED prior to transporting to La‘akea.
Bring your favorite dishes using only locally grown food for the Third Annual 100% LOCAL FOOD CONTEST AND POTLUCK!
Contact tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com for more information and directions.
UPDATE:
Aloha La'akea friends and family,
We have decided to postpone this year's seed exchange. We do not have a new date as of yet. Our date was October 4th and many people's energy (including our own) is being directed differently in preparation for the potential highway closing.
Once things have settled down a bit we will notify you about a gathering with more of a self-reliance focus.
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Squash-Growing Class:
Using heirloom squash to outsmart melon fly and pickle worm (Nā‘ālehu)
October 21, 2014—Waimea farmer Anna Peach of Squash and Awe farm will be presenting a talk about her sustainable farming methods. A seventh-generation farmer, Anna decided to look to history for a solution to Hawai‘i’s commercial crop failure. She will be sharing information about no-till farming, interplanting with native plants, seed saving, and making natural fertilizers from restaurant scrap. This event is free and open to the public. See her farm at http://www.squashandawe.com.
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Squash-Growing Class:
Using heirloom squash to outsmart melon fly and pickle worm (Pāhala)
October 22, 2014—Kamuela Farmer Anna Peach of Squash and Awe farm will be presenting a talk about her sustainable farming methods. A seventh generation farmer, Anna decided to look to history for a solution to Hawai‘i’s commercial crop failure. She will be sharing information about no-till farming, inter planting with native plants, seed saving, and making natural fertilizers from restaurant scrap. This event is free and open to the public. See her farm at http://www.squashandawe.com.
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