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August 2015
Slow Food Hawai‘i & Hawai‘i SEED Seed Saving Workshop
August 8, 2015—Hawai‘i SEED and Slow Food in Hawai‘i are hosting a seed saving and cleaning workshop especially for people who are already conducting seed exchanges on O‘ahu. The general public is invited as well. Lyn Howe, who works with the Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative through The Kohala Center, will be coming over to share her expertise on seed saving and sharing. She will share tips on the best ways to save, clean and store seeds and will be talking about how to navigate HPSI’s Seed Variety Selection Tool map and database to discover which plants optimally grow in your regional zone on O‘ahu.
Additionally, we want to use this event as an opportunity to develop a master plan for seed exchanges; so we can publicize and support one another in these efforts. Registration is now open online at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/slow-food-hawaii-hawaii-seed-seed-saving-workshop-tickets-17609398184. For more information please contact Laurie Carlson at lauriecarlson@me.com.
Find out more »Hawai‘i Island Meat Cooperative: Producer Meeting (Waimea)
August 9, 2015—Family ranchers on Hawai‘i Island will be able to access an additional slaughter option through a new mobile slaughter unit for cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs beginning in 2016. A partnership with the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture has moved this project from concept to reality, as the unit has been ordered. Please attend this informational session to learn more about using the unit and becoming a member of this cooperative. For more information, check out the Hawai‘i Island Meat website or contact HawaiiIslandMeat@gmail.com.
Find out more »KWP Volunteer Work Day: Let’s Plant! (Waimea)
As our volunteers tell us, “Volunteering with KWP feels good in two ways: your body gets a good workout, and your soul feels good from giving back.” Join us in planting native trees and shrubs in the Pelekane Bay watershed restoration area. This is the drier, makai side of the watershed, where we have most of our plants on irrigation. We will be “dibbling” a‘ali‘i and koai‘a to bring back tree cover to some of the drainages, to help hold soil…
Find out more »‘Ai Pono Workshop: Connecting School Gardens to the Worldwide Voyage of Hōkūle‘a and Hikianalia (Kailua-Kona)
August 29, 2015—The content of this ‘Ai Pono Workshop is designed for teachers of grades 3 through 12. This workshop covers two topics: Building and Using a Solar Dehydrator: A STEM Learning Project and Making Cordage from Hawaiian Native Plants.
Find out more »September 2015
Composting and Food Safety for School Gardens (Kealakekua)
September 12, 2015—This workshop is designed for teachers of grades K through 12. Every teacher who uses a school garden should be very familiar with “good agricultural practices,” or GAPs, for safely growing and harvesting food that will be consumed by students.
Find out more »KWP Volunteer Day: A Sunday on the Mountain (Waimea)
September 13, 2015—We have a ton of keiki trees just waiting to be planted! Due to the abundance of rainfall lately, it’s the ideal time to do more planting in the makai Pelekane Bay watershed. Last week, the volunteer team planted over 580 trees in just a few hours...can we beat that this time? Let’s find out!
Meet at The Kohala Center (65-1291A Kawaihae Rd) at 11 a.m., and we will carpool to the work site. Bring along a sack lunch and water bottle, and wear boots or sturdy shoes. We will provide tools, gloves, plants, snacks, and extra drinking water. We will finish up and return to Waimea by 4:30 p.m.
It can get really hot and the terrain is steep, but the work is otherwise appropriate for people of all ages and abilities, so bring along keiki, friends, and neighbors. Please click here to RSVP by Thursday, September 10.
Find out more »Lantana no more! KWP volunteer workday at Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary (Waimea)
The beautiful Lantana camara was introduced to Hawaii in 1858 as an ornamental shrub, and by the early 1900's was recognized as a noxious pest plant as it spread into pastures and forests across the Hawaiian islands. 24 different insects from its home range in Central America were introduced to Hawaii as biological control agents, and a few decades later, eight of these natural enemies to lantana had established here, and brought the population under control. Not only do its thorny stems rip into flesh and its leaves poison…
Find out more »October 2015
Giant Pumpkin Contest (Waimea)
October 3, 2015—Head on over to the Waimea Town Market at Parker School to partake in the Seventh Annual Big Island Giant Pumpkin Contest. For those of you interested in submitting a pumpkin into the contest, registration begins at 9 a.m. and weigh-ins will take place at 10 a.m. There will also be several “Cooking with Pumpkins” contests as well as a “Best Tasting Tomato” contest. For more information, please view/download the event flyer.
Find out more »Hawai‘i Farm to School Month Events (Hawai‘i Island)
October 8–27, 2015—October is Farm to School Month in Hawai‘i! We invite you to join us for one or more of our farm to school events on Hawai‘i Island this month to experience for yourself the engaging learning and tasty foods being served at some of our leading farm to school sites. Visit koha.la/f2s2015 for a full list of events and to RSVP.
Find out more »Honoka‘a Seed Exchange and Potluck (Honoka‘a)
October 17, 2015—Bring seeds and a dish if can, or just come talk story with fellow farmers and gardeners and take home catalogs and seeds from Johnny’s Seeds, Baker Creek, and Territorial Seed. Please respect our NO SOIL policy to reduce potential transport of invasive species such as the Little Fire Ant.
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