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January 2014
Breadfruit: From Tree to Table
The half-day Breadfruit—From Tree to Table workshop will assist Hawai‘i’s breadfruit growers in supplying grocery stores, restaurants, and farmers markets with high-quality breadfruit, and help chefs become more familiar with breadfruit handling and preparation in the kitchen.
Find out more »Get Cultured: Vegetable Fermentation Workshop
Get Cultured: Vegetable Fermentation Workshop Date: January 18, 2014 Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m. Location: 79-7381 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua (across the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu) Vegetable fermentation expert Ryan Peters will lead a class on how to make commonly fermented foods easy at home. Participants will make their own kimchi and sauerkraut while learning the cultural history and scientific health benefits of these “functional foods.” Registration: $49 per person. To register, call 808-934-2700. Download the flyer
Find out more »Kaiser Permanente’s 4th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service
The HISGN and FoodCorps Hawaiʻi will once again partner with Kaiser Permanente to create the 4th Annual MLK Day of Service to Hawaiʻi Island School Gardens on Monday January 20. Kaiser will generously close its Hawaiʻi Island Clinics and Doctors, their families, and Staff will join the HISGN and FoodCorps Hawai’i to all participate in a Day of Service at the Mālaʻai Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School and Kealakehe Middle School in Kona.
To volunteer for either site please pre-register with dmitts@kohalacenter.org.
Recordkeeping Requirements for the Worker Protection Standard and the Restricted-Use Pesticides Regulations
Recordkeeping Requirements for the Worker Protection Standard and the Restricted-Use Pesticides Regulations Date: January 23, 2014 Time: 6:00–7:00 p.m. Location: Waimea Civic Center conference room 67-5189 Kamamalu Road, Kamuela, HI 96743 UH-CTAHR’s Risk Management Hawaii (RMH) program is conducting an informational workshop on Recordkeeping Requirements for the Worker Protection Standard and the Restricted-Use Pesticides Regulation. Mr. Derek Shigematsu, an Environmental Health Specialist for the State of Hawaii under the Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Branch, will be our guest speaker for this event. Registration: $49…
Find out more »Kū ʻĀina Pā Winter Session
Kū ʻĀina Pā is a yearlong garden teacher certification program. The second cohort of teachers is currently in session. The Kū ʻĀina Pā winter workshop will be held in the Hāmākua area of Hawaiʻi Island.
For more information, please contact nredfeather@kohalacenter.org.
February 2014
Field Day: Cover Crops for High Elevations in Hawai‘i
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) scientists and Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) Hawai‘i Chapter have teamed up to evaluate the benefits of cover crops at high elevation in Hawai‘i. A cover crop field trial was established at the Lalamilo Research Station in early December 2013. The objectives of this trial are to collect data to develop a Cover Crop Calculator for Hawai‘i as well as to evaluate the soil health improvement potential of cold climate cover crops including bell bean, winter pea, rye, vetch, crimson clover, oil radish, oat, buckwheat, yellow sweet clover and mustard. Visitors to this field day event will have an opportunity to learn about benefits of cover crops and their "cocktail mix," and to view the growth of different cover crop mixtures at high elevations in Hawai‘i.ing, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi (mddiaz@hawaii.edu) at (808) 887-6183 at least seven days before the activity/event.
Find out more »Sweet Potato Variety Field Day
Come see, taste, learn about and propagate the diversity of sweet potato varieties found in Hawai‘i.
Find out more »Hauʻoli Mau Loa Convening
Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established by Helga Glaesel-Hollenback who, in her words, “found great happiness in the islands of Hawai‘i” and sought “to return the generosity of the islands.” As such, the Foundation is grounded in Hawai‘i’s cultures and values. The Foundation holds an annual convening of partner grantees with two goals in mind: to provide a space where they could share and learn from one another, and to help them feel excited and renewed. This year's convening will be hosted by Mālaʻai, the Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School in Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island.
Find out more »Tea 101: Tea Production and Processing Basics
Some of the topics include:
• Introduction and market feasibility of Hawaii grown tea
• The basic types of tea (includes tasting)
• Tea varieties at the station and propagation
• Crop fertility management
• Pest management
• Pruning and harvesting tea
• Hand processing of tea
• Tea processing equipment
• Evaluation of processed tea
‘Ai Pono Project: Making Traditional Cordage with Fiber Artist Gary Eoff
In the Spring of 2014, Hōkūle‘a and Hikianaliʻa will leave from Hilo on the Worldwide “Mālama Honua” Voyage 2013-2017. Connecting students to this voyage of discovery, can happen in many many different ways. For the next four years, the Hawaiʻi Island School Garden Network and our Voyaging Partners and Collaborators will work with teachers and in School Gardens on Hawaiʻi Island to grow food, dry and preserve food, experiment with recipes, learn some of the ancient fiber arts, and create food products that can be shared with the crews on some of the legs of the voyage.http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/11/18/video-aipono-workshop-teaches-cooking-for-the-canoe. The next workshop will be on “The Art of Drying the Fruits of Hawaiʻi.” Stay tuned for date and time.
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