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Farm to School Plus Working Group: Legislative Breakfast

Hawai‘i State Capitol, Room 414 Honolulu, HI, United States

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

The Kohala Center requests proposals for architectural and engineering services

The Kohala Center, Inc. (“The Center”) is soliciting proposals from qualified architectural/consulting firms to provide design, project site inspection, and construction engineering services for the renovation of an existing business accelerator facility in Kamuela, Hawaii. The Kohala Center, Inc. (“The Center”), an independent, not-for-profit center for research, conservation, and education, will renovate an existing two-story […]

North Kohala Community Cleanup at Kēōkea/Niuli‘i

January 17, 2015—The Kohala Center is calling upon community members to assist with environmental restoration at Kēōkea Beach Park and the community of Niuli‘i in North Kohala in the wake of a powerful storm that brought heavy winds and flooding to the Hawaiian Islands earlier this month.

Free

Modern Ahupua‘a: The Next Step

Kalani 12-6860 Kalapana Kapoho Road, Pāhoa, HI, United States

January 17, 2015—Seeds are the basis of life. Every plant senses environmental cues such as rainfall, soil, insect or disease pressure and makes small genetic changes that are reflected in the next generation’s seeds. Plants that are successful produce seeds that have become localized to thrive in our diverse island microclimates.

Free

Ginger Ninja at Pu‘u Pili

The Kohala Center 65-1291A Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI, United States

January 19, 2015—Aloha and Happy New Year, wonderful volunteers! Please join us on Martin Luther King Day for a day of invasive weed control in the wet forest of Kohala.

Free

Three Sisters Garden

Parker School Garden 65-1224 Lindsey Rd, Kamuela, HI, United States

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.

Free

Crop Insurance and Recordkeeping Workshop

The Kohala Center 65-1291A Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI, United States

January 26, 2015—AgriLogic Consulting, one of the largest developers of crop insurance programs for the USDA, will be conducting a FREE “Train the Trainer” Workshop to educate technical assistance providers and agricultural producers on crop insurance and recordkeeping. Agricultural community leaders such as co-op managers, loan specialists, rural developers, business planners, and market research specialists are especially encouraged to attend, but all agricultural producers who wish to learn more about insurance and recordkeeping are welcome.

Free

Introduction to Health Impact Assessment as a Policy Tool

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa: Biomedical Sciences, Room D205 1960 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, United States

January 27, 2015—You are invited to attend a presentation sponsored by The Kohala Center and Habitat Health Impact Consulting that will address the way in which Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) can be used as a tool for incorporating health and well-being concerns into public policymaking. HIAs help identify and address the likely health benefits and risks of a decision made in fields outside the health sector. They use a flexible approach that brings together public health expertise, scientific data, and input from community and other stakeholders to examine the potential health risks and benefits of key policy proposals. Based on the potential effects identified, HIAs provide practical recommendations to capitalize on opportunities to improve community health and to minimize any potential health risks.

Free

KWP Volunteer Work Day: Koai‘a Tree Sanctuary

The Kohala Center 65-1291A Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI, United States

January 31, 2015—Fountain grass is from Northern Africa, where it is well-adapted to droughts and frequent fires. It displaces slow-growing native dry forest species in Hawai‘i, and when it burns, it creates hot, fast fires that kill native seeds and plants. Unfortunately, the fountain grass itself is not killed by these fires, so the resulting cycle of growth and fire creates dense thickets of a single species: fountain grass.

Free

Conservation Innovation: Imagery at Different Scales

Fleet Reserve Association Branch 46 891 Valkenburgh Street, Honolulu, HI, United States

February 5, 2015—The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) presents a capacity building workshop for conservation professionals statewide. The workshop will highlight innovative approaches in conservation and natural resource management, specifically imagery and image technology. Sharing technology-based practices is critically important for resource managers to keep pace with rapidly expanding technologies and applications. The workshop will feature presentations on satellite imagery applications and advances, LIDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote camera applications, and field applications for smart tablets.