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 […]

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, […]

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.

Come see, taste, learn about and propagate the diversity of sweet potato varieties found in Hawai‘i.

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