Preparing a successful business plan can pay off! this course includes business plan development training, site visits to working agriculture-related businesses, an introduction to resources, and speakers to inspire existing and aspiring farmers.
Join us for an end-of-summer beach clean-up focusing on getting cigarette butts off the beach. Cigarette smoking is illegal at the County Park, but people are still doing it. Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Starbucks will donate coffee and tea. Check in at the Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center.
HPSI will offer an advanced three-day “Train the Trainers” Workshop in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i Island. It is designed to help dedicated individuals from each island broaden their seed production skills and continue to advance and promote seed work in their respective locales.
Gardens are thriving and growing at many Hawai‘i Island schools, and many hands are needed! School Garden Volunteers are very important to the overall success of our island programs whether it is guiding children during garden time or helping to maintain the garden in other ways, volunteers help teachers use garden based learning to teach valuable lessons in science, nutrition, and environmental education. Hands on, experiential learning is an important way for children to learn. At this workshop we will discuss gardening basics as well as how to best support your local school garden.
The two-day workshop will begin with the Prerequisites Programs for food safety. The Prerequisites Programs will discuss the environmental conditions and basic operations that support food safety, including agriculture-based production, foodservice and distribution. The second day will continue with the preliminary steps to HACCP. The seven HACCP principles necessary to develop a HACCP plan as applicable to any food will then follow, combining discussions, lectures, and exercises. The University of Hawai`i Manoa will award certificates with seals from the International HACCP Alliance to those who attend all sessions and satisfactorily complete all requirements.
o welcome our eight new FoodCorps Service Members/Garden Teachers, we will holo around Hawai'i Island visiting all our FoodCorps sites for 2013-2014:
- Honaunau Elementary
- Na'alehu Elementary
- Kua O Ka La PCS
- Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School
- Kohala Elementary
Kū 'Āina Pā Fall Workshop - September 20-22, 2013 Cohort 2 will meet in Kona at Kawanui Farm, Ginger Hill Farm and Innovations PCS. Topics covered include: - Creating a Zero-Waste Program for your School - Seed Saving for School Gardens - Composting in School Gardens - Garden Based Nutrition - Hands on - Food […]
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 […]
Bring your favorite dishes using only locally grown food for the 2nd Annual 100% LOCAL FOOD COOK OFF AND POTLUCK!!
Optional competition for best savory and sweet dish
Bring Seeds, Plant Cuttings and Bare Roots (Please Check for Fire Ants)
- Exchange and give away localized plant material (bringing not required)
- Hear a panel on Preparing & Preserving the Food We Grow
- Enter the Local Cook Off!
- Try new taste delights at the Local Food Potluck!
- Meet your neighbors, other gardeners and innovative thinkers.
Kohala Mountain Farm Pumpkin Patch School tours for the pumpkin patch are available in October by reservation. Open Saturdays and Sundays in October 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Stacykohalamountainfarm@gmail.com for reservations.