Energy Efficiency Training Workshop Date & Time: Friday, August 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Aupuni Center Conference Room, Hilo, Hawai‘i If your farm energy cost is too high and you want to reduce it but aren’t sure where to begin, this workshop will get you started. This workshop will educate you about energy efficiency and how to […]
Workshop Overview Come hear noted IPM expert Dr. Luis Aristizabal speak on CBB. What has been successful internationally? What is different in Hawai‘i? Learn about CBB behaviors, when does it swarm, when does it move into the trees. Learn proper times to spray and trap as well as effective harvest techniques. Hear a new perspective from another growing region. Bring your best questions and get them answered. Two days of classroom and field lectures will cover effective control of the CBB pest.
A special evening of nutritional information for the whole family with Vivienne Aronowitz. Please join us for an early evening of fun, facts, recipes, and food featuring healthy snacks for kids, and healthy family eating. Vivienne Aronowitz holds a Masters of Public Health and is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is the nutritionist for all Kaiser Permanente Clinics on Hawai‘i Island as well as a nutrition consultant to individuals and other agencies.
Sherri Miller owns Moonrise Tea Gardens near Hilo and is a certified Master Gardener. Her training in Natural Farming with Master Cho began in 2010. For more information on Sherri,click here. The 12-week course will cover how to make all of Master Cho's inputs and how to apply inputs during the life cycles of both plant crops and livestock. Students who complete the full course will be awarded a Natural Farmer certificate by CGNF Hawai‘i.Course Dates: September 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 21, 24, 27; October 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29; November 1, 5, 8, 15, 19, 26, 29; Holidays: November 6 (Election Day), November 12 (Veteran's Day), November 22 (Thanksgiving). For more information, please contact Sherri at Moonrisetea@gmail.com.
22nd Annual Hawai‘i Tropical Fruit Growers Hawai‘i International Conference Date: September 13–16, 2012 Location: University of Hawai‘i Campus Center, Honolulu Download the poster. Download the brochure with schedule. For more information, contact Ken Love at 808-323-2417 or e-mail ken@mycoffee.net
Ku ‘Aina Pa Fall Cohort Workshop Date: Saturday, September 22, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Mala'ai Garden, Waimea Middle School, Waimea Date: Sunday, September 23, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook
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 only (please no plants, cuttings, or keikies etc).
o Exchange and give away localized seeds (bringing seeds not required)
o Hear a panel on "Preparing Local Favorite Foods"
o Enter the Local Cook Off!
o Try new taste delights at the Local Food Potluck!
o Meet your neighbors, other gardeners & innovative thinkers.
Ku ‘Aina Pa Cohort Fall 2012 Workshop Weekend "The Foundations of Garden-Based Nutrition for School Garden Educators and Class Teachers" Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: The Mala‘ai Culinary Garden at the Waimea Middle School For Cohort Members who live at a distance, overnight accommodation on Saturday evening September 22 are available […]
The Study of Native Hawaiian Plants in the Ahu'pua'a: Bringing Natives Into the School Garden Date: Sunday, September 23, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden - Captain Cook
Meeting to discuss ways to incorporate STEM curriculum into school gardens
Followed by tour of student learning gardens at Hilo Union with 6th grade teacher Debbie Follett