All proceeds go directly to the WCS school garden program, and will be used to match a $2,500 garden grant awarded by The Kohala Center in December. There will be vegetable starts, flowers, herbs, landscaping plants, and more. Please come by!

Kaiser Permanente is holding a special advance screening of the HBO Documentary Film Series The Weight of the Nation: Confronting America’s Obesity Epidemic. Watch the trailer. For more Information e-mail: wotn-hilo@pathhawaii.org or call: 326-7284. Reservations recommended. RSVP by May 2 for Waimea and May 8 for Hilo.

Free giant pumpkin plants (for youth and school gardens) while supplies last! Date: May 14 at 3:30 p.m. Location: Komohana Extension Office, 875 Komohana Street, Hilo  OR call 969-8213 to reserve yours **Limited to 2 plants per family/school group**

The 5th Annual Hawai‘i Farm to School Conference “Growing From the Ground Up” will be held on O‘ahu, on June 1st and 2nd, 2012. This year’s conference is hosted by Kokua Hawai‘i Foundation, Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools, and Waikiki Elementary School and will include visits to other farm to school sites on O‘ahu. Plenary sessions, workshops, and field trips (Huaka‘i) will focus on hands-on topics relevant to establishing thriving school garden and farm to school programs, including such topics as soil building, curriculum connections, fundraising, community building, and more.

Ku ‘Aina Pa: Teacher Training for School Learning Gardens in Hawai‘i Date: June 10-16, 2012  Location: HPA Elab and the Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School For more information click here.

Art and Sol is taking place again, featuring delicious pupu and wine, along with tantalizing items at the silent and live auctions. Buy your tickets today! This is our most important fundraiser of the year featuring an amazing selection of Art, health centered items, and experiences. Please stay tuned for more information on auction items. Thank you for your support!

Please join us for a fun, interactive and informative 2-Part workshop on basic home composting. The first half of our workshop will focus on backyard composting. The second will discuss worm composting. A voucher for a free Earth Machine home composter will be given to each family participating. Help us keep Hawai?i green by composting home and yard green waste. Backyard composting doesn't have to be back-breaking or sweaty work. Learn how to do it the easy way and reap the benefit of improved soil! Composting with worms is an easy and fun way to save money and turn your kitchen scraps into garden "gold" or free fishing bait. Highlights include a "How To" demonstration on setting up your very own Worm Condo. We will also explore basic worm management, harvesting methods and more. Join us to learn about composting and worms in Hawai?i. Worms and some commercial units will be available. Call the instructor for more info. For more information, please e-mail Ann Hassler, the instructor:crazy4compost2@gmail.com or call 937-1100.

Farm to Cafeteria began with the common goal of building strong communities, healthy individuals and resilient local farms. Across the country great progress has been made connecting farm-fresh foods with K-12 schools, pre-schools, childcare settings, colleges, universities, hospitals, prisons and beyond – now we are Digging In!

Create a Field Trip for your students. Each tour tailored to your students grade level. This year the farm is cultivating 4 acres of pumpkins with a 5 acre corn maze! Tent Space will be available for lunch. Make reservations by e-mail. See the Web site for more information.