February 7, 2015—Facilitated by Kalu Oyama. Open to all K-12 teachers. FoodCorps Service Member Kalu Oyama will share her knowledge on balancing our garden soil and improving plant vigor using natural farming methods. The presentation will include a discussion on the similarities between plants and people and the four nutritive stages. Participants will make fermented plant and fruit juices and take home materials on natural farming.
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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.
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
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November 22, 2014—Facilitated by Anna Peach. Open to all K-12 teachers. This workshop will offer tips for successful squash growing in a school garden. Additional topics to be covered will include nutrient recycling, soil building practices of creating fish emulsion and bokashi, natural pest control, seed selection, melon fly traps, water conservation, variety selection, companion planting and pollinators. Anna has created an interesting squash growing strategy that creates a perennial plant from an annual by using pruning and mulching technique.
November 8, 2014—Facilitated by Gary Eoff. Open to all K-12 teachers. Gary Eoff will share his knowledge of local plants and traditional methods of preparation and weaving. We will also be harvesting and prepping cordage material. Student and teacher cordage will be included in the makana (offerings) that the Hōkūle‘a gives at her ports of call. Eoff is an artist and craftsman with a strong passion for communicating cultural knowledge with teachers and students.
October 4, 2014—Join the fun as giant pumpkin growers weigh in their entries. There’s also a “Cooking with Pumpkins” contest and a Tomato Tasting Contest. Prizes, ribbons and much more. For more information, please check out the contest flyer and go to http://www.waimeaalive.org/pumpkin-contest/ or contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org.
October 3, 2014—Presented by the Hawai‘i Farm to School and School Garden Hui and The Kohala Center, this important gathering of food systems stakeholders will promote the knowledge and best practices needed to develop and sustain a statewide farm to school program to re-grow Hawai‘i’s agricultural economy, future farmers, and healthy schools and communities. For more information and to register, visit http://hif2sc.eventbrite.com or email Lydi Morgan Bernal at schoolgardenhui@kohalacenter.org.
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September 27, 2014—This workshop is for Class Teachers or Garden Educators Grades K-8. Participants will learn and practice “systems thinking” skills and acquire tools that will be applied to learning gardens and other curriculum designs. We will practice making the implicit connections within and between systems in the garden explicit, for authentic assessment and exciting learner outcomes. Please bring a water bottle, lunch (if you would like to stay and talk story), and a sketchbook (paper and pencils will be provided but you may want to bring your own). Please register with dmitts@kohalacenter.org.
September 23-October 2, 2014—FoodCorps Hawai‘i orientation that will introduce service members to their sites, communities, culture and history, and what their day-to-day service will look like.
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September 21, 2014—Teachers will learn how to grow, dry, and make herbal teas that can be sent along with the voyage or used with your own program. Also, we will be making various condiments that can be grown and prepared by students and will help to enhance the flavors of foods served on the Voyage or in your programs. We will also cover packaging and labeling.
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Plants and Us: Nutritive Cycles and Natural Farming in the Garden
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminFebruary 7, 2015—Facilitated by Kalu Oyama. Open to all K-12 teachers. FoodCorps Service Member Kalu Oyama will share her knowledge on balancing our garden soil and improving plant vigor using natural farming methods. The presentation will include a discussion on the similarities between plants and people and the four nutritive stages. Participants will make fermented plant and fruit juices and take home materials on natural farming.
Three Sisters Garden
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminJanuary 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.
Farm to School Plus Working Group: Legislative Breakfast
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminJanuary 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:
The Pumpkin Primer: Key Ways to Grow Edible Heirloom Squash
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminNovember 22, 2014—Facilitated by Anna Peach. Open to all K-12 teachers. This workshop will offer tips for successful squash growing in a school garden. Additional topics to be covered will include nutrient recycling, soil building practices of creating fish emulsion and bokashi, natural pest control, seed selection, melon fly traps, water conservation, variety selection, companion planting and pollinators. Anna has created an interesting squash growing strategy that creates a perennial plant from an annual by using pruning and mulching technique.
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.
‘Ai Pono Workshop #2: “Hawaiian Cordage and Fiber”
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminNovember 8, 2014—Facilitated by Gary Eoff. Open to all K-12 teachers. Gary Eoff will share his knowledge of local plants and traditional methods of preparation and weaving. We will also be harvesting and prepping cordage material. Student and teacher cordage will be included in the makana (offerings) that the Hōkūle‘a gives at her ports of call. Eoff is an artist and craftsman with a strong passion for communicating cultural knowledge with teachers and students.
Sixth Annual Giant Pumpkin Contest
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminOctober 4, 2014—Join the fun as giant pumpkin growers weigh in their entries. There’s also a “Cooking with Pumpkins” contest and a Tomato Tasting Contest. Prizes, ribbons and much more. For more information, please check out the contest flyer and go to http://www.waimeaalive.org/pumpkin-contest/ or contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org.
Hawai‘i Farm to School Conference
/in HISGN Past Events /by liam“Re-Growing Community Food Systems”
October 3, 2014—Presented by the Hawai‘i Farm to School and School Garden Hui and The Kohala Center, this important gathering of food systems stakeholders will promote the knowledge and best practices needed to develop and sustain a statewide farm to school program to re-grow Hawai‘i’s agricultural economy, future farmers, and healthy schools and communities. For more information and to register, visit http://hif2sc.eventbrite.com or email Lydi Morgan Bernal at schoolgardenhui@kohalacenter.org.
“Re-Growing Community Food Systems”
Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshop #2: “Systems Thinking in School Gardens” – POSTPONED
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminSeptember 27, 2014—This workshop is for Class Teachers or Garden Educators Grades K-8. Participants will learn and practice “systems thinking” skills and acquire tools that will be applied to learning gardens and other curriculum designs. We will practice making the implicit connections within and between systems in the garden explicit, for authentic assessment and exciting learner outcomes. Please bring a water bottle, lunch (if you would like to stay and talk story), and a sketchbook (paper and pencils will be provided but you may want to bring your own). Please register with dmitts@kohalacenter.org.
FoodCorps Hawai‘i State Service Member Training
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminSeptember 23-October 2, 2014—FoodCorps Hawai‘i orientation that will introduce service members to their sites, communities, culture and history, and what their day-to-day service will look like.
Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshop #1: “‘Ai Pono – Making Teas and Condiments for the Wa‘a”
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminSeptember 21, 2014—Teachers will learn how to grow, dry, and make herbal teas that can be sent along with the voyage or used with your own program. Also, we will be making various condiments that can be grown and prepared by students and will help to enhance the flavors of foods served on the Voyage or in your programs. We will also cover packaging and labeling.