Stories in The Kohala Center Leaflet

Seed Basics Workshops: The Root of Food Security
December 2012

Diversifying the bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables grown locally is essential to Hawai‘i’s quest to be more self-reliant and secure when it comes to food. The fifth and final two-day Seed Basics Workshop recently took place on Hawai‘i Island, providing attendees with fruitful information about seed growing, botany and biology, selection, harvesting, cleaning, and saving of various types of seed.
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Seed Initiative: Hawai‘i Seed Savers Come Together
May/June 2012

First-time gardeners to seasoned seed collectors are connecting through the Hawai‘i State Public Seed Initiative (HSPSI) to create, nurture, and sustain the foundation of our state’s food supply. Coordinated by The Kohala Center’s Nancy Redfeather and Seed Basics Workshop Coordinator Lyn Howe, the HSPSI seeks to increase the collective capacity of the community on the art and science of growing crops for seed, seed saving and storage, and on the selection and development of varieties adapted to local growing conditions.
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A New Generation of Seed Savers
March/April 2012

The Kohala Center is offering five student scholarships as an incentive for young gardeners to take the next step and become participants in the plant breeding process. —Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i State Public Seed Initiative The Kohala Center is offering a Seed Basics Workshops for Farmers and Gardeners on O‘ahu at the Lyons Arboretum on Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25, with an optional farm tour on Monday, March 26.
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Seed Workshops on O‘ahu and Maui
January/February 2012

In November 2011, The Kohala Center launched the Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative with a two-day Seed Basics Workshop and optional farm tour on Kaua‘i. Forty farmers and home gardeners attended and were presented with a wealth of information on how and why to save seed.
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Save Our Seed
November/December 2011

The first in a statewide series of workshops for farmers and gardeners on seed saving was held on Kaua‘i earlier this month. Future workshops are planned for Maui, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i Island. These two-day workshops, funded by a Ceres Trust grant awarded to The Kohala Center, are designed to create a practical working knowledge of seed growing, botany and biology, selection, harvesting, cleaning, and saving. Each workshop will include hands-on fieldwork.
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