Chocolate—From Bean to Bar Workshop
Leon Rosner and Una Greenaway (on left) guide the small-scale chocolate making process at their farm.
Mala'ai: A model for Hawai'i school gardens—The 5th-year Anniversary Celebration
On March 3rd, 2010, Mala'ai, The Culinary Gardens of Waimea Middle School, the inspirational model of the school garden movement on Hawai'i Island, held its five-year anniversary celebration. At the mid-day event, as cloud-shrouded Mauna Kea stood sentinel against a bright blue sky, the trade winds stormed across her slopes towards Waimea. Nearly two hundred young and old gathered in the wind by the garden, equally divided between student-gardeners and community supporters to hear Kumu Pua Case present the opening pule.
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Waimea Middle School students walk to Mala'ai for the 5th anniversary celebration.
In the very moving introduction that followed, Kumu Case -- who is also the Ike Hawai'i teacher for Waimea Middle School -- declared that, “Five years ago we pledged to create out of this land a learning tool and experience that would help make our children healthy and our school community whole – and we did.”
Culturing the Micro-Flora of the Body and the Soil
Left to right: Vincent Mina, Theresa Vernon, Paul Hepperly, Jerry Brunetti, and Michael Melendrez.
On January 23-24, 2010, Maui Aloha Aina Association presented a conference on "Culturing the Micro-Flora of the Body and the Soil" at Waiaha Farm in Holualoa, North Kona. Four experts presented at the conference, assembled from Acres USA and the Westin A Price conference held each year on the mainland.
Eat Locally Grown Day
North Kohala Report
Our first North Kohala "Eat Locally Grown Day" was on Saturday, January 16, 2010. This was one of the initiatives that came out of the North Kohala Food Forum. Restaurant owners Joan Channon (Bamboo), Karen Rosen (Kohala Coffee Mill), Peter Pomeranze (Sushi Rock) and farmer Tom Baldwin (Uluwehi Farms) wanted to feature more North Kohala-grown food in our local restaurants to build community consciousness about our healthy, locally produced foods and to create new connections with local farmers.Honey bees—Specialty Crop Profile
Honey bees can provide multiple products, in addition to essential pollination services.
There are several bee species that are cultivated for their products and pollination services but the most widely used species is the honey bee, Apis mellifera. In Hawai‘i and in the Pacific, there is a great potential for beekeeping at all scales. Rural areas in the Pacific are ideal for supporting beekeeping activities because of the abundant year round floral sources that can provide enough honey for family and/or community needs with the possibility of additional income from the selling surplus honey.
Hamakua Alive!
Pa'auilo, Hamakua
Started in October 2007 with 11 participants, the Third Annual Hamakua Alive! Festival held in Pa'auilo Elementary and Secondary School on October 24, 2009 was a huge success. The event has grown in leaps and bounds with over 40 booths this year and the largest ever number of entries in the cooking contest.