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    Building local, sustainable food communities on the Island of Hawai'i

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Ginger—Specialty Crop Profile

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Written by Hector Valenzuela | 27 August 2010

Certified organic ginger grown in Hamakua, Hawaii.
Certified organic ginger commercially grown in Hamakua, Hawaii.

Ginger is used throughout the world as a spice or fresh herb in cooking and a variety of other value-added products including flavoring in candies, beverages, liqueurs, ice cream, baked goods, curry powder blends, sauces, and various condiments. Ginger is also used in traditional medicine to treat several ailments including nausea, motion sickness, migraine, dyspepsia, and to reduce flatulence and colic. Young rhizomes that are harvested early are also used in pickles and confectionery.

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North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign

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Written by Andrea Dean | 26 August 2010

Local food will be highlighted in restaurants in the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown week.
Local food will be highlighted in restaurants in the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown week.
Featuring Workshops, Film and, of course, Food!

If you like FOOD—growing it, cooking it, eating it, and talking about it—the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign has something for you! Farmers, ranchers, hunters, and fisherman in North Kohala provide our community with so many unique and delicious foods. In conjunction with the Kanu Hawai’i statewide Eat Local campaign, the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign encourages you to seek out, cook out, eat out, eat in, and generally celebrate our local foods September 25–October 2, 2010.

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Keauhou Farmers Market

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Written by Sonia Martinez | 26 August 2010

The Keauhou Farmers Market
The Keauhou Farmers Market
The Keauhou Farmers Market has been active for almost 4 years and has a list of impressive vendors on its roster. Located in the parking lot of the Keauhou Shopping Center in south Kailua-Kona on the leeward side of the island, it has become popular with not only locals but many tourists who stay at the two large resort hotels nearby. Sponsored by the Kona County Farm Bureau, the market has strict rules about the origins of the farm produce and products sold, and stresses that value-added products must contain a large percentage of locally grown ingredients.

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Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu—Revitalizing Breadfruit on Hawai'i Island

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15 August 2010

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New project announcement—Your input requested

The Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network is pleased to announce Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu, a project to revitalize 'ulu (breadfruit) as an attractive, delicious, nutritious, abundant, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. Please help us assess the Hawai'i Island community's interest in reviving 'ulu by completing a 5-minute survey by Sunday, September 12, 2010. Your survey response is important to help us get started in the right direction on this essential work (and you could win a prize).

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Kanu Organizers Boot Camp in Hawi

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Written by Andrea Dean | 27 August 2010

Andrea Dean opens the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp.
Andrea Dean opens the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp
I am not sure where to start writing the story of the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp. It's my tendency to want to report the specifics: who attended, who taught, what strategies were imparted. But I think this story starts with a story.

I was feeling like the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign was a one woman show. If I dropped it, would anyone even notice or care? Where were the community volunteers? Why didn't the community "get it?" Why didn't funders "get it?" Why did the same 1-3 people always end up doing all the work?

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