Events

Saturday, April 25, 8:45 am - Noon
Event: Work & Learn Day: Seed Saving and Planting—at the garden
Sponsor/Organizer: Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School
Description: A learning event followed by potluck & talk-story Noon—1:30 pm
Place: Garden at Waimea Middle School
Cost: Free, limited enrollment and first come.
Contact: email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Matilda Thompson at 885-9206. 

Saturday, April 25, 9 am - 1 pm
Event: Kawanui Farm with Nancy Redfeather: A Unique Experience in Self-Sufficiency
Sponsor/Organizer: The Kohala Center
Description: Building community food self-reliance for the future starts at home-on Kawanui Farm. Visit Kawanui Farm and lunch with owners Nancy Redfeather and her husband Gerry Herbert.
Place: contact Kohala Center
Cost: $25 (members) - $75
Contact: http://www.kohalacenter.org/TKCMemberEvents09/about.html and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Tel: 887-6411

Saturday April 25, 10 am - 12 Noon (Volcano); 2 pm - 4 pm (Pahoa)
Event: Composting Workshops
Sponsor/Organizer: County of Hawai'i Dept of Environmental Management
Description: Learn how to backyard compost
Place: Cooper Center, Volcano Village (10am - Noon); Pahoa Feed & Garden (2pm - 4pm).
Cost: Free
Contact: 937-2233; website http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org
  
Saturday, April 25, 1 pm - 5 pm
Event: Shade-grown coffee workshop
Sponsor/Organizer: UH Cooperative Extension and Permanent Agriculture Resources
Description: This workshop explores the ecological and economic benefits and drawbacks of shade-grown coffee agroforestry systems in Kona. Two farm visits are included in the workshop.
Place: UH Cooperative Extension Service, Kainaliu
Cost: This workshop is free. Due to space limitations, pre-registration is required.
Contact: Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Sarah at 322-4892 to register.

Saturday, April 25, 10 am - 2 pm
Event: Lanihau Center Ho'olaule'a, Kailua-Kona
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: The Center will celebrate our island's food resources, the 'aina and the farmers who nurture it with a Farmer's Market and a cooking competition between local chefs. There will be island music throughout the day.
Place: Lanihau Center, on Palani just makai of Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy.
Contact: 960-1392; or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sunday, April 26, 9 am - 5 pm
Event: 1st Annual South Kona Earth Day Festival
Sponsor/Organizer: South Kona Green Market and Sanctuary of Mana Ke'a Gardens
Description: Earth Day Celebration
Place: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens, Captain Cook, Mile Marker 110
Cost: Free
Contact: Tim Bruno, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , www.skgm.org, Tel: 328-8797 or Randyl Rupar This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Tel: 334-3340

Sunday, April 26, 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Event: Transitioning to Organic Workshop
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawaii Organic Farmers Association
Description: The workshop will feature University of Hawai'i Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences specialist, Theodore Radovich, PhD and a panel of qualified certification experts as well as local growers. The program will consist of: lecture, discussion, and information to help with a successful transition to organic methods.
Place: North Hawaii Education and Research Center in Honoka’a
Cost: $35/ HOFA member, $50/ Non-HOFA member
Contact: Kelly Lange, Hawaii Organic Farmers Association, Tel: 969-7789; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, May 2, 9 am - Noon
Event: Dyes Workshop
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: Join garden educator, Bernice Akamine in a native plant dye making workshop. Native dye plants used at the workshop will be determined by what is in season at the Garden.
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers on the mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway. Cost: Free to Bishop Museum members; non-members $15
Contact: Call early to reserve your space Tel: 323-3318; e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, May 9, 10 am - 11:30 am
Event: Free Garden Tour
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: See the garden’s collection of native Hawaiian plants while hearing about their traditional cultural uses. This is a free event. Call if you have any question
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers on the mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway.
Cost: Free
Contact: Tel: 323-3318, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, May 23, 10 am - 12 Noon (Hilo); 2 pm - 4 pm (Kea'au)
Event: Composting Workshops
Sponsor/Organizer: County of Hawai'i Dept of Environmental Management
Description: Learn how to backyard compost
Place: Hilo Transfer Station Recycling Area (10am - Noon); Kea'au Transfer Station Recycling Area (2pm - 4pm).
Cost: Free
Contact: 937-2233; website http://www.hawaiizerowaste.org

Saturday, May 30, 9 am - 4 pm
Event: Sustainable Saturday: Best Use of Your Backyard
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle (KOC)
Description: Morning: "Gardening Sustainably", with Hector Valenzuela, UH CTAHR; and "Container Gardening in a Small Space," with Janice Crowl, author of Container Gardening in Hawai'i. Lunch: includes catered lunch from local sources. Afternoon: "Sustainable Garden Tour" at Kawanui Farm in Honalo.
Place: KOC, Kuakini Highway at junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway
Cost: members $55, non-members $66 (includes lunch).
Contact: Kona Outdoor Circle, 329-7286; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; http://www.konaoutdoorcircle.org .

Saturday, May 30, 8 - 10 am
Event: Book signing - Pathways to Abundant Gardens
Sponsor/Organizer: Keauhou Farmers Market
Description: Craig Elevitch will be signing his book, Pathways to Abundant Gardens, a book for those who are looking for inspiration and guidance in growing their own food using natural methods.
Place: Keauhou Farmers Market at Keauhou Shopping Center
Cost: Free
Contact: Nancy Miller, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, June 6, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Event: Hawai'i Island Homegrown Food Self-Reliance Workshop
Sponsor/Organizer: Permanent Agriculture Resources with support from the Hawai'i County Resource Center
Description: This all-day workshop will give participants a wide range of techniques for growing abundant quantities of food at home, with minimal reliance on imported inputs.
Place: Ocean View Community Center
Cost: $50 ($40 early registration)
Contact: www.agroforestry.net/events or email Ngaire Gilmour at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, June 13, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Event: 7th Annual Hawai'i Island Seed Exchange
Sponsor/Organizer: Know Your Farmer Alliance, the Hawai'i Peoples Fund, the Hawai'i Community Foundation, and support from the Amy B.H. Greenwell Garden
Description: This annual agricultural festival develops community food self-reliance by bringing together our agricultural community to freely share cuttings, roots, hulis, and seed of food crops that grow well on Hawai'i Island.
Place: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens, Captain Cook, Mile Marker 110
Cost: Free
Contact: call Nancy Redfeather 322-2801 or Lynn Bell at 325-0615

Saturday, June 13, 10 am - 11:30 am
Event: Free Garden Tour, during the 7th Annual Seed Exchange
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: See the garden’s collection of native Hawaiian plants while hearing about their traditional cultural uses.
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers on the mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway.
Cost: Free
Contact: Call if you have any questions. Tel: 323-3318; e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, July 25, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Event: Honopua Farm: A Waimea Family Farm
Sponsor/Organizer: The Kohala Center
Description: Visit Honopua Farm and lunch with owners Ken and Roen Hufford.
Place: contact The Kohala Center
Cost: $25 (members) - $75 (non-members)
Contact: http://www.kohalacenter.org/TKCMemberEvents09/about.html and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Tel: 887-6411

Saturday, August 8, 9 - 11:30 am
Event:  Backyard Kalo Farming
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: With garden foreman Manuel Rego. Manuel has cared for the extensive collection of kalo at Amy Greenwell Garden for 24 years. Manuel will be assisted by Sunao Kadooka. Come and learn how to propagate, grow, and prepare kalo in your own backyard. Participants will also be supplied with kalo huli, or propagates, that can be planted for harvest. And, for the lucky attendees, this particular workshop will include Maui Lehua and other miscellaneous varieties.
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers on the mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway. Cost: Free to Bishop Museum members; non-members $15
Contact: Call to register, Tel: 323-3318; e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Saturday, September 19
Event: 19th Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Growers Conference
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers (HTFG)
Description: Educational conference on growing and marketing tropical fruit
Place: Hilton Waikoloa
Cost: to be determined
Contact: Ken Love 323-2417

We invite you to submit information about educational events, resources, workshops, festivals, presentations, etc., related to growing, exchanging, selling, preparing, and eating locally grown food that is sustainable or organic. Please send us your submissions using the e-mail forms below.We will compile your submissions and send them to hundreds of Hawai'i Island sustainable food practitioners and supporters.

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