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Newsletter 50 - April 2013

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Aloha mai!

This edition marks the beginning of the fifth year of publication of the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network Newsletter. We sincerely thank all of our contributors and subscribers (currently over 1600!) for four fulfilling and productive years.

Over the past four years, we have seen a steady rise in interest in sustainably grown, local food in the number of events, farmers markets, and resources for growers, sellers and consumers. We are all hungry for fresh, nutritious, locally grown food. Even more so, we are hungry for connection to the source of our food: the land, sea, and community we live in.

 

Thank you so much for all your support for sustainable and local food in Hawai'i.

Mahalo nui loa,

Craig Elevitch and Pedro Tama
for the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network
http://hawaiihomegrown.net
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Breadfruit tree in South Kona.


Events

Sunday, March 31, 2013, 02:00pm - 05:00pm, Hilo
Let's Grow Hilo Edible Landscaping Beautification Day

Thursday, April 04, 2013, 09:00am - 01:00pm, Puna
Permaculture Gardening: Staple Crops

Thursday, April 04, 2013, 09:00am, North Kona
West Hawai'i Master Gardener Monthly Meeting

Saturday, April 06, 2013, 01:00pm - 04:30pm, North Kohala
Kohala Farm-to-Fork Tour

Tuesday, April 09, 2013, 01:30pm - 03:30pm, South Kona
Growing Your Own Fertility: Nitrogen Fixing plants

Tuesday, April 09, 2013, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Natural Farming Monthly Meeting

Thursday, April 11, to Saturday, April 13, 2013, Maui
11th Body & Soil Conference

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 09:00am - 01:00pm, Puna
Permaculture Gardening: Protein Crops

Saturday, April 13, 2013, 09:00am - 11:00am, Hilo
DIY Chicken Class

Saturday, April 13, 2013, 09:00am - 12:00pm, North Kohala
All About Niu/Coconut

Saturday, April 13, 2013, 10:00am - 05:00pm, North Kona
7th Annual Avocado Festival

Monday, April 15, 2013, 07:00pm - 09:00pm, North Kona
Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers Meeting

Saturday, April 20, 2013, 09:00am - 12:00pm, South Kohala
Mala'ai Free Community Workshop: Herb Gardening Basics

Thursday, April 25, 2013, 09:00am - 01:00pm, Puna
Permaculture Gardening: Pruning Fruit Trees

Saturday, April 27, 2013, 10:30am - 02:00pm, South Kohala
Spinning Salads with Jill Justice

Sunday, April 28, 2013, 02:00pm - 05:00pm, Hilo
Let's Grow Hilo Edible Landscaping Beautification Day

Thursday, May 02, 2013, 09:00am - 01:00pm, Puna
Permaculture Gardening: Compost Tea

Saturday, May 04, 2013, 09:00am - 12:00pm, South Kohala
Culturing Garden Vegetables

Saturday, May 18, 2013, 09:00am - 12:00pm, South Kohala
Mala'ai Free Community Workshop: Garden Tours of Waimea

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Reports

Supermarkets demand perfect produce: Tom Palusak

XR0Y8235CElevitchTom Palusak, Produce Manager of Choice Mart in Captain Cook.When Tom Palusak started working as produce manager in 2007, he felt it was important that local produce was well represented in Choice Mart’s offerings. Many of the store’s customers are local farmers from the area, and it was only natural and appropriate to give customers the opportunity to buy local. Four years later, about 50% of Choice Mart’s produce comes from Hawai‘i farmers.


Value-Added Innovation for Hawai'i Growers workshop

IMG 1649CElevitchKen Love speaks to a group of enthusiastic workshop participants in Kalaheo, Kaua'i on March 27, 2013. During the last two weeks of March, over two hundred island residents took part in a statewide workshop series to educate small-scale farmers and producers about adding value to their enterprises. The workshops, sponsored by the State of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Program, were presented by Craig Elevitch and Ken Love, Hawai'i Island locals and leaders of the sustainable food movement in Hawai'i.

The workshop, "Value-Added Innovation for Hawai'i Growers: Making the Family Farm Profitable" focused on ways to enhance locally grown and produced products in order to create more profitable and sustainable small agricultural businesses in Hawai'i. Workshops were held in Hilo and Kona, as well as on Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Maui, and registration was free of charge.


Puna 'Ulu Festival 2013 slideshow

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The second Puna ‘Ulu Festival 'Ulu a me Niu—Celebrating Breadfruit and Coconut!.

The second annual Puna ‘Ulu Festival took place Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School in Puna. Over 2,500 people attended the event this year, which included many well-attended cultural practitioner demonstrations, games, chef demos, a cooking contest, and much more.

See the captioned festival slideshow here.


Farmers' Markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Visit our comprehensive directory of Hawai'i Island farmers' markets and Community Supported Agricuture.

Web Resources

This month's web site listings

Other web resources

Supporting Organizations


Sponsors

Hawai'i People's Fund and the Hawai'i Community Foundation

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Founding sponsors

Hawai'i County Resource Center, a program of the County of Hawai'i Department of Research and Development. Hawaii Agricultural Development Program in partnership with the Big Island RC&D Council.

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Agroforestry Net

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