Newsletter 18 - August 2010
Aloha!In this edition, we continue with our farmer's market series by Sonia Martinez by highlighting the venerable 18-year-old, locally-grown Waimea Homestead Farmers Market. As a follow up to Jackie Prell's popular Natural Farming article that appeared in our March edition, this month Jackie contributed an article about making Natural Farming Inputs at home. Also, check out the report on Tim Lloyd's ingenious low-tech home gardening techniques workshop.
I addition to the calendar below, you can also follow events in a comprehensive calendar that is updated in real-time at the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network web site. The Farmers' Market and Community Supported Agriculture page is also continuously updated. We wish you the best in your local and sustainable food endeavors. Keep us posted! A hui hou, Craig Elevitch EventsSaturday, July 24, 2010, 10:00am - 12:00pm, South Kohala
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 10 am – 2:30 PM, North Kona
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 02:00pm - 04:00pm, North Kona Sunday, July 25, 2010, 09:00am - 04:00pm, North Kona
Sunday, July 25, 2010, 01:00pm, Puna
Saturday, July 31, 2010, North Kona
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00am - 05:00pm, North Kona Sunday, August 01, 2010, 02:00pm, South Hilo Wednesday, August 04, 2010, 03:30pm - 05:00pm, South Kona Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 08:00pm, South Hilo
Sunday, August 15, 2010, 09:00am - 12:00pm, Puna
Monday, August 16, 2010 to Friday, August 20, 2010, South Hilo
Monday, August 16, 2010, 07:00pm - 09:00pm, North Kona From Saturday, August 28, to Sunday, August 29, 2010, Hamakua Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 03:30pm - 05:00pm, South Kona Friday, September 10, 2010, 05:00pm - 08:00pm, South Kohala From Friday, September 24, to Sunday, September 26, 2010, Kaua‘i From Saturday, September 25, 2010 to Friday, October 01, 2010, North Kohala Saturday, October 23, 2010, 09:00am - 03:00pm, Hamakua View events calendarReportsWritten by Sonia Martinez | 22 July 2010 
Waimea Homestead Farmers Market
Written by Jackie Prell | 23 July 2010 
Master Cho (on left) instructs in IMO production at Hilo workshop.
Written by Lokahi | 22 July 2010 
Tim Lloyd demonstrates the strength of a garden bench he made in a few minutes out of scrap materials.
AnnouncementsDemeter-certified coffee soughtDo you know any coffee growers that may be interested in wholesaling t, a majoro an American roaster and distributor? They would need to get Demeter certified. Elizabeth Candelario, Marketing Director, Demeter USABoard Chair, Stellar Organic Certification Services707.529.4412, www.demeter-usa.org Join our Facebook fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Demeter-USA/115200118495672?ref=sgm Call a Master Gardener!Master Gardeners are volunteers at their respective Ag Depts in the local University across the country. We have an avid group of volunteers ready to answer your garden and plant questions right here on the BI. The Master Gardener office is located in the UH CTAHR office on Komohana in central Hilo. New CSA: Kuaiwi Farm in South Kona
HOFA-Certified Organic Veggies, fruits BE HEALTHY, EAT LOCAL. Baskets available weekly or bi-weekly ( every two weeks) in the Kona districts. Home Delivery from Captain Cook to Holualoa. A typical basket will include: Assortment of salad and cooking greens, plus one or two bags of other hardy veggies and fruits. We can work around allergies, and true dislikes to vegetables. We encourage our customers to try and taste these vegetables again, and check out new recipes. Baskets can be personalized. Communicate with me by email about veggie and herb choices/preferences/dislikes etc. Baskets $25. Eggs $7/dozen extra (from our free ranging chickens fed on only certified organic feed and organic produce and organic nuts from our farm. NO GMO GRAIN; eggs are not certified organic). Contact Una Greenaway, 33 years organic practices, 328-8888 or email, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Other announcementsWritten by Ted Radovich | 22 July 2010 
Local squash type grown at Ginger Hill Farm, Kealakekua.
Farmers' markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)Please visit our new comprehensive page dedicated to Hawai'i Island farmers' markets and Community Supported Agricuture.
Web ResourcesNew web site listings
Other web resourcesProject AdvisorsAmanda Rieux, teacher at Mala ‘Ai Culinary Garden at Waimea Middle SchoolAndrea Dean, project manager, How Hawaii Eats, Kapa‘au Bruce Mathews, professor of Soil Science, UH Hilo Deborah Ward, retired UH CTAHR extension agent and farmer, Kea‘au Geoff Rauch, director of Know Your Farmer Alliance and farmer, Kapoho Hector Valenzuela, vegetable crops extension specialist, UH Manoa Jerry Konanui, mahi 'ai and educator, Pahoa Joe Kassel, naturopathic physician and farmer, Holualoa Ken Love, tropical fruit horticulture and marketing specialist, Captain Cook Lyn Howe, director of Know Your Farmer Alliance and farmer, Kapoho Mary Lynn Garner, Konawaena High School teacher and farmer, Kealakekua Nancy Miller, marketing specialist and manager of Keauhou Farmers’ Market Roen & Ken Hufford, Honopua Farm, managers, Hawaiian Homestead Farmers Market, Waimea Ted Radovich, crop specialist, Sustainable Farming Systems Laboratory, UH Manoa Supporting OrganizationsSponsorsHawai'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.
Hawai'i People's Fund and the Hawai'i Community Foundation
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