Newsletter 23 - January 2011
Aloha!Your growing and purchasing local food shows your personal commitment to a sustainable future. Given our current food system, it often requires more time and money to live consistent with what is right, pono. Thank you for your support of local and sustainable food in 2010.We wish you Hau'oli Makahiki Hou, and we look forward to seeing you in 2011! Mahalo nui loa, Craig Elevitch and Pedro Tama EventsEvery Thursday, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Hilo
Every Friday, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Hilo
Sunday, January 09, 2011, 02:00pm, Hilo
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 09:00am - 12:00pm, Puna
Monday, January 17, 2011, 8am – Noon, Hilo, Kailua-Kona, South Kohala
Monday, January 17, 2011, 07:00pm - 09:00pm, North Kona
Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22, 2011, 6pm – 8pm
Friday, January 28, 2011, 09:30am - 03:00pm, North Kona
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 09:00am - 11:00am, South Kohala
Saturday, February 05, 8:00am to Saturday, February 19, 2011, 05:00pm, North Kohala
Sunday, February 13, 2011, 12:00pm - 06:00pm, Hilo Saturday, February 19, 2011, 10:00am - 04:00pm, South Kona View events calendarReportsFood for Thought: The non-business of chickensWritten by Karin Payne | 27 December 2010  There is a very fine line between having chickens on our subsistence farm and raising chickens as a business.
We are not chicken farmers. We do not have a chicken farm. Our hens and roosters choose where they want to be at every moment. They love our front stoop and the barn. They want to be as close to us as they can without us being able to actually touch them (except for our bard rocks, who are friendly and we name them all “Friendly:” “auntie Friendly,” “Friendly’s sister,” or “Friendly’s daughter”). I just call them all Friendly. Lauren, of course knew each hen by sight. She would correct me, “No, mom, that’s not Friendly’s sister, that’s Friendly’s first daughter (but then Lauren had two horses as pets and milked and played with goats since she was 11.) South Kona Green MarketWritten by Sonia Martinez | 28 December 2010  The market tries to keep a balance by not over-saturating any particular product, especially among the artists and crafters. The market was two years old this past August and some of the vendors who have been there from the beginning are the most passionate when speaking about it. The SKGM market is composed of about 78 individuals accounting for 35 vendors on any given Sunday. Getting Protein in Hawai'i: What's for Dinner?Written by Neil Logan | 28 December 2010 
Poultry are far more efficient at converting their food into protein for human consumption compared with cattle.
Tea—Specialty Crop ProfileWritten by Koen den Braber, Dwight Sato, and Eva Lee | 27 December 2010 
Mike Riley of Volcano Tea Garden in Volcano shows his tea plants, which are growing together with native forest trees.
Tea is the most widely consumed beverage after water. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavor. The three most common types of tea are black, green, and oolong. There are also some less common types such as white and yellow teas and compressed teas (e.g., puerh), as well as numerous flavored and scented teas. All of these teas have in common that they use the leaves of the same plant, Camellia sinensis, but they are processed in different ways. AnnouncementsHOLUALOA, HAWAI‘I—New extension publications advise farmers in developing value-added products from sustainably grown high-value crops in Hawai'i.
A series of new extension publications about high value crops including chocolate, coffee, tea, and vanilla has just been published. The photo-rich booklets focus on management, production, marketing and value-added processing in Hawai’i and the Pacific region. Specialty crops such as these provide a rapidly growing economic opportunity for farmers and gardeners who are interested in diversifying their crops and who are willing to innovate their production methods, post-harvest processing, and marketing. These publications are part of a series of specialty crop booklets designed to promote agroforestry and value-added product development in the Pacific. The specialty crop series is being coordinated by Craig Elevitch of Permanent Agriculture Resources in Holualoa, Hawai’i. The publications can be downloaded for free at http://agroforestry.net/scps.
Announcing the opening of the new Mid-Week Market at Anna Ranch, on Kawaihae Road, Waimea, starting Wednesday, January 19, from 1pm to 5pm. The market features local foods and crafts. Contact: Vicki Dunaway, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows is delighted to welcome superstar celebrity chefs Michael Symon and Jonathan Waxman to Hawaii for the first ever James Beard Foundation Celebrity Chef Tour event to be held in the Hawaiian Islands, on Friday, January 21,and Saturday, January, 22, 2011. For more information see tis website's Calendar of Events for those dates. Live Vegetarian Cooking Show and Free DinnerCelebrity Chef Mark Anthony’sLive Vegetarian Performing Arts Cooking Show will be presented on Sunday, January 9th at 2pm, at Mauna Loa School in Hilo. For details see this website's Calendar of Events. Space is limited. Reservations 935-8010, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The Kings' Shops now hosts a farmers market every Wednesday from 8:30am to 1:00pm. Contact information is Tammy Touchet, Palani Makai Partners, LLC at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Other announcementsFarmers' 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 listingsOther web resourcesProject AdvisorsAmanda Rieux, teacher at Mala ‘Ai Culinary Garden at Waimea Middle SchoolBruce 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  Agroforestry Net New subscribers: Subscriptions to this newsletter are free and welcome from the general public. You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not share your name with anyone without your prior permission. Click here to subscribe This newsletter is published by:Hawai'i Homegrown Food NetworkPO Box 5 Holualoa, Hawaii 96725 USA E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Web: http://hawaiihomegrown.net |
