Newsletter 8 - November 2009
Kalo (taro) is an essential plant for Hawaiian culture and agriculture. See kalo events and report below.
Contents
Supporting organizations
Project advisers
Events
Announcements
New Publications
Reports -- Backyard kalo, Seed Exchange, Little Fire Ant
This month's featured Hawai'i Island organization
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Sponsors
Web resources
Submissions
Aloha!
This is the November 2009 edition of the the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network e-mail newsletter. We appreciate everyone's support in building sustainable, local food communities.
Please continue sending us your submissions for future newsletters. They are welcome using the form at the bottom of this email. The deadline for the December newsletter is Monday, November 23.
Mahalo nui loa,
Craig Elevitch
Pedro Tama
http://agroforestry.net
Sponsors
Supporting organizations of the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network
Kona Outdoor Circle http://www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Hawai'i Organic Farmers Association http://www.hawaiiorganic.org
Sustainable Kohala http://sustainablekohala.ning.com/
Amanda Rieux, teacher at Mala ‘Ai Culinary Garden at Waimea Middle School
Andrea 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
Events
Monday, October 26, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Event: Herbal Medicines
Sponsor: La'akea Permaculture-Hawai'i Community
Description: Come discover what grows in your backyard that you can use for healing. Please register for this class by 9 pm the night before. Class will start on time.
Place: La'akea Community (contact for directions)
Fee: $20
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 443-4076
Tuesday October 27, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Vickie Dunaway & Movie: "Mad City Chickens" (Class #7 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday, October 31, 8 am - 2 pm
Event: Pua Plantasia, Annual Plant sale. Theme this Year: Sustainability.
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle (KOC)
Description: West Hawai'i's premier plant sale featuring only locally-grown trees, fruit trees, cuttings, shrubs, flowers, vegetable plants of every possible description. Classes this year on sustainability.
Place: Old Airport Pavilion, Kailua-Kona
Cost: Free
Contact: Kona Outdoor Circle, 329-7286; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; http://www.konaoutdoorcircle.org .
Saturday, October 31, 9 - 11 am
Event: Backyard Poultry, by Deb & Ben Discoe (Field Trip #3 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: Ahualoa Egg Farm, Ahualoa, Hamakua (see Contact for directions)
Cost: Free; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sunday, Nov. 1, 10am-2pm
Event: Making Whole Grain Breads
Sponsor: Waimea Community Education
Description: A hands-on class and education about whole grain breads,
including starters, soakers, and how to handle and shape your own loaves.
Class includes baked pita bread for lunch filled with locally grown foods
from Kekela Farms in Waimea. Take home your own bread loaves, too!
Place: Anna Ranch Tea Room, Waimea (see Contact for directions), South Kohala
Cost: $85
Contact: Waimea Community Education, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., http://wwww.waimeaeducation.com, (808) 885-1539
Tuesday November 3, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Aquaponics systems, by Tim Mann & Suzanne Friend (Class #8 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8, 8 hours each day
Event: Natural Farming, with Gil Carandang
Sponsor: Hawai'i Natural Farmers
Description: Gil Carandang is a full-time farmer, Fulbright scholar, and passionate advocate for empowering farmers to harness the indigenous life of the soil right on their farms. Gil is an engaging, fun, and empowering teacher. A graduate of the Apprenticeship program on Ecological Horticulture, UC Santa Cruz, he is the owner of Herbana Farms and an inspector for the Organic Certification Center of the Philippines (OCCP). Gil studied under John Jeavons of Ecology Action on Sustainable Biointensive Mini-Farming, and also under Dr. Han Kyu Cho of Korean Natural Farming Association on Natural Farming Systems for Crops and Livestocks. He brings the technology of using indigenous micro-organisms as another tool for farming sustainably.
Place: UH Hilo Ag farm in Pana'ewa, South Hilo (see Contact for directions)
Cost: $200
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , http://www.localgarden.us/
Saturday, November 7, 10 am - 5 pm
Event: Volunteer Farm-Aid Day at Milk and Honey Farm
Sponsor: Puna Small Farm Initiative, Know Your Farmer Alliance
Description: Plant trees, do pasture maintenance, prepare trees for a pole barn (bring a draw shave if you have one). Bring work clothes, gloves, rain gear and perhaps food to share. Most work will be under cover. Farm fresh salad lunch provided (bring plates and utensils).
Place: Milk and Honey Farm, Puna (see Contact for directions)
Cost: Volunteer (Salad lunch provided)
Contact: Geoff, 936-7040, http://www.knowyourfarmeralliance.com/
Saturday, November 7, 8:30am to 12 noon
Event: Amy Greenwell Garden Arbor Day Tree Give-away
Sponsor: DLNR_DOFAE/Ka'ulunani Urban Forestry Program
Description: Amy Greenwell Garden will give away 500 native trees and shrubs (one per person). A certified arborist will be on hand to give advice and a presentation on planting and training trees. Cultural and scientific experts will present information about the 200 species of endemic, indigenous and Polynesian-introduced plants here.
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona on HWY 11, just south of mile-marker 110, South Kona
Cost: Free
Contact: Peter Van Dyke, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.bishopmuseum.org/greenwell 808-323-3318
Saturday, November 7, 9 am - 3 pm
Event: 11th Annual Holualoa Village Coffee and Art Stroll
Sponsor: Holualoa Inn, Kona Blue Sky Coffee; host Holualoa Village Association
Description: Over two dozen local coffee farms present free samples of their finest Kona Coffee. Music throughout the day by local entertainers Mele Ohana, Hibiscus Jam and Harpist Jim Elliot. A variety of snack food will be available. Visit the morning Farmers Market for local produce and flowers at the Holuakoa Gardens & Cafe where you can also relax with a delicious local food breakfast or mid-day lunch.
Place: Holualoa, Mamalahoa Hwy, North Kona
Cost: Free
Contact: Holualoa Village Association http://www.holualoahawaii.com/
Saturday, November 7, 10 am - 2 pm
Event: More Raw Foods!
Sponsor: Waimea Community Education
Description: Due to the popularity of our first Raw Foods class, we are offering this new class with brand new recipes for all to enjoy. Menu items will focus on locally grown raw foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts. Everyone is welcome. Prior enrollment in our first Raw Foods class is not necessary to fully enjoy this new class! Come to class hungry. You will be sampling many delicious recipes, including: Pea Salad, Waldorf Salad, Coconut Macaroons, Tacos: Taco “meat”, salsa, sour cream, Onion Bread, Orange Shake, Corn Chowder, Fettuccine Alfredo
Cashew Mayonnaise
Place: Waimea Community Education Building (see Contact for directions)
Cost: $60
Contact: Catherine Youtkus 885-1539, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday, November 10, 9 - 11 am
Event: Shade-grown coffee for Hawai'i, by Craig Elevitch
Sponsor: UH CTAHR Cooperative Extension
Description: This free talk explores the ecological and economic benefits and drawbacks of shade-grown coffee agroforestry systems in North and South Kona. Craig Elevitch will present results from a 12-month USDA-NRCS-sponsored study of twelve shade-grown coffee orchards. Shade- and open-grown coffee were compared based on environmental conditions (shade levels, tree density, plant species present, etc.), soil organic matter, yield and bean size, and pest and disease incidence.
Place: UH Cooperative Extension Service office, Kainaliu, South Kona
Cost: Free
Contact: Virginia Easton-Smith, 322-4892, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday November 10, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Vermicomposting, by Dr. Norman Arancon, UH Hilo (Class #9 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, November 13, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Event: Farm Community Potluck and Seed Exchange
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawai'i Farmers Union and Hamakua-North Hilo Agricultural Cooperative
Description: Seed Exchange begins at 5:30 pm; potluck dinner begins at 6:30 pm. Focus this Friday is on the Farmers Union mission and vision, with a guest speaker representing National Farmers Union. Home gardeners, farmers and other community members are most welcome whether you bring seeds, plants or cuttings, or just take some home! E komo mai kakou, kokua kekahi i kekahi, aloha kekahi i kekahi. (Welcome! Help each other, love each other!) Join us in growing community food sovereignty in Hamakua!
Place: Honoka'a's historic ILWU Jack Wayne Hall building (on the Waipi'o, makai end of Mamane Street), Honoka'a, Hamakua
Contact/info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , http://hawaiifarmersunion.org, or call 331-3002
Saturday, November 14, 9 - 11 am
Event: Hands on Vermicomposting, by Terry Mortenson & Steve Velonza (Field Trip #4 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: Honoka'a, Hamakua (see contact below for directions)
Cost: Free; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday, November 14 10 am -12 noon
Event: Aston Patterning in the Garden - Effective Comfortable Movement in the Garden
Sponsor: Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle school
Description: Come learn from one of the country’s leading movement pioneers on how to effectively use your body and avoid or change bad habits. “Effective Comfortable Movement In The Garden” is a movement workshop intended to assist adults to move with more strength and balance in the garden.
Place: Mala'ai (email for directions) at Waimea Middle School, South Kohala
Cost: $35 -$45 -sliding scale. This is a fundraiser for the garden offered by Judith Aston www.astonkinetics.com
Contact: Matilda Tompson This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.malaai.org 885-9206
Sunday, November 15, 5 pm
Event: KCFA Annual Dinner & Benefit Auction
Sponsor: Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA)
Description: KCFA will have its Annual Dinner and Benefit Auction as a celebratory close to the Kona Coffee Festival activities on Sunday, November 15th at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel. Our local businesses have showed their astonishing generosity in donating to the Auction (a list of donations is on the KCFA website. The Annual Dinner is an opportunity for visitors and locals, coffee producers and coffee drinkers to get a chance to meet and talk story. And the Benefit Auction part of the evening is the KCFA’s major fundraising event of the year.
Place: King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel, Kailua-Kona, North Kona
Cost: Tickets $37.50 are available from any Board member or on the website.
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or www.konacoffeefarmers.org
Monday, November 16, 7 pm
Event: Markets for Hawaiian Fruit in India
Sponsor: Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers Association
Description: Ken Love will lead a discussion of different fruit markets in India, including the Crawford Market in Mumbai. He will also report on the current Ohelo Berry Project.
Place: At the UH Kainaliu Experiment station, Kainaliu, South Kona.
Cost: Free
Contact: Ken Love, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday November 17, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Storing Food in the Landscape, by Craig Elevitch (Class #10 of series) (Free Class)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: In this free 2 hour presentation, Craig Elevitch will cover ways of integrating plants into home- and large-scale landscapes with the goal of producing abundant, local, and sustainable sources of food, fiber, and medicine. This talk is for gardeners, farmers, homeowners, landscapers, teachers, extension professionals--anyone interested in expanding Hawai'i community food self-reliance.
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital, Hamakua
Cost: Free; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, November 18, 6 - 8:30 pm
Event: Growing in a Winter Garden, with Bonny Perata from Kona Earthly Delight Farms (1st Class in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Learn the ideal edible plants to grow during Hawaii's Winter
Place: KOC in Kailua-Kona on Kuakini Highway at the junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, North Kona
Cost: The class is part of an 8 class series that KOC members may attend for $125 ($35 for 1 year membership). Individual classes may be taken for $30 (member price) or $45 (non-member price) Discounts are available for early registration.
Contact: Kona Outdoor Circle 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Saturday, November 21, 9am - Noon
Event: Xeriscape Gardening, guided tour of Pua Mau Place, North Kohala (1st Field Trip in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Plan for dry season by touring a stunning successful xeriscape sculpture garden and finding out what minimal maintenance plants might work in your garden.
Place: Carpool meets at KOC in Kailua-Kona on Kuakini Highway at the junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, North Kona
Cost: The class is part of an 8 class series that KOC members may attend for $125 ($35 for 1 year membership). Individual classes may be taken for $30 (member price) or $45 (non-member price) Discounts are available for early registration.
Contact: Kona Outdoor Circle 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Saturday, November 21, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Event: "Auwae 'Ohana La'au Lapa'au" with practitioners Jeanella and Kehaulani Keopuhiwa.
Sponsor: Volcano Art Center
Description: Learn simple healing uses for some of Hawai'i's most common native and introduced plant species as passed down from Auwae elders to their expansive 'ohana. The Keopuhiwa's teach traditional plant identification and protocols with the Niaulani forest as the living classroom. Poultice-making activities for aiding in common ailments are also included in the workshop.
Place: Volcano Art Center, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Puna
Cost: $60 (financial aid available)
Contact: 967-8222, or register online, http://www.volcanoartcenter.org/
Saturday, November 21, 10 - 11:30 am
Event: Aquaponic Systems, by Friendly Aquaponics (Field Trip #4 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: Friendly Aquaponics, Honoka'a (see contact below for directions), Hamakua
Cost: Free; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday November 24, 6 - 8 pm
Event: GMO Crops -- Facts & Fiction, by Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice (Class #11 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital, Hamakua
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, November 27, 5:30 pm - 7 pm
Event: KALO: Issues of Genetically-Modified (GMO) Organisms: A Panel Presentation
Sponsors: Kamehameha Investment Corporation/Kamehameha Schools, The Kohala Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center and their Eia Hawai'i Lecture Series, and Keauhou Beach Resort.
Description: Features Dr. William Steiner, Dean of College of Agriculture, UHH; Dr. Dennis Gonsalves, Director, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center; and Jerry Konanui, President of the Association for Hawaiian Awa. This presentation is part of the Puana Ka Ike (Imparting Knowledge) series, an educational forum that offers a deeper understanding of Hawaiian culture, history, tradition and perspective of the environment.
Place: Keauhou (Outrigger) Beach Resort ballroom, Kailua-Kona, North Kona
Cost: Free
Contact: 808-534-8528, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or visit http://kohalacenter.org/puanakaike/about.html
Saturday November 28, 9am - Noon
Event: Pruning Practicum, with Diane Duff, KOC Education Events Advisor
(2nd Field Trip in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Bring your tools and learn how to sharpen and care for them before getting some hands on guidance actually pruning shrubs and trees.
Place: Carpool meets at KOC in Kailua-Kona on Kuakini Highway at the junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, North Kona
Cost: The class is part of an 8 class series that KOC members may attend for $125 ($35 for 1 year membership). Individual classes may be taken for $30 (member price) or $45 (non-member price) Discounts are available for early registration.
Contact: Kona Outdoor Circle, 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Tuesday December 1, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Tropical Fruit Tree Management, by Dr. Francis Zee, USDA/ARS/PBARC (Class #12 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital, Hamakua
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, December 2, 4pm - 9pm
Event: Botany: Sex in the Garden, with Bree DuPertuis, KOC Education Director; and Identifying Plants, with Diana Duff, KOC Events Advisor (2nd & 3rd Classes in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: This special two-class event will also include a "Get Acquainted Pot-Luck" after the first class.
Place: KOC in Kailua-Kona on Kuakini Highway at the junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, North Kona.
Cost: 8-Class Series price - $125 members (membership - $35) Scholarship Available to All Plant Lovers Individual classes - $30 members / $45 non members. Discount for early registration.
Contact: KOC, 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Saturday, December 5, 9am - Noon
Event: Compost and Mulch, with Recycle Hawaii and Angela Fryley
(3rd Field Trip in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor: Kona Outdor Circle
Description: Contact KOC
Place: The Donkey Mill, Holualoa, North Kona. Carpool meets at KOC on Kuakini at the junction of Queen Ka'ahumanu, Kailua-Kona, North Kona.
Cost: 8-Class Series price - $125 members (membership - $35) Scholarship Available to All Plant Lovers Individual classes - $30 members / $45 non members. Discount for early registration.
Contact: KOC, 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Saturday, December 5, 9 - 11 am
Event: Aerobically Activated Compost Tea, by Bobby Grimes & Koh Ming Wei (Field Trip #5 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: Pa'auilo mauka, Hamakua (see contact below for directions)
Cost: Free; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday December 8, 6 - 8 pm
Event: Propagating Fruit Trees, by Mike Nagao, UH CTAHR (Class #13 of series)
Sponsor/Organizer: Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation and Hawai'i County Department of Research & Development
Description: contact Donna Mitts, below
Place: NHERC, Honoka'a, makai of hospital, Hamakua
Cost: $12; $140 for entire 13 classes plus 6 free field trips.
Contact: Donna Mitts, program manager, 936-2117, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, December 9, 6pm - 8:30 pm
Event: Irrigation Design, with Garrett Webb of Leaping Bulldog Nursery (4th and final Class in Tropical Gardening Fall Series)
Sponsor: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Contact KOC
Place: KOC in Kailua-Kona on Kuakini Highway at the junction with Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, North Kona.
Cost: 8-Class Series price - $125 members (membership - $35) Scholarship Available to All Plant Lovers Individual classes - $30 members / $45 non members. Discount for early registration.
Contact: KOC, 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
Friday, December 11, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Event: Farm Community Potluck and Seed Exchange
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawai'i Farmers Union and Hamakua-North Hilo Agricultural Cooperative
Description: Seed Exchange begins at 5:30 pm; potluck dinner begins at 6:30 pm. Focus this Friday is to honor AQ McElrath, visionary ILWU activist and organizer. Home gardeners, farmers and other community members are most welcome whether you bring seeds, plants or cuttings, or just take some home! E komo mai kakou, kokua kekahi i kekahi, aloha kekahi i kekahi. (Welcome! Help each other, love each other!) Join us in building community and growing food sovereignty.
Place: Honoka'a's historic ILWU Jack Wayne Hall building (on the Waipi'o, makai end of Mamane Street), Honoka'a, Hamakua
Contact/info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , http://hawaiifarmersunion.org, or call 331-3002
Saturday, December 12, 9 am - Noon
Event: Kona School Gardens at Innovations Charter School and Ke Kula O 'Ehunuikaimalino (4th and last Field Trip in Tropical Gardening Fall Series).
Sponsor: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Contact KOC
Place: Carpool meets at KOC on Kuakini at the junction of Queen Ka'ahumanu, Kailua-Kona, North Kona.
Cost: 8-Class Series price - $125 members (membership - $35) Scholarship Available to All Plant Lovers Individual classes - $30 members / $45 non members. Discount for early registration.
Contact: KOC, 329-7286, www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
January 5 - 21, 2010
Event: Permaculture Design Course
Sponsor: Uluwehi Farm
Description: Since the first Permaculture Design Course in 1972, people throughout the world have brought permaculture techniques into their homes, businesses and communities. Students will gain hands on experience with small animal systems, perennial food gardens, naturalizing plant communities, and waste water management and food forestry. The experience will offer valuable skills and knowledge from a team of instructors with a broad range of experience in Hawai'i and around the world. Instructors include Nik Bertulis, Tom Baldwin, Craig Elevitch and other special guests. Students will gain an understanding of permaculture theory, knowledge of all the necessary aspects of becoming fully conversant in permaculture design, and by the end, have the ability to create a permaculture design plan. This course is for anyone interested in gaining practical skills and perspective for sustainable living and productivity.
Place: Uluwehi Farm - North Kohala, Big Island, Hawai'i
Cost: $900
Contact: Tom at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 808.889.5035 / PO Box 910, Kapa'au, HI 96755
Training: Advanced Study Internship in tropical agroforestry and permaculture by the people who bring you this Hawaii Homegrown Food Network newsletter. The internship is a period of practical, supervised, real-life training on an agroforestry and permaculture research and demonstration farm in Holualoa, North Kona. For more information, visit http://www.agroforestry.net/internship/
Hawai'i Organic Farmers Association (HOFA) Launches New Website: In mid-October HOFA inaugurated its long-awaited new website. Beautifully designed, it provides a wealth of resources and education about the rapidly growing organic farming community in Hawai'i, in addition to membership and certification information. At the heart of the website is its Organic Marketplace data-base, which features all the certified organic producers (128) in the state, and all the certified organic products (too many to count) grown in the state. Click on a product (say eggplant, echinacea, escarole or essential oils) and you get an instant list of all the producers of that product, which island they're on, and how to contact them. What a community service! http://www.hawaiiorganic.org/
Kula o Mala Community School Garden: We need: Volunteers, plants, seeds, trellis building materials, tools, germination trays, potting mix, positive energy, the sun and the rain. Our Mission: To teach youth how to grow food that is nutritious, delicious, and accessible. Our garden serves more than 320 students from the Hawaii Sustainable Education Initiative, the Honoka'a Elementary School A+ program, the Honoka'a Intermediate School Social Studies and SPED programs, the Hamakua Youth Foundation, and from home school programs. We commit to: Donate at least 40 lbs. a week of produce to the Salvation Army Food Pantry and Honoka'a Senior Nutrition programs. 45-3611 Mamane St. Suite 101-102 Honoka'a HI 96727 Ph: 808 443 9231 email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Sharing The Wealth of Our Backyards: Have overflowing orange, tangerine, avocado, etc. trees, or runaway zucchini? Urban Farming volunteers in Waimea and Waikoloa will pick or pick up fruits or vegetables from your garden that you wish to share. These will be delivered to the Food Bank. Call Tina Wirth at 887-1087 or email Sue Kilbride at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Kaiao Garden and Kaiao Garden Camp: The name Kaiao means the quality of light at dawn over the ocean. The vision of this garden was simple and profound. Growing food heals our body, mind, and spirit. This community garden from its inception has been devoted to collaboration, education, and community development. As the times we live in are dictating to us the direction we are going if our focus is love and care for each other then we follow the ways of the `aina and those that have lived in this place for thousands of years. We are devoted to the truthful and important dialogue that occurs when diverse cultures participate with each other. Kaiao Garden Camp is a summer day camp for youth. Cost is free for participants. This camp is devoted to exploring kuleana as a community experience of working with the `aina to grow food, friends, and self reflection. We are located on Lahaina Street just up from the Veteran’s Cemetery in Hilo. It is open to everyone on Saturday mornings from 9-12. During the week different schools can come to the garden as part of a class or curriculum. We are also open to community projects and programs having ongoing or single sessions at the garden. Please contact us, we look forward to working with you. http://alohahilo.wordpress.com/kaiao-garden-kaiao-garden-camp/
Mala'ai School Garden Needs you! Whether you like working side-by-side with middle schoolers (they're really a hoot), or prefer solitary gardening, or you are really better at grant writing or recruiting other types of help (sharing seedlings or compost, etc.), or have a particular skill set (composting, vermiculture, building things, teaching how to husk coconuts or prepare an imu), your help is needed and welcome. If you’re inspired to help for whatever reason (nurturing healthier kids, supporting sustainable ag, love quiet time pulling weeds, etc.) please call Mala'ai Executive Director Matilda Tompson (885-9206) or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . School volunteers do undergo background checks and fingerprinting for the safety of all. Of course, if Waimea is a long drive from where you live, there are more than 30 school gardens around the island – all of which would welcome your help. Email Nancy Redfeather of the Hawai'i island School Garden Network to find the garden nearest you: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Friendly Aquaponics, Free Farm Tour every Saturday
Every Saturday at 10am we give a free, in-depth tour of our farm. Tours last between one and two hours, and there is some slightly steep terrain, so come with good walking shoes. Also, make sure to apply sunscreen before your arrival. Make reservations and get directions: http://www.friendlyaquaponics.com/farmtour.html
Activity: Hawai'i Tea Society Tea Propagation Program
Sponsor: Hawai'i Tea Society Propagation Committee
Description: HTS offers a low-cost local source for high quality Camellia sinensis tea plants for farmers who want to grow a quality sustainable vog-resistant and hardy crop. We have been conducting this program for several years and hope to maintain this as an ongoing program. These plants are all from cuttings from known varieties that have produced very finished teas of the highest quality.
Place: Delivery direct to farmers.
Cost: Contact Eva Lee, Propagation Chair. Reduced rates for members. To join, go to http://www.hawaiiteasociety.com
Contact: Eva Lee, 967-7637, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
New publications
The Hawai‘i Island Homegrown: Start-up guide for an organic self-reliance garden is a new publication of the Hawai‘i County Resource Center, a program of the County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development. This well-illustrated introduction to organic gardening on Hawai'i Island authored by Craig Elevitch is an excellent resource for any beginning gardener. The guide includes lists of resources and web links for each topic covered. Download the free guide.
A new publication of the Hawaii County Resource Center introduces beginning gardeners to concepts of organic self-reliance gardens.
The Carbon Footprint of Food
Review: To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times series on Global Warming
Sweden is probably the world's leader in studying and implementing policies to reduce green-house gas emissions. It has set goals of eliminating fossil fuel use for electricity by 2020, and eliminating gasoline powered vehicles by 2030. Now, based on a new study showing that greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by more than 20% if people changed the way they eat, it has issued new food labeling guidelines for specific foods to include the carbon-dioxide content involved in the production of that food.
"New labels listing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole wheat pasta to fast food burgers, are appearing on some grocery items and restaurant menus around the country. People who live to eat might dismiss this as silly. But changing one’s diet can be as effective in reducing emissions of climate-changing gases as changing the car one drives or doing away with the clothes dryer, scientific experts say."
Just as significantly, the Swedish Organic Certification Agency (KRAV) has decided to include carbon-dioxide emissions as one of their criteria for certification. This could eliminate some current organic products from future certification, such as greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers. In general, it is also well-established that cattle production produces far more carbon-dioxide per weight of meat than, for example, chicken.
“There are farmers who are happy and farmers who say they are being ruined,” said Johan Cejie, manager of climate issues for KRAV."
For the full article see http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/world/europe/23degrees.html?pagewanted=1&em
For Sweden's new Food Guidelines see http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/science/sweden_foodguidelines.pdf
Reports
Backyard Kalo Farming, September 25, 2009
at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, South Kona
by Pedro Tama
If you've never grown kalo (taro) before, or only made fledgling attempts, this workshop is for you: in 2-1/2 hours you get all the basics you need to successfully start, maintain and harvest a kalo garden, plus cook and prepare the most popular types of kalo food products.
Sponsored every year by the Bishop Museum's Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Foreman Manuel Rego and assistant Sumao Kadooka this year took 18 avid workshop participants step by step through the preparation, propagation, maintenance, harvesting and cooking phases of family homestead kalo farming. But more than just teaching technical growing methods, Rego emphasized the sacred central role that kalo played in Hawaiian/Polynesian culture, referring, for example, to the benefits of planting according to the Hawaiian lunar calendar, and ending the workshop with an authentic demonstration of poi making.
The workshop began with the basics of kalo botanical knowledge and nutritional values. There are more than 80 known varieties of kalo (most of which are growing at the garden). The fundamentals of upland (dry) versus lowland (wetland/flooded) kalo farming were covered. Many kalo varieties are suitable for both. Although most commercial kalo in Hawai'i is wetland-grown, dryland kalo has become increasingly popular and was the subject for this workshop. Another important distinction is between the three classes of kalo varieties: those preferred for their edible leaves; those preferred for making poi; and those preferred for "table" kalo (sliced, roasted, fried, chips, etc.). And did you know that kalo has zero cholesterol and more potassium than bananas!
Before the actual hands-on practice of propagating kalo, Rego explained the micro-environment requirements for successful kalo growing. Soil fertility and amendments, rainfall or irrigation, depth of beds, spacing, and weed control were covered.
One could say that growing kalo is all about the "huli." The huli is the upper 1/4 to 1/2 inch of the "corm" (tuber), plus the first 8 to 10 inches of the stems growing out of the corm, of a just-harvested, mature kalo plant. The huli is cut very carefully from the top of the corm (and from the upper leaves). The corm is cleaned and made ready for cooking, and the newly cut huli is then planted to become the next generation kalo plant. Since a single straight cut through the corm makes the huli vulnerable to disease, Manuel and Sunao gave each workshop participant two or three freshly harvested kalo plants and instructed us in the special cutting technique required to optimize kalo plant health. This was the learning highlight of the workshop as we practiced cutting huli that would be resistant to disease, and grow into vigorous and productive plants.
Manuel ended the workshop by demonstrating the old Hawaiian technique of making poi and presenting us each with a delicious taste of this meticulously crafted kalo staple. Then we got to take our huli home to plant our own kalo garden.
5th Annual East Side Seed Exchange, October 10, 2009
At La'akea Community, Puna
by Tracy Matfin
The love for seeds brought over 100 people together this past October 10th. Sharing information and seeds while exchanging contact information focused the diverse group of farmers, presenters, landscapers, homeowners and land stewards who gathered for the 5th Annual East Side Seed Exchange.
The day began with an opening circle recognizing the importance of cooperation with each other and the land for our ongoing survival. Then the exchange began. Participants did not need to bring their own seeds in order to get seeds -- there were plenty of generous gardeners and farmers sharing seeds. Another aspect of the day was the sharing of information. Kumu Aina Farms was well represented with a table displaying tropical fruits and the seeds. Tim and Keri displayed Essential Microorganisms (EM) and were available to answer questions about how EM can improve plant growth. Some of the other folks present included: Dragonfly CSA, Milk & Honey CSA, Polestar CSA, Ron's Bees, Hawaii Invasive Species, the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network, Know Your Farmer's Alliance and the Master Gardeners.
After a few hours of sharing seeds and information, Professor Norman Arancon of UH Hilo shared his vast knowledge of worms and vermicomposting. The presentation was informative and engaging as we learned that the red wrigglers, although not as prolific as the blues, may be preferred, as they have less tendency to jump out of the bed! Professor Arancon used his wit and knowledge to dispel myths and inspire local gardeners, home composters, and island farmers. At the conclusion of the vermicomposting presentation there was a tour of La'akea Community and more time to visit the information tables, share seeds, and talk story. Everyone returned home with seeds to try out and plenty of information about creating food sustainability. Mark your calendars for next year -- the 6th Annual East Side Seed Exchange will take place the first weekend in October in 2010.
Opening ceremony at the 5th Annual East Side Seed Exchange on October 10, 2009
Little Fire Ants, We Thought We Had Them, Luckily We Do Not: Learning to identify them
La'akea Community, Puna
Over two years ago, when we first became aware of the presence of the little red fire ant (LFA) on this island, we began systematically testing the land at La’akea Community with peanut butter sticks. LFA are drawn to cheap peanut butter, they like the protein and the sugars. To test your farm for the presence of LFA, you can put a dab of peanut butter on popsicle sticks and leave them in various places around your land for a day, checking them every three to four hours. When we conducted such a test a few months ago, one of our members found some small reddish black ants. When she pressed them with the inside of her elbow she was bitten. She welted up pretty good and thought she had a positive id for LFA. We got scared. We thought these were fire ants and that they had come in on some dump mulch we received. We went into action – we spread Amdro (ant poison) over vast areas and set up traps anywhere we had put the mulch. People that came onto our land during that month saw the ant traps and we told them we were attempting to eradicate a fire ant infestation.
Fortunately it was an incorrect id and our member is just extremely sensitive to ant bites. We got suspicious when she (our sensitive skinned member) started finding them everywhere, away from where we had put the mulch. We began to question our method of identification.
We went online and attended meetings about the ants. Now we have learned how to positively identify LFA. First we look at their color (red, almost pink) and size (very small); how fast they move (very slowly) and how well they hold onto the peanut butter stick (easily knocked off); and crunchy, like grains of sand, when you pinch them between our fingers. If all of these tests are positive, one of us volunteers the inside of our elbow and we do the squish test and look for the welts. Once we used this protocol, it turned out that what we thought were LFA, weren’t! We were incredibly relieved.
To keep the land we live on free of LFA, we check all organic matter before putting it down on the ground. Any plant we buy at the market or in a nursery, any plants, cuttings or boxes of food people bring to us, we check with peanut butter sticks. We have since identified them on two truck loads of coconuts harvested from locations away from our land -- which we did not unload. LFA are a serious concern. It is a lot easier to prevent them from arriving than it is to deal with them once they have established themselves. For more information see http://www.hear.org/species/wasmannia_auropunctata/.
(Editors note: the Little Fire Ant was just found on Mau'i for the first time on October 2nd)
This month's featured Hawai'i Island organization
Know Your Farmer Alliance (KYFA) http://www.knowyourfarmeralliance.com/
Know Your Farmer Alliance (KYFA) is a grassroots educational and activist group of farmers/gardeners/friends who support a vibrant and self-sufficient local food economy based on ecological growing methods. We know that a strong community is as self-sufficient as possible and cares for its land and people with a passion. Pure, fresh, local and naturally grown food is our birthright and our vision. There is much to learn from each other and all are welcome.
After six years of workshops, farm tours, newsletters, seed exchanges, meetings and assorted projects such as the “GMO Free Zone” and “Little Fire Ant Alert,” Lyn, Geoff and Nancy are moving in new directions. Lyn’s’ heart is in music and aquaponics, Geoff has initiated the Puna Small Farm Initiative, a “Farm Aid Project”, and Nancy coordinates the Hawaii Island School Garden Network.
The Alliance website remains active and we encourage anyone who would like to do a related workshop, farm tour, etc. to contact us and we will try to support them as much as possible under the KYFA umbrella. There are many new and special eco-agricultural events happening on the Big Island and we are looking for someone (or an exisiting group) with passion and vision, to guide KYFA into the future.
Meanwhile the Puna Small Farm Initiative (a KYFA project) is about to facilitate its second event. This initiative targets small local family farms for direct community support. Deferred maintenance, simple expansion plans and endless projects that never quite get started or finished are possible candidates for our help. This is an opportunity to physically help those who bring our community the gift of quality local food. It is also a great way to get to “Know Your Farmer.” The families feel supported and valued, we have a great day meeting new friends and working together - knowing we are making a difference! Please consider joining us on Nov. 7, 10 am to 5pm at Milk and Honey Farm in Pahoa (see Events listing above). We will do a variety of tasks and share a healthy farm salad lunch. Please call KYFA for details and to sign up at 936-7040.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Uluwehi Farm (Hawi) 889-1081
South Kohala
Ka`Ohi Nani Farm (Waimea) 885-1950
Hamakua
Hawai'i Sustainable Education Initiative (HSEI) & Friendly Aquaponics (Honoka'a) 443-9231
Polestar Gardens (Pahoa) 430-8009
Ginger Ridge Farms (Mountain View) 968-7622
Milk and Honey Farm (Pahoa) 345-4401
Dragon's Eye CSA (Kapoho) 965-9371
Adaptations (Captain Cook) 324-6600
Ka'u
West Hawaii Farms (Oceanview) 939-9701
This month's new web resources !
* Hawai'i Organic Farmers Association (completely updated web site) http://www.hawaiiorganic.org
* Community Garden in Puna http://www.edenearthworks.org
* New Video of North Kohala Food Forum
http://www.nkfoodforum.com/profiles/blogs/north-kohala-food-forum-video
* Your Home Carbon Footprint Calculator http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/?src=f1
* Start a Community Garden http://www.communitygarden.org/learn/starting-a-community-garden.php
* Kaua'i Community College: Growing Food Seminars http://groups.google.com/group/koloadistrictgardeners/web/training-resouce-manual?pli=1
* The Permaculture Activist http://permacultureactivist.net/index.html
* The oldest, largest sustainable farming magazine http://www.acresusa.com/magazines/magazine.htm
* Hawai'i Community Stewardship Directory http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/czm/initiative/community_based/CommunityStewardshipDirectory.pdf
* USDA-National Organic Program http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/nop
* Kaiao Garden & Garden Camp http://alohahilo.wordpress.com/kaiao-garden-kaiao-garden-camp/
Hawai'i organizations
Agroforestry Net http://www.agroforestry.net
Hawai'i Agriculture Notes http://www.ahualoa.net/ag/notes_farming.html
Hawai'i Ag Tourism Assn http://hiagtourism.org
Hawai'i Farmers Union http://www.hawaiifarmersunion.org
Hawai'i Fruit http://www.Hawaiifruit.net
Hawai'i Island School Garden Network http://www.kohalacenter.org/HISGN/about.html
Hawai'i Natural Farmers http://www.localgarden.us/
Hawai'i Organic Farmers Association http://www.hawaiiorganic.org
Hawai'i SEED http://www.hawaiiseed.org
Hawai'i Tea Society http://www.hawaiiteasociety.org/
Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers http://www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org
Know Your Farmer Alliance http://www.knowyourfarmeralliance.com
Kona Coffee Farmers Association http://www.konacoffeefarmers.org
Kona Outdoor Circle http://www.konaoutdoorcircle.org
North Kohala Food Forum http://nkfoodforum.com
Slow Food Hawai'i http://www.slowfoodhawaii.org
Sheep and Goat Producers http://sites.google.com/site/hawaiisheepandgoatassociation
Sustainable Hawaii http://sustainablehawaiiisland.org/
Sustainable Kohala http://sustainablekohala.ning.com/
Waimea Outdoor Circle http://www.waimeaoutdoorcircle.org
Other Hawai'i Island websites
Andrea Dean Eat Local http://www.andreadean.com
Big Island Farmers Markets http://www.hcrs.info/sustainability/agriculture-and-food
Green Hawaii http://www.greenhawaii.com
Hawaii Physical Activity and Nutrition Newsletter http://http://www.healthyhawaii.com
How to Feed Chickens in Hawaii http://www.ahualoa.net/chickens/
La'akea Permaculture Community http://http://permaculture-hawaii.com
Organic Seeds http://www.hawaiiorganic.org/resources/seeds
Plants Hawaii http://www.plantshawaii.com
South Kona Green Market http://www.skgm.org
University of Hawai’i College of Tropical Agriculture (CTAHR)
Organic - CTAHR http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/organic/
Buy Fresh - Buy Local http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/BFBL.asp
Sustainable - CTAHR http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/index.asp
Hawaii County --Extension & Research http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/Counties/HawaiiCounty/index.html
Sustainable Animal Production http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/NewFarmer/Animal.asp
Poultry Grazing System for Egg Production http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/LM-20.pdf
Government agencies
Hawaii County Resource Center http://www.hcrc.info/sustainability/agriculture-and-food
National websites
Bee Colony Collapse: What We Know Now http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/saving-bees-what-we-know-now/?emc=eta1
Biodynamic Farming & Gardening http://www.biodynamics.com/
Community Alliance with Family Farmers http://caff.org
Biodynamic Certification http://demeter-usa.org/
Cheese making http://smalldairy.com/
Columbia Gorge Food Network http://www.gorgegrown.com/
Community Food Security Coalition http://www.foodsecurity.org
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/
Food & Water Watch http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food
Food Declaration http://fooddeclaration.org
Food Share http://www.foodshare.net
GMO Watch http://www.gmwatch.org/
GMO shoppers guide http://www.geaction.org/truefood/shoppersguide/guide_printable.html
GRAIN - small farm community control http://www.grain.org/about/?org
Growing Power http://www.growingpower.org
National Homegrown Site http://www.homegrown.org
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition http://sustainableagriculture.net/
Natural Farming http://janonglove.com/janongusa/intro01.html
Organic Consumers Association http://www.organicconsumers.org
Organic Farming Research Foundation http://ofrf.org/index.html
Organizing A Community Garden http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4300.htm
Radio Stations about Healthy Food http://www.mnn.com/food/farms-gardens/stories/top-11-green-food-radio-shows#
Young Farmers Network http://www.thegreenhorns.net
Videos
Islands at Risk - Genetic Engineering in Hawai'i http://farmwars.info/?p=457
Videos about producing quality tropical fruit www.Hawaiifruit.net
Permaculture - farms for the future http://www.viddler.com/explore/PermaScience/videos/4/
Food, Inc. movie trailer http://www.foodincmovie.com/
The Future of Food (film) http://www.thefutureoffood.com/
Priceless movie trailer http://habitatmedia.org/summit6.html
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (trailer) http://www.metacafe.com/watch/600284/the_real_dirt_on_farmer_john_trailer/
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