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.
The phone line is open Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays from 9am to Noon. Call 981-5199 with your garden questions.....
Do you know any coffee growers that may be interested in wholesaling to a major American roaster and distributor? They would need to get Demeter certified.
Elizabeth Candelario, Marketing Director, Demeter USABoard Chair, Stellar Organic Certification Services
707.529.4412, www.demeter-usa.org
Teaching people to produce food for themselves is essential to building sustainable and healthy communities Project Fresh: Mountain View Community Gardens is an agricultural educational community outreach program designed to increase the number of food growers, food marketers, healthy food choices and affordable nutritious local produce. Thirty low-income participants, seniors, families, school-age children and youth were given hands-on mentoring in ecologically friendly farming. The sustainable practices included creating compost and vermicompost, learning the benefits of plant and animal symbiosis, and utilizing strategies which encourage biodiversity.
