Newsletter 19 - September 2010
Aloha kakou!Two weeks ago we announced Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu, a community-based project to revitalize 'ulu (breadfruit) as an attractive, delicious, nutritious, abundant, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. If you have not already done so, please help us assess the Hawai'i Island community's interest in reviving 'ulu by completing a 5-minute survey by Sunday, September 12, 2010. Your survey response is essential to help us get started in the right direction on this essential work (and you could win a prize). We greatly appreciate your support! A hui hou, Craig Elevitch
EventsFrom Saturday, August 28, to Sunday, August 29, 2010, Hamakua Saturday, August 28, 2010 – 09:00am - 05:00pm, Puna
Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 03:30pm - 05:00pm, South Kona Friday, September 03, 2010, 10:00am - 02:30pm, South Kona Friday, September 10, 2010, 05:00pm - 08:00pm, South Kohala Sunday, September 12, 2010, 10:00am - 04:00pm, Hamakua Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Wednesday, September 22 to Saturday, September 25, 2010, 08:00am - 03:00pm, North Kona
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Friday, September 24, 2010, 10:00am - 02:30pm, South Kona From Friday, September 24, to Sunday, September 26, 2010, Kaua‘i From Saturday, September 25 to Saturday, October 02, 2010, North Kohala
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 08:30am - 01:00pm, Island-wide
Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:00am - 02:00pm, North Kohala
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 09:00am - 12:00pm, North Kohala Sunday, September 26, 2010, 02:00pm - 06:00pm, Kaua’i
Sunday, September 26, 2010, 07:00pm, North Kohala Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Starting Wednesday, September 29, 2010 for one month, Puna
Saturday, October 02, 2010, 09:00am - 04:00pm, North Kohala
Saturday, October 02, 2010, 02:00pm - 04:00pm, Hamakua
Tuesday, October 05, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Wednesday, October 06, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Saturday, October 09, 2010, 09:00am - 11:00am, Hilo
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 09:00am - 11:00am, South Kohala
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 09:30am, Puna Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hilo
Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 09:00am - 03:00pm, Hamakua
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 06:00pm - 08:00pm, Hamakua View events calendarReportsWritten by Andrea Dean | 27 August 2010 
Andrea Dean opens the Kanu Hawaii Organizers Boot Camp
I was feeling like the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign was a one woman show. If I dropped it, would anyone even notice or care? Where were the community volunteers? Why didn't the community "get it?" Why didn't funders "get it?" Why did the same 1-3 people always end up doing all the work? Written by Sonia Martinez | 26 August 2010 
The Keauhou Farmers Market
Written by Dan Brunet | 26 August 2010 
Biochar expert Josiah Hunt presents at Imin Center.
Written by Andrea Dean | 26 August 2010 
Local food will be highlighted in restaurants in the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown week.
If you like FOOD—growing it, cooking it, eating it, and talking about it—the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign has something for you! Farmers, ranchers, hunters, and fisherman in North Kohala provide our community with so many unique and delicious foods. In conjunction with the Kanu Hawai’i statewide Eat Local campaign, the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign encourages you to seek out, cook out, eat out, eat in, and generally celebrate our local foods September 25–October 2, 2010. AnnouncementsJoin the 2010 Eat Local Challenge with Kanu Hawai’i, North Kohala Food Forum, and the Hawai’i Homegrown Food NetworkFrom Saturday September 25th to Saturday October 2nd, Kanu Hawai’i is sponsoring its statewide Eat Local Campaign. On Hawai’i Island the North Kohala Food Forum and the Hawai’i Homegrown Food Network are partnering with Kanu Hawai’i to support our island inhabitants in taking up the challenge of buying and eating locally grown food during the last week of September. Visit the website http://www.kanuhawaii.com/campaigns to learn how you can make even a small commitment to eating more locally grown food and supporting your local farmers and a sustainable, homegrown economy. Visit the website http://www.nkfoodforum.org and this website's Events pages to learn about the weeklong local food campaign and events in North Kohala. Here are a few examples of commitments you could make to change your personal eating habits and increase our island’s food security:
Join the grassroots effort to support Hawai’i Island food sovereignty. Commit to make personal changes that build our local communities. Holualoa Farmers Market Seeking VendorsAloha! the Holuakoa Farmer's Market in Holualoa town is looking for vendors to sell fruits, vegies, herbs, plant starts, etc.. We run Saturday mornings from 9am-noon. Contact Barb if you've got extra stuff in your garden!! 322-5072. Demeter-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. Other announcementsGinger—Specialty Crop ProfileWritten by Hector Valenzuela | 27 August 2010 
Certified organic ginger commercially grown in Hamakua, Hawaii.
Ginger is used throughout the world as a spice or fresh herb in cooking and a variety of other value-added products including flavoring in candies, beverages, liqueurs, ice cream, baked goods, curry powder blends, sauces, and various condiments. Ginger is also used in traditional medicine to treat several ailments including nausea, motion sickness, migraine, dyspepsia, and to reduce flatulence and colic. Young rhizomes that are harvested early are also used in pickles and confectionery. 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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