Newsletter 5 - August 2009
There are a very wide range of events coming up concerning all aspects of local food on the island. In this photo, North Kohala residents work on their local food self-reliance at a workshop in Kapa'au in March 2009. On August 22, North Kohala leads the way in food self-reliance preparedness with a Food Forum (see below for details).
Contents
Events
Announcements
New Publications
Report -- Hoea Ea II, Youth Food Sovereignty
Web resources
Submissions
Aloha mai e!
This is the August 2009 edition of the the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network e-mail newsletter. Have fun with local and sustainable food this summer!
Your submissions for future newsletters are welcome using the form below.
Mahalo nui loa,
Craig Elevitch
Pedro Tama
http://agroforestry.net
Events
Monday, July 27, 3 - 5 pm
Event: Water Systems Design
Sponsor/Organizer: La'akea Community
Description: Discover the wonders of water and key line design.
Place: La'akea Community, Pahoa
Cost: $25
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com , 808-443-4076
Thursday & Friday, July 30-31 (weather permitting)
Event: Volunteer Work Days at Lava Rocks Goat Dairy
Sponsor/Organizer: Puna Small Farm Initiative
Description: The Puna Small Farm Initiative (a local farm-aid project) will host two volunteer work days at Lava Rocks Goat Dairy. This project will include prep and painting of the dairy roof and barn, and possibly some clearing to plant goat-feed plants, and other small jobs.
Place: Lava Rocks Goat Dairy, Hawaiian Acres.
Cost: None
Contact: Geoff Rauch, 936-7040, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Saturday, August 1, All day
Event: 1st Annual Mango Festival
Organizer: The Sanctuary of Mauna Kea Gardens, Keauhou Farmers Market
Description: At Keauhou Farmers Market (8 am - noon), Farmer Chef Presentation 10 am. At Keauhou Beach Resort, Mango events and live music, 2 pm-6 pm, ($10); Mango-inspired dinner 6:30 pm, Keauhou Beach Resort ($40).
Place: Keauhou Shopping Center, Kailua-Kona, 8 am - noon; Keauhou Beach Resort, Ali'i Drive, Kailua-Kona, 2 pm - 9 pm.
Cost: 8 am - Noon: Free. 2 pm - 6 pm: $10. Dinner: $40.
Contact: Nancy Ginter-Miller 769-0672, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; http://www.keauhoufarmersmarket.com/mango.html , or Randyl Rupar, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Organizer: He Ola Hou O Ke Kumu Niu (nonprofit Hawaiian cultural education group)
Description: We are reopening a fishpond and raising kalo and vegetables as a cultural, educational process. Please join us for the work and fun. All ages are welcome; families please include and supervise young children. Tabis or old sneakers are a good idea for fishpond work. Come prepared for sun, rain, and mud. Please bring a potluck dish with ingredients from your ‘aina.
Place: Lihikai Hawaiian Cultural Learning Center is in Keaukaha. From Kalaniana’ole Ave. turn left on Onekahakaha Beach Road. Turn left again immediately before the yellow cable (don’t pass the county park gate). You’ll be driving on dirt and grass toward an open-sided halau building. Park on the road side of the garden beds, please.
Cost: Free
Contact: Call Keoni or Prana at 935-4328 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Email is not checked every day.
Sunday, August 2, 9 am - 1 pm
Event: South Kona Green Market Anniversary Celebration
Description: One-year anniversary celebration with potluck feast after the market.
Place: Amy B. H. Greenwell Market field, Captain Cook, just south of mile marker 110.
Cost: Free (please bring a dish to share)
Contact: Tim Bruno, 328-8797, http://www.SKGM.org
Monday, August 3, 3 - 5 pm
Event: Herbal Medicines and Permaculture Design
Sponsor/Organizer: La'akea Community
Description: What you can grow in your back yard to help you heal.
Place: La'akea Community, Pahoa
Cost: Summer Series $125
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com , 808-443-4076
Wednesday, August 5, 6 - 8:30 pm
Event: Sustainable Gardening in Hawai'i, by Diana Duff of Hoku Farm (KOC Summer Series Class #1).
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle (KOC)
Description: An overview of the many pleasures and challenges of gardening with sustainable practices in Kona.
Place: Kona Outdoor Circle, Kuakini Hwy at Jct with Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members. Scholarships available.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Saturday, August 8, 9 - Noon
Event: Off-Grid in Kona, with the Bondera family of Kanalani Ohana Organic Farm (KOC Summer Series Field Trip #1)
Description: Tour this completely off-grid organic farm and witness the possibilities of sustainable living.
Place: contact KOC
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Saturday, August 8, 1 - 4 pm
Event: Organic Wax Foundation Making Workshop
Sponsor/Organizer: Volcano Island Honey & Hawaiian Queen Company
Description: This workshop for beekeepers shows how to make organic beeswax foundation in a small farm setting.
Place: Volcano Island Honey Company, Ahualoa, Hamakua
Cost: Free
Contact: 960-3727, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Saturday, August 8, 10 am - 11:30 am
Event: Free Garden Tour
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: Come and see the garden's collection of native Hawaiian plants while hearing about their traditional cultural uses.
Place: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens, Captain Cook, Mile Marker 110, mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway
Cost: Free
Contact: Call if you have any questions, 323-3318 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, August 12, 6 - 8:30 pm
Event: Essential Micro-Organisms (EM) in your Soil, by Clarence Baber, Island Herbs. (KOC Summer Series Class #2)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle (KOC)
Description: Learn to create healthy plants by understanding the function of micro-organisms in the soil.
Place: Kona Outdoor Circle, Kuakini Hwy at Jct with Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Friday, August 14, 5:30 pm - 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. 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
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, August 15, 9 - Noon
Event: Amending Your Soil (KOC Summer Series Field Trip #2)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle (KOC)
Description: Tour of the facilities at Soil Plus to learn about appropriate soil additives for your specific gardening needs.
Place: Contact KOC
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members. Scholarships available.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Monday, August 17 - 31
Event: Aloha Aina Permaculture Design Certification Course
Sponsor/Organizer: Living Mandala
Description: Come learn permaculture, a cornerstone of sustainability
Place: La'akea Community, Pahoa
Cost: $1500, Kama'aina rate: $1250.
Contact: http://www.livingmandala.com , (707) 634-1461
Wednesday, August 19, 6 - 8:30 pm
Event: What Hawai'i's Natural Resources Mean to You, with Jeff Knowles of NRCS (KOC Summer Series Class #3).
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Learn about the current status of Natural Resources on our island and the federal grants available to preserve them.
Place: Kona Outdoor Circle, Kuakini Hwy at Jct with Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members. Scholarships available.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Saturday, August 22, 9 am - 4:30 pm
Event: North Kohala Food Forum
Sponsor/Organizer: North Kohala Food Forum Committee
Description: To facilitate achieving the goal of the North Kohala Community Development Plan of 50% local food production & consumption, this forum invites all key players in North Kohala's local food system (home growers, small farmers, food education programs, farmers' marketers, food stores, restaurants), along with the public (consumers), to share their knowledge, activities and ideas. The purpose is community education to promote new opportunities and partnerships for more diverse local food crops and improved marketing. An "all-local-food" lunch will be served.
Place: Kohala Intergenerational Center, Kamehameha Park, makai of gym, Kapa'au, North Kohala
Cost: $5 (covers food), $5 for Survey Response Report
Contact: Bob Martin, 808 889-5025, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , http://www.nkfoodforum.com/
Wednesday, August 26, 6 - 8:30 pm
Event: Beautiful Edible Landscape Design, with Tom Baldwin of Uluwehi Farm (KOC Summer Series Class #4).
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Planting an edible garden can also be beautiful landscaping. Design your garden with multi-purpose plants.
Place: Kona Outdoor Circle, Kuakini Hwy at Jct with Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members. Scholarships available.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Saturday, August 29, 9 - Noon
Event: Beautiful Edible Landscape Implemented with Tom Baldwin (KOC Summer Series Field Trip #4)
Sponsor/Organizer: Kona Outdoor Circle
Description: Deepen your knowledge by observing the result of thoughtful edible landscape design at Uluwehi Farm and Nursery.
Place: contact KOC
Cost: Summer Series (4 Classes, 4 field trips) $125 members (membership $35). Each Class: $30 members, $45 non-members. Scholarships available.
Contact: KOC Office 329-7286.
Saturday, September 19, 7 am - 8 pm.
Event: A Taste of Hawaii: 19th Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers (HTFG)
Description: Educational conference on growing and marketing tropical fruit. Twelve workshops. Featured speaker Earl Tietig, 2007 Young Nursery Professional of the year.
Place: Waikoloa Hilton Village, Waikoloa
Cost: Members $75 (after Sep 1st $100). Non-members $100 (after Sep 1st $125). Lunch $30, Dinner & Live Auction $75.
Contact: Ken Love 323-2417 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,or http://www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org .
Friday, September 25, 9 - 11:30 am
Event: Backyard Kalo Farming
Sponsor/Organizer: Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Description: With garden foreman Manuel Rego. Manuel has cared for the extensive collection of kalo at Amy Greenwell Garden for 24 years. Manuel will be assisted by Sunao Kadooka. Come and learn how to propagate, grow, and prepare kalo in your own backyard. Participants will also be supplied with kalo huli, or propagates, that can be planted for harvest. And, for the lucky attendees, this particular workshop will include 'Maui Lehua' and other miscellaneous varieties.
Place: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, Mile Marker 110 mauka side of Mamalahoa Highway
Cost: Free to Bishop Museum members; non-members $15
Contact: Call to register, Tel: 323-3318; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday - Sunday, September 25-27, 9 - 5 pm
Event: Hawai'i Island Sheep & Goat Association Educational Seminar
Sponsor/Organizer: Hawai'i Island Sheep & Goat Assn.
Description: General overview of small ruminant (sheep & goats) production; basics of small ruminant nutrition; forages, pasture and browse utilization; internal parasitism and strategic deworming; health, genetics, reproduction. Includes a farm tour, body condition scoring, aging, foot trimming, and pasture management.
Place: North Hawai'i Education & Research Center (NHERC), below old Honoka'a Hospital.
Cost: $50 (incl membership) before July 31. $75 after July 31st.
Contact: Information and payment -- Jan Dean, PO Box 523, Honoka'a, HI 96727. Call 775-0401 (sheep), or Amy Decker 325-2000 (goats). See http://sites.google.com/site/hawaiisheepandgoatassociation/
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 .
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/
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. .
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.
Activity: Papaikou Community Garden Community members of Papaikou have begun the process of creating a community garden. Check out the wiki site for news, meetings and events. Please add your mana'o, kokua, mahalo and aloha to all the people who are making this happen. http://papaikou.localgarden.us/wiki/index.php?title=Scheduling_the_Next_Meeting
New publications
Ken Love and www.Hawaiifruit.net have released Hawaii Grown video segments on tips for harvesting, post-harvest care, marketing and producing quality tropical fruit. Find out what the chefs, grocers and wholesalers are looking for. Hard copies will be available soon for Hawaii Tropical Fruit Grower members. For more information contact: Ken Love, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtsJrbKzVY intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQyIvvqsYFo bananas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7flUNn3IE avocados
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6--QUsDd3o figs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9cZzleYbII small fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9K5J_eD55A citrus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcYsTTSA2tI Bob Paull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07i0OptXts choice Mart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdvvY4HZAxA Chef Trask
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8eCYYmta4k Adaptations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUPwn32djU Virginia Easton Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jv0PiBAgZI outro
Report
Hoea Ea II, Hawai'i Island Youth Food Sovereignty Conference, June 10 - 14: Return to Freedom
by Prana Mandoe
Hoea Ea II, The Hawai’i Island Youth Food Sovereignty Conference, was held June 10 – 14 at Lihikai Hawaiian Cultural Learning Center in Keaukaha, Hilo. Hoea Ea II is one of a series of Hawaiian food sovereignty conferences and part of the age-old tradition of producing food. About 130 people -- youth, adults, and families – were involved in five days of malama ‘aina, traditional and modern food production, cooking, and eating. The conference purposes were:
- To immerse ourselves in food producing lifestyles;
- To activate our kuleana – chosen work that we love;
- To build relationships and community; and
- To produce and eat healthy food.
The whole Hoea Ea II experience was delicious. I’d like to share some of the relationships and work that brought us our food. We’ll begin with carbohydrates: ‘uala (sweet potato), poi, pumpkin, and white rice. The ‘uala, kalo, and pumpkin were donated by island farmers and gardeners. The first batches of poi came direct from the mala (dryland patches) at Lihikai Hawaiian Cultural Learning Center. Youth and makua pulled kalo and all the weeds, cut the huli, turned the soil, amended it with green sand, lime, and chicken manure, and planted a cover of soybeans.
After lunch one day, we worked in silence. The sounds of our focus were the scratch of rakes and the wind in coconut trees. This focus was shared in the kitchen, where steady makua (adults) were joined by shifts of youth who cleaned, steamed, and peeled kalo. Then they ran it through a Champion Juicer to make our poi. This kuleana was especially attractive to youth not yet disciplined in working. On the last morning, a kanaka named Ianuali demonstrated ku’i ‘ai, or poi pounding. Everyone watched how little water he added and how silky (not sticky) he turned out the pa’i ‘ai (unmixed poi). Besides poi, ‘uala, and fresh garden pumpkins, we also ate white California rice at Hoea Ea. Some folks chose to skip it in favor of only homegrown carbs.
Second on the menu were proteins. As a community, we appeared strongest in animal protein production. Hoea Ea II was gifted half a cow from Laupahoehoe – that was a hands-on butchering lesson! The cow provided beef stew, beef tomato, and more. How about pork? Keoki Kahumoku and his nephew, Dustan Tsuhoda, provided three pigs. Our women and men learned to slaughter, and we all ate hulihuli pig, kalua pig, and smoked meat. Cheers to the pua’a! The fishing people were also busy. First, the youth cleaned fish that Uncle Keoni Turalde and ‘ohana caught by cross net. Then came the workshops: spear-diving off a boat with Tanya Beirne and Jen Kalauli, and throwing net with Oli Turalde. When mealtime arrived, we enjoyed steamed mullet with Chinese parsley and green onion, sweet-sour palani, smoked ulua, and fried reef fish. All of the beef, pork, and fish was home-caught or raised; we only bought chicken and eggs. We hope to connect with chicken farmers soon so we can raise our own. We can also produce and eat more beans and tofu.
Next, let’s check in on our sources of vitamins and minerals. Local farmers and importers donated our salad ingredients (mahalo Hamakua Springs for the tomatoes and cucumbers, Kaiao Gardens for the basil, and Hilo Products for the lettuce!). Carrots and other vegetables came from the supermarket. Vegetable gardening is an area for Hoea Ea to strengthen.
On the indigenous side, our lu'au was homegrown, and the coconut cream was a highlight. The Kua O Ka La School ‘ohana from Puna taught husking, grating, and squeezing to make coconut milk. While we did not eat a lot of limu, we had an introductory lesson. Aunty Ke’ala Swain of Keaukaha spoke of rising in the dark, walking to the beach with her kupuna, and jumping in the spring water to pick limu ‘ele'ele. Now the limu is rare, she said. Limu kohu is the most common seaweed remaining. It grows underwater, protected by the waves. Aunty Ke’ala taught how to make lomi manini with limu kohu. Continuing to eat limu (or adding it to one’s diet) calls us to pay attention to our ocean ecosystems.
Speaking of the ocean, Lihikai means ocean edges. Lihikai Hawaiian Cultural Learning Center is located at Onekahakaha, next to the beach park, in an area that was once fishpond. The fishpond has been partially filled and is largely choked with grass. One Hoea Ea activity was to open part of the pond, walk fish in from the other side, and fence off that area. Here, we are beginning to raise fish for food and education. A dedicated crew also built a makaha (water gate), roughed out the rock work, and put it in place where the fishpond waters flow into the sea. Somebody promptly pulled it out and used it for a footbridge. So we ask ourselves, “Was that the right move?” Any action made on the coast, on land, or in the sea requires balanced relationships within the community. In itself, a fishpond is a relationship. It is a human-influenced ecosystem that sustains life.
Food sovereignty, or the ability of a community to feed itself, is all about relationships that sustain life. For our Native Hawaiian community, this movement is a process of re-empowerment. For our community of all cultures, working for food sovereignty means slowing down, finding the food production work that activates us, and doing it well.
Let’s work together! We hope to see you at Hoea Ea III in 2010. Aloha.
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 Organic Farmers Association http://www.hawaiiorganicfarmers.org
Hawai'i SEED http://www.hawaiiseed.org
Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers http://www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org
Know Your Farmer Alliance http://www.knowyourfarmeralliance.com
Kona Coffee Council http://www.kona-coffee-council.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/
Waimea Outdoor Circle http://www.waimeaoutdoorcircle.org
Other 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
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
Hawaii County --Extension & Research http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/Counties/HawaiiCounty/index.html
Government agencies
Hawaii County Resource Center http://www.hcrc.info/sustainability/agriculture-and-food
National websites
Community Alliance with Family Farmers http://caff.org
Community Food Security Coalition http://www.foodsecurity.org
Food Declaration http://fooddeclaration.org
Food Share http://www.foodshare.net
Growing Power http://www.growingpower.org
National Homegrown Site http://www.homegrown.org
Natural Farming http://janonglove.com/janongusa/intro01.html
Young Farmers Network http://www.thegreenhorns.net
Videos
Food, Inc. movie trailer http://www.foodincmovie.com/
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