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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0271.280 2012-2014 COU ldTPage l y 8 N Murashige, Laura COLI01� rERA/I •From: Hawaii Homegrown Food Network[editor @hawaiihomegrown.net] 2013 JUL Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:53 AM i 12' 23 To: Yoshimoto, J Subject: Hawaii Homegrown Food Network Newsletter 53 -July 2013 Share this Newsletter: 11 D II El (n. v . 1 ' a., . .. •i„ f„ t,,4 -@@E kr,.: OA stetter #a3, July 2013 I3uilding local, sustainable 100(1 communities Aloha J, Last Friday (June 21) the sun coursed above our heads for longer than on any of the previous 364 days. A cycle ended-and a new one began. Then on Sunday, as the sun dropped as a red mass into the Kona sea, a full orange moon emerged from the wind- swept Puna sea on the opposite side of the island, lighting the night. We are reminded that these natural cycles-often neglected in a busy world - mirror the cycles of our agriculture: plant, mulch, weed, harvest. Let's take a moment to feel gratitude for the life-giving sun and moon, the wind, the oceans, and the `aina. Craig Elevitch and Pedro Tama for the Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network http://hawaiihomegrown.net visit us on Facebook 4, t `0 l‘ + y { °ems f ....° 4 '' ? ,141 ,.$ Tom• . 4,r 1_,,t„, , . '' - * .: .4, _---10„„,,,)—'4, -'- :Yiki:40'''.1- ..... , .,,,, );F:..4„.6.—.. . i ..., .,, - .. „ail*, Ito 41:f 1:.°447.,+*(:.:,° „ ,,-..‘1,,, 010 .. ° CI'° > , )� ry . 'A ' Y ” f A ' " g � Comm.N' 2 7/' A80 a Events Ref.To: P/PsNrc Ref,Date JUL Z tea 7/1/2013 Page 2 of 8 Every Tuesday. 09:OOam - 12:00pm, Puna Hands in the Earth Practicum Every Thursday. 09:OOam - 12:00pm, Puna Permaculture Classroom & Field Studies Saturday, June 29, 2013, 01:OOpm - 03:30pm, South Kona Healing Plants Saturday, June 29, 2013, 06:OOpm, South Kohala Slow Food Hawai'i Fundraiser Dinner Sunday, June 30, 2013, 02:OOpm - 05:OOpm, Hilo Let's Grow Hilo Edible Landscaping Beautification Day Saturday, July 06, 2013, 07:OOpm, Puna The Elixir of Life - Sacred Cacao Ceremony Tuesday, July 09, 2013, 10:00am - 11:30am, North Kona U.S. Food Safety Program Update Tuesday, July 09, 2013, 06:OOpm - 08:OOpm, Hilo Hilo Natural Farmers Monthly Meeting Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 01:OOpm - 03:30pm, South Kona Plant Propagation Monday, July 15, 2013, 07:OOpm - 09:OOpm, North Kona Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers Meeting Saturday, July 20, 2013, 09:OOam - 02:OOpm, North Kohala Farm to Wok Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 02:OOpm - 04:OOpm, South Kona Tasting Tropical Fruit Wines Sunday, September 15, 2013, 09:OOam - 03:OOpm, Kaua'i Breadfruit Festival Takes Root Friday, September 27 To Friday, October 04, 2013, All Islands 23rd Annual Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Conference Friday, October 04, 2013, 06:OOpm - 08:OOpm, South Kohala Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range From Saturday, October 12 To Sunday, December 15, 2013, Puna 7/1/2013 Page 3 of 8 Designing For Sustainability and Food Security View events calendar Reports Tropical Edibles Nursery By Sonia R. Martinez ' .4*."1" ',, ' ' ..",'''.1'4. ft;''' 'ft :=mot .7 1 4.'F.' 1. ,r■■ °t; ° I °° €S k�,a , ! ,,,„ m 4 s*`dad"i.F. •', F ' ' , ; P '- # iAA.... Y5, ''' ' • ' '" 1 r P.1.4''''‘'.t Sw4§ $ .4# 1� i '? a„ r_ r}a ''''.3 Nursery at Tropical Edibles Nursery in Captain Cook. Tropical Edibles Nursery is almost hidden as you drive down Mamalahoa Highway south of Captain Cook. Located just south of mile marker 108 on the mauka side of the road, it is an impressive little oasis of calm beside the busy highway below. The 1200 foot elevation, one-acre property, owned by Kamehameha Schools, had been leased for many years to a Japanese meditation group which did most of the original landscaping, along with planting a rock garden and building steps for the steep slopes of their "Meditation Garden". Continue Reading Toward a New Agriculture by Michelle Galimba 7/1/2013 Page 4 of 8 !,...A, , ,., ar.' w._s� �,.= .�. gym The new agriculture recognizes how deeply intertwined our practice of agriculture is with the functioning and meaning cif civilizatiora. [The following article is reprinted with the kind permission of She Grows Food, a website dedicated to promoting locally grown food in Hawaii, particularly food that is produced by women. See http.i/shegroa corn] A very long time ago in what is now south-central China, a little remembered civilization arose—the civilization of Chu—whose influence we can still feel today, as far removed as we are in time and space from that land and people. The echoes of Chu have been the spiritual underground—the Da Vinci Code—o of East Asian civilization for millennia; the influence of Chu can be seen in the philosophy of Taoism, which in turn inspired that global spiritual phenomenon—a hybrid of Taoism and Buddhism— called Zen. Continue Reading Artisan teas by Tea Hawaii & Company by Craig Elevitch and Ken Love Eva Lee and Chiu Leong ,' " . founded Tea Hawaii & Company with an P, overarching vision of putting „ , tea front and center as la r 1• .:::)::;g4,tii.L.4::::, - "' pi:- '''Y Hawai`i grown specialty • i ., crop. The couple has been growing and processing tea f or over ten years and engages in all i aspects of tea production: • .x � growing, processing, " t ��ck marketing, and education . � � ' . ' Their products include 7/1/2013 Page 5 of 8 several 100% Hawai`i-grown single estate whole leaf teas Eva Lee serves tea samples to shoppers at Waimea including, "Forest White," Town Market. "Volcano Green," "Mauka Oolong," and "Makai Black." The first two of these are grown and processed by Lee and Leong and the other two were carefully selected to be sold under the Tea Hawaii label (with the source estate clearly identified). The company also processes finished teas for other growers to sell under their own label. Based on their prominent role in promoting Hawai`i grown tea, Lee and Leong provide product development services for other Hawai`i tea farms, including consultation on a customized product line for the specific teas others grow. Additionally, Tea Hawaii propagates tea varieties and sells plants to other farmers and advises on tea horticulture. Continue Reading Farmers' Markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Visit our comprehensive directory of Hawai'i Island farmers' markets and Community Supported Agricuture. Announcements HHFN Seeks New Editorial Staff Member The Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network has a largely volunteer staff and is looking for a motivated individual to join our small editorial team. If you share our Mission and Values (http://www.hawaiihomegrown.net/about), have writing and/or editorial experience, and also would be excited to be part of our website and newsletter team, please email us at editorO hawaiihomegrown.net. Honoka'a Ag Program Needs Fruit Trees Our ag program at Honokaa HS would like to start an orchard production component of our program. Please contact me let me know if you can assist in getting some donation of fruit trees. Thanks, Manuel Jadulang, Honokaa HS Ag Teacher, http://www.kohalacenter.org/I-IISGN/honokaa.html. 775-8800, ext. 289. Home Gardeners Sought for Interviews and Book I'm looking for home gardeners in the Hilo area who would be willing to be interviewed for a book that I'm working on about home food production. I'm interested in all sized gardens and the range of food production from just a few trees/plants to 7/1/2013 Page 6 of 8 those more dedicated farmers. The purpose is to complement the survey material I have on home food production. The interviews would be at people's gardens/homes and would take no more than an hour. If interested, please contact: Kathryn Besio, Associate Professor and Chair, Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Hawaii at Hilo. Phone: 808.974.7367, E-mail: besio cr,hawaii.edu or kbesio@gmail.com. "Plant Doctor" App Available Free-- includes free diagnosis! The original "The Plant Doctor" app for Android devices and iPhone is available for free download. Download it at iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/the-plant-doctor/id349613537? mt=8 Download it at the Google store (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details? id=ca.adelante.theplantdoctor This popular app allows users to take photographs of sick plants anywhere in the world; enter descriptive text information about the problem; and request a free diagnosis of the problem and effective management recommendations. The diagnoses and recommendations are provided at no cost to users by e-mail from Dr. Scot Nelson at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Mahi'ai Match-up: Make your agricultural dreams a reality! Mahi'ai Match-up is a statewide agricultural business plan contest for farmers and entrepreneurs looking to establish an agricultural business in Hawai`i. Winners will get an agricultural lease from Kamehameha Schools (rent waived up to five years*) and a cash prize from Ke Ali`i Pauahi Foundation to help make their winning agricultural business plan a reality. Hawaii Ag plan contest, Click Here For detais and full Application information, Click Here Free Value-Added Guide for Hawai'i producers A free 58-page guide entitled, Adding Value to Locally Grown Crops in Hawai'i: A Guide for Small Farm Enterprise Innovation is now available. Because of the high cost of labor, land, and materials in Hawaii, family farms are ADDING only economically sustainable if they can VALUE''' CROP 044 CROPS 4N ifiAVA7 Y produce high-quality products that are valued above cheap imports. This guide helps growers 7/1/2013 Page 7 of 8 add value to all aspects of their farm enterprise and offers resources for further developing their strategies. "If you cherish the farming lifestyle and want to keep farming, you have to make your farm profitable. This guide goes a long way towards showing how to escape from the fatal trap of commoditization by adding value for the consumer," observes Dr. Kent Fleming, an extension economist who has developed numerous cost-of-production spreadsheets for the University of Hawaii and other organizations worldwide. New Hawai'i Agribusiness Guide Published CTAHR and the Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council have just published a basic guidebook for starting or improving your small farm business. Called the Hawaii Agribusiness Guidebook, it provides an overview of fundamental tasks for small farm businesses, especially in the area of finances, marketing and regulations. For a free downloadable copy of the 94- page guidebook, Click Here. Web Resources This month's web site listings • North Kohala Local Food Strategic Plan • Permies • OHA and the GMO Debate • Hawai'i Food Map • Lemons in Hawai'i • Ho'oulu ka'Ulu: Revitalizing Breadfruit Other web resources Supporting Organizations Hawai'i Organic Farmers Association Hawaii Tea Society Hawai'i Tropical Fruit Growers Kona Coffee Farmers Association Kona County Farm Bureau Kona Outdoor Circle Slow Food Hawai'i Sustainable Kohala Sponsors Hawaii People's Fund and the Hawaii Community Foundation 7/1/2013 Page 8 of 8 Hawei`i '�� r ,,,,�,,_ People's ' ' Fund It t' G .,r,9ez. 'sc Ct ar,, HAWAr't coMMum r FOUNt7AT ON Founding sponsors Hawai'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. ► 1 (UkNL.C.I IN-k,C OMMUNI H T 4 t iq ICI end hc,�x�rtt� � (.i t>at\dlun N dkCopn)t_2t tt ATlNf C .t,I►IONS Agroforestry Net JY 4.4 t ` .n et Subscriptions 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: Hawaii Homegrown Food Network PO Box 5 Holualoa, Hawaii 96725 USA E-mail: editor @hawaiihomegrown.net Web: http://hawaiihomegrown.net 7/1/2013