The October 2008 edition of the CTAHR Research News is available for downloading. CTAHR is not just agriculture and agricultural research. This month we feature the important work of Dr. Sarah Yuan of CTAHR's Center on the Family. As individuals and as a community, we are all aging. One of the important functions of the Center on the Family is to serve as a Data Center for information that affects our families and in this case, Hawaii's Aging population. Dr. Yuan and her team have developed an extensive database with important data on the well-being of older adults. Also featured this month are articles on two conferences with extensive CTAHR participation. The first was the Western Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Subregional conference held in Kona in late September. Also featured is an article on the 18th Annual Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Association annual meeting also held in Kona. At this meeting, input from stakeholders involved in Hawaii's Tropical Specialty Fruit was gathered. We also talk about a new initiative to grow organic papaya seed at our Waimanalo experiment station. Finally, we have our regular features - the Calabash, open grants and recent publications. We hope you will enjoy this month's edition of the CTAHR Research News. And if you have questions or suggestions, please contact us.