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Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:37 PM

Organic Papaya Seed Production Begins

Continuing with its efforts to support all of Hawaii agriculture, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) , entered a memorandum of agreement with Hawaii Cooperative of Organic Farmers (HICOF) to produce organic papaya seed for...
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:02 AM

Ma'o Farm Fundraiser - September 20, 2008

Ma'o Organic Farms , the "No Panic, Buy Organic" group from Waianae is holding their 4th annual Downtown fund raiser this weekend at the Downtown Restaurant at the Hawaii State Art Museum . The event is from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm and includes...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:31 PM

Food for Thought: Three books for summer reading....

The summer is here and we're looking for ways to keep our minds busy while we trundle the kids off to the beach or while we are on that long flight to the mainland. Just to keep the discussions going about issues related to sustainable agriculture...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:42 PM

Oahu Agriculture Technology Field Day - June 24, 2008

The Oahu Resources Conservation and Development Council, in conjunction with the Hawaii Agricultural Reseach Center will be holding a field day on Oahu at the HARC field plots in Kunia. See below for more information.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:45 PM

Images of a Sustainable Food Revolution

How many of you have been to Iowa? For me, hundreds of times; having grown up in Illinois, Iowa is our next door neighbor. Iowa is also symbolic of modern agriculture but it's also becoming symbolic of changes in American agriculture. Check out Tom...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:37 PM

New Organic Survey and the Hawaii Food Summit

Harris Interactive has a new poll out on October 8, 2007 about organic food. Those who buy organic food regularly are still a small minority but their numbers are growing. Most people view organic food as safer, better for the environment, healthier and...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:56 PM

The Real Dirt on Farmer John - Sunday, October 14, 2007

On Sunday, October 14, 2007, Kokua Hawaii Foundation and partners: SustainHawaii , Slow Food Oahu , and the Town Restaurant will be sponsoring two showings of " The Real Dirt on Farmer John ." This full length documentary (2005) will be shown...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:39 PM

Waimanalo Plant Science Field Day, part two...

If you missed the Waimanalo Plant Science Field Day at CTAHR's Waimanalo Experiment Station on Saturday, September 22, 2007, you missed a wonderful opportunity to see the diversity of work that CTAHR is doing in the plant sciences. Field trials of...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:43 PM

Organic Foods, continued.

Dian Dooley from the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, provided me with a summary about Organic Foods. The Institute of Food Technologists sponsored this paper as part of its "Scientific Status Summary" The citation is...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:48 AM

Organic Agriculture: Point - CounterPoint

Paul Achitoff's Gathering Place commentary in the September 11, 2007, Honolulu Star-Bulletin about organic agriculture raises several issues. It's just too bad that the article is so full of "red herrings" and ad hominen attacks, it's...
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Monday, September 10, 2007 10:53 AM

Is Increased Agricultural Productivity a good thing?

It's tough being a Gemini. When I'm faced with two opinions about things, I can see both sides of things and often am challenged about which is the better choice. What follows is an example of how confusing things can become. USDA Economic Research...
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Monday, August 20, 2007 2:31 PM

Honolulu Fruit Irradiator Approved

According to a story in the on-line Honolulu Star Bulletin for August 20, 2007, Pa'ina Hawaii has been granted a license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build and operate a fresh fruit and vegetable irradiator near the Honolulu airport. The...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:57 AM

Community Supported Agriculture

Ever heard of Community Supported Agriculture -- or CSA? It's really "subscription farming." For those of us who live in the city and have, I admit, a "black" thumb, CSA's provide an opportunity to support a farming operation...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:53 AM

Thank a hippie for organic agriculture!!

According to Amber Nimocks of the Charlotte, NC News & Observer , you can thank the San Francisco "hippie" counterculture for sustainable agriculture and the growth of organic groceries. Without the 1967 Summer of Love, we might not have...
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