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Friday, May 08, 2009 10:35 AM

New USDA Organic Initiative

USDA announces new initiative in support of organic agriculture via the USDA NRCS EQIP program . The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has additional information about this program. Contact your the Pacific Islands NRCS Office for more information...
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Friday, March 20, 2009 9:53 AM

White House plants a vegetable garden

After President Obama was elected, and even before, the magnitude of the recession became apparent, there was a push from community food activists to plant a "Victory Garden" on the South Lawn of the White House. Led by Roger Doiron, founder...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:20 PM

CTAHR Produces Natural Enemies "Flash Cards"

Do you know who your friends are? Your "bug" friends, that is. The world is full of beneficial, predatory insects that prey on or parasitize insect pests. If you are an organic farmer, you need to attract the beneficials and find ways to maintain...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:18 PM

Organic Farming Research Foundation Seeks Proposals for Research and Educations/Outreach Grants

The Organic Farming Research Foundation has funding opportunities, seeking proposals for Research and Education/Outreach projects. Proposals are due November 17, 2008, May 15, 2009 and November 16, 2009 . To see what sorts of projects were funded previously...
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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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Monday, October 01, 2007 8:07 PM

Upcoming Sustainable Agriculture Events

There are several sustainable agriculture events occuring over the next several weeks. 1. The Hawaii Island Food Summit will be held October 5-6th, 2007 at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort. 2. On Maui, the Maui Aloha Aina Association hosts the 7th Annual...
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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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