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Western SARE Sub Regional Stakeholder Input - now online / New RFAs released

Back in September 2008, the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) held a "subregional" conference in Kailua-Kona. The results of the meeting was first reported in an earlier edition of Sustainable Agriculture blog . To...

Western SARE Sub Regional Conference Seeks Stakeholder Input

The USDA CSREES Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program is celebrating its 20 th anniversary in 2008. Emerging from the Low Input Sustainable Agriculture Program (remember LISA?), SARE was developed as a regional program [based upon...

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...

Sustainable Agriculture on Maui

Today's guest blogger is Dr. Harold Keyser, CTAHR's Maui County Administrator. Harold's piece on Sustainable Agriculture was published in the Maui News on August 26, 2008. "Sustainable agriculture" is a concept in vogue lately, and...

Sustainable Agriculture Conferences/Workshops in September (and part of October)

There are several upcoming events devoted to Sustainable Agriculture across the state in Hawaii - the rest of this month and into October. Take advantage of these opportunities as they become available. Jerry DeWitt , Director of the Leopold Center for...

September Sustainable Agriculture Conferences - Big Island - Mark your calendars!

Western SARE Subregional Conference for Hawai'i Celebrating 20 years of WSARE in Hawaii plus Strategic Planning for HI sustainable agriculture for the next Twenty September 23-24th, 2008 Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort 78-6740 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona...

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...

Sustainable Agriculture is Back

After a hiatus of several months, I am back writing again. When I left you back in November 2007, I had announced that there were travel scholarships available from the Western Sustainable Agriculture Program to attend the SARE 20th Anniversary Meeting...

Travel Funding Support Available to National SARE Conference, March 25-27, 2008

SARE's 20th Anniversary Conference : The New American Farm: Advancing the frontier of sustainable agriculture Date: March 25-27, 2008 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Facility: The award winning Westin Crown Center Registration: Send your name and...

Slow Food Oahu Collecting Kitchen Equipment for Slow Food Swap Meet

Slow Food O'ahu will be collecting donations of under-utilized or unwanted kitchen equipment for the 2007 Slow Food Swap Meet. Donations will be accepted on the following dates and at the following locations. Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the Kailua...

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...

Do you know where your food comes from??

Grist , the Environmental News and Commentary web site has launched a new series articles about food, farming and agriculture. Sow What? is your opportunity to think about where your food comes from, how it got there and what were the environmental consequences...

Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force - Stakeholder Input Sought

The Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force is seeking input from everyone on its draft Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Plan . The Task Force has also set up an on-line comment site . A public opinion poll was also taken to gauge what kind of future...

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...

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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