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

VincentD — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:41:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Western SARE Sub Regional Conference Seeks Stakeholder Input

VincentD — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:47:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Organic Papaya Seed Production Begins

VincentD — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:37:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Sustainable Agriculture on Maui

VincentD — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

VincentD — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

VincentD — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

VincentD — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:31:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Sustainable Agriculture is Back

VincentD — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:40:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

VincentD — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Slow Food Oahu Collecting Kitchen Equipment for Slow Food Swap Meet

VincentD — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Images of a Sustainable Food Revolution

VincentD — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Do you know where your food comes from??

VincentD — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Task Force - Stakeholder Input Sought

VincentD — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:30:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Upcoming Sustainable Agriculture Events

VincentD — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Organic Agriculture: Point - CounterPoint

VincentD — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:48:00 GMT

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...(read more)