Welcome to the Farmer's Bookshelf!

Grow Plants in your Dorm, Home, or Office. Written with A. Kaufman and A. Ohama.
House delays passage of taro bill. Honolulu Advertiser, 4/08/08.
Growing orchids is good for your soul. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/21/08.
Genetically modified taro research bill is deferred. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/20/08.
Three confabs bridge gap between chefs, food producers. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/18/08.
Lingle approves Enterprise Zone for Waimanalo. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/3/08.
A skin care line fresh from the vineyards. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/3/08.
Ag-tourism beginning to bloom in Hawaii. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/2/08.
Sustaining taro in new era. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/2/08.

Home and garden calendar. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/21/08.
Health Calendar. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/20/08.
Faith calendar. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/1/08.
Culinary Calendar. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/19/08.
Calendar of business events. Pacific Business News.
Community Calendar. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/3/08.
Coming Events. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/21/08.

Agtourism in Hawaii

Most in Isles skimp on exercise and nutrition. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/19/08.
3 in 10 workers suffer from lack of sleep. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/3/08.
Learn how to keep your memory sharp as a tack. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/29/08.
Don't weep over onions. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/29/08.
USDA to take new steps on meat safety. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/28/08.
Longs, Walgreens work with Google on health Web site. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/28/08.
Hawaii residents are sound sleepers, study shows. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/28/08.
Manage stress to avoid gaining weight. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/28/08.

CTAHR Cooperative Extension Service. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Free CTAHR Publications. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
For-Sale CTAHR Publications. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
CTAHR Videos. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
CTAHR Databases and Other Information Sources. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Hawaii's Agriculture Facing the Future. Alternative-Hawaii. 2005.
Transgenic Papaya in Hawaii and Beyond. AgBioForum. 2004.

Grow Plants in your Dorm, Home, or Office. Written with A. Kaufman and A. Ohama.
Ecotourism--Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden
E-mail Etiquette
Growing Plants Indoors under Supplemental Lighting
Flower Arranging
Orchid Care
Running Effective Meetings
Tabletop Water Fountains
Terrariums

Research News--K. Kobayashi
K. Kobayashi, HortEducator--Video interviews with ASHS authors describing their teaching, research and outreach programs, American Society for Horticultural Science.
Professional Opportunities in Horticulture, American Society for Horticultural Science.

McKinley High School Robotics Team. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hawaii robotics teams advance to national competition. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/21/08.
McKinley robotics team nabs gold. Honolulu Advertiser, 3/2/08.
Robotic whale exhibit coming to Bishop Museum. Honolulu Advertiser, 2/8/08.
Waiakea High's robotics team captures first place. Honolulu Advertiser, 11/20/07.
Hilo student robotics team wins awards at Japan event. Honolulu Advertiser, 11/19/07.
All invited to Hawaii robotics competition at UH-Hilo. Honolulu Advertiser, 11/16/07.
Kids getting mechanical at the mall. Honolulu Advertiser, 6/27/07.
Robotic world to be displayed. Honolulu Advertiser, 5/30/07.
Robotics competition not just about robots. Honolulu Advertiser, 5/16/07.
Mind Games. HawaiiBusiness, 4/07.
Types of Robots. Rover Ranch.
Agricultural Robotics . University of Illinois.
Robotics in Agriculture: Asimov Meets Corn. University of Illinois.
U of I Creates Robot Farmers. University of Illinois.

The Constant Gardener. HawaiiBusiness, 3/07.
Prep For Success. HawaiiBusiness, 12/06.
Think Globally, Buy Locally. HawaiiBusiness, 11/06.
Eat Your Veggies. HawaiiBusiness, 10/06.
Selling Point. What Japanese Visitors Want, Part II. HawaiiBusiness, 10/06.
Selling Point. What Japanese Visitors Want. HawaiiBusiness, 9/06.

News Releases, Reports, Weather

Hawaii Crop Weather. Weekly review of Hawaii's weather, fruit and vegetable production, and general agriculture situation. Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture.
Hawaii Drought Monitor. Commission on Water Resource Management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
HASS Publications. Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports on the number of farms, acreage, yield, production, farm price, and value of fruits and nuts, vegetables, and flowers and nursery products. Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture.
New Pest Advisory. Provides information on new pests and diseases that have become established in Hawaii. Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture.
News Releases. Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture.
Overview of major regulations affecting pesticide use in Hawaii. There are as many as 20 Federal regulations and many more State laws and rules. Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture, Pesticides Branch.
Hawaii Weather and Surf. Hourly Hawaii weather forecasts; satellite photos. University of Hawaii.
Heat Index. National Weather Service.

Hilo, Hawaii

Kahului, Hawaii

Kailua Kona, Hawaii

Kaunakakai, Hawaii

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lihue, Hawaii

The Farmer's Bookshelf was developed by Kent Kobayashi and H.C. Bittenbender, and is maintained by Kent Kobayashi, H.C. Bittenbender, and I. Scott Campbell, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Department.

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dale Uno, Kathy Lu, and Elsie Kawahara for the administrative maintenance of the Farmer's Bookshelf. We thank Hector Valenzuela for the vegetable sections and Kent Fleming for the cost of analysis spreadsheets. Our appreciation to Russell Yost for the use of his server these past years and to Hu Li for managing the server.

The HTML version of the Farmer's Bookshelf was originally written by Tiffany Lo and updated by Steve Luh.