Jody Smith
Education Specialist
Sustainable Agriculture
Renewable Resources Extension
Office: Sherman 132
Phone: (808) 956-7774
Fax: (808) 956-6539
E-mail: smithjos@hawaii.edu
Extension Websites:
- Hawai'i Forestry Extension Website
- Weed Management in Hawaii for Agriculture and Conservation
- Hawai`i Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Website
- Renewable Resources Extension Website
YouTube Channels:
Education
- Web Design Certificate, Pacific New Media, University of Hawaiʻi
- Coursework in communication, marketing, and social psychology (University of Hawaiʻi)
- Post grad studies in soil microbiology (University of Maine)
- B.S. Agronomy – Soils, University
of Maryland, College Park
Projects/Publications
Professional Development Training programs
- WSARE "New Farmers: Choosing the Road Less Traveled” (2004-2006)
- WSARE "Sustainable Pest Control in the Tropics” (2002-2004)
- WSARE “
- Covering Bare Ground: Tropical Cover Crops for Soil Quality” (1999-2002)
- CTAHR Organic Academy Statewide Workshops (2006-2007)
- "Jumping the Fence Line: Escaped Agricultural Plants in Hawaii" Statewide Workshops (2006)
Native Plant Projects
- Sherman Courtyard Native and Ecosystem Educational Garden (2004-2005)
- “Native Plants in Public Places” Workshops (2002-2003)
Environmental Education Projects
- Keiki Water Festivals (500 students, 25 teachers, 50 volunteers) held at Pearl City Urban Garden Center (2000), Palama Settlement (2001), and Pokai Bay Wai`anae (2002).
VIDEO Extension Materials
With Dr. James Leary (http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/LearyJ/videos.html)
With Dr. J. B. Friday and Dr. James Leary
- Koa Forest in Koke'e: Recovery and Threats
- Establishing Silvopastures with Acacia Koa
- Thinning, Fertilization and Herbicide Trials to improve Koa Production
Publications
- Toward Sustainable Agriculture: A Guide for Hawai'i's Farmers (editor/author with Dr. Samir El-Swaiyf
- Conservation System Guides for Pacific Basin Beginning and Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers (with Luisa Castro and Dr. Carl Evensen) 2007
- Guide to Sherman Courtyard Native and Ecosystem Education Garden (with Dr. Travis Idol) 2005
- Plants to Control Streambank Erosion (with Lisa Ferentinos) 2003
- Tropical cover crop and green manure facts sheets (with Dr. H. Valenzuela) 2002
- Series of twelve Erosion Control Factsheets (1993, Portland Water District)
- 2006 Maine Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook for Construction: Best Management Practices (1991)
Member of UH Manoa Baha'i Association
Languages: English & Spanish