Organic Agriculture at CTAHR
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CTAHR Organic Working Group Contacts 

Coordinator
Dr. Ted Radovich
Sustainable Farming Systems Laboratory
Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science
The University of Hawaii
3190 Maile Way, St. John 102
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Email: theodore@hawaii.edu

Topic Leaders
Agroecology: Dr. Koon Hui Wang
Business Management & Marketing: Dr. Linda Cox
Disease Management: Dr. Scot Nelson
Insect management: Dr. Mark Wright
Soil Health and Fertility: Dr. Jonathan Deenik
Weed Management: Dr. James Leary


Specialization/interest:

Alton Arakaki -- ArakakiA@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Sustainable Production Systems

Skip Bittenbender -- hcbitt@hawaii.edu
Coffee; `Awa; Cacao

Richard Bowen -- rbowen@hawaii.edu
Agricultural Economics

Steve Chiang -- schiang@hawaii.edu
Agribusiness Development

Linda Cox -- lcox@hawaii.edu
Community Development Specialist

Jonathan Deenik -- jdeenik@hawaii.edu
Soil Fertility, Hawai'i SARE PDP Coordinator

Virginia Easton-Smith -- vsmith@hawaii.edu
Organic Coffee Production

Richard Ebesu -- rebesu@hawaii.edu
Fruit Crops; Integrated Pest Management

Maria E. Ortiz Escobar -- escobar@hawaii.edu
Soil Chemistry; Compost

Dale Evans -- evans@hawaii.edu
Publication; Editing; Crop Science

Carl I. Evensen -- evensen@hawaii.edu
Water Quality

Kent Fleming -- fleming@hawaii.edu
Production Economics, AgriTourism

Steven K. Fukuda -- sfukuda@hawaii.edu
Vegetable Crop Production

Mitiku Habte -- mitiku@hawaii.edu
Symbiosis; Nutrient Management

Nguyen Hue -- nvhue@hawaii.edu
Soil Chemistry; Compost

Eileen Herring -- eherring@hawaii.edu
Library and Information Systems

Cerruti RR Hooks -- crrhooks@hawaii.edu
Impact of Agricultural Diversification (i.e., intercropping, cover cropping, etc.) on crop pests and beneficial organisms

Alvin S. Huang -- ahuang@hawaii.edu
Produce Nutritional Quality; Postharvest Physiology

Travis Idol -- idol@hawaii.edu
Agroforestry

Ekhlass Jarjees -- ekhlass@hawaii.edu
Biocontrol of Insects

James Leary -- leary@hawaii.edu
Nitrogen Fixation; Weed Management

Jan McEwen -- jmcewen@hawaii.edu
Fruit Trees; Home Gardens

Russell Messing -- messing@hawaii.edu
Biological Control; Farm Certification

Dr. Scot Nelson -- snelson@hawaii.edu
Plant Pathology; Disease Diagnosis

Wayne Nishijima -- waynen@hawaii.edu
Associate Dean of Extension

Jeri J. Ooka -- jeri@hawaii.edu
Plant Pathology

Raju Pandey -- raju.pandey@gmail.com
Biocontrol of Insects

Dan Paquin -- paquin@hawaii.edu
Phytoremediation, Engineering

Sharee Pepper -- spepper@hawaii.edu
Grant Writing

Theodore Radovich -- theodore@hawaii.edu
Vegetable quality; Agroecology; Sustainable Farming Systems

Brent Sipes -- sipes@hawaii.edu
Nematode Control

Jody Smith -- smithjos@hawaii.edu
Sustainable Agriculture Education

Krisnawati Suryanata -- krisnawa@hawaii.edu
Political economy and geography of agriculture

Janice Uchida -- juchida@hawaii.edu
Mycology; Plant Pathology

Hector Valenzuela -- hector@hawaii.edu
Agroecology; Vegetable Production

Koon-Hui Wang -- koonhui@hawaii.edu
Soil Ecology and Nematology; Cover crops for insect and nematode management, soil solarization, and soil health management

Debbie Ward
-- dward@hawaii.edu
Extension; Youth Development (retired)

Mark G. Wright -- markwrig@hawaii.edu
Biocontrol; Integrated Pest Management

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