CTAHR Organic Working Group Contacts

Coordinator

Dr. Ted Radovich

Sustainable Farming Systems Laboratory

Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science

3190 Maile Way, St. John 102

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Email: theodore@hawaii.edu

Topic Leaders

Organic Working Group

Name Interest Email
Arakaki, Alton organic certification, sustainable production arakakia@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Bittenbender, Skip coffee, 'awa, cacao hcbitt@hawaii.edu
Brooks, Lorraine urban horticulture, Maui Master Gardener Program

BrooksL@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Chiang, Steve agribusiness development schiang@hawaii.edu
Cox, Linda business management and marketing lcox@hawaii.edu
Deenik, Jonathan soil fertility jdeenik@hawaii.edu
Ebesu, Richard IPM, fruit crops rebesu@hawaii.edu
Grzbik, Jayme urban horticulture, O'ahu Master Gardener Program grzebikj@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Habte, Mitiku symbiosis; nutrient management mitiku@hawaii.edu
Herring, Eileen library and information Systems eherring@hawaii.edu
Hue, Nguyen soil chemistry, compost nvhue@hawaii.edu
Idol, Travis agroforestry idol@hawaii.edu
Jarjees, Ekhlass biocontrol of insects ekhlass@hawaii.edu
Kobayashi, Kent sustainability in ornamental crop production; photobiology, photomorphogenesis; LEDs kentko@hawaii.edu
Leary, James nitrogen fixation; weed management leary@hawaii.edu
Messing, Russell biological control; farm certification messing@hawaii.edu
Nelson, Scot plant pathology; disease diagnosis snelson@hawaii.edu
Ooka, Jeri plant pathology jeri@hawaii.edu
Radovich, Theodore vegetable quality, agroecology, sustainable farming systems, Hawaii WSARE PDP coordinator theodore@hawaii.edu
Sipes, Brent nematode control sipes@hawaii.edu
Smith, Jody sustainable agriculture education smithjos@hawaii.edu
Stevenson, Matthew livestock and pasture management

stevenso@hawaii.edu
Sugano, Jari crop production, instect management of edible crops suganoj@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Uchida, Janice plant pathology juchida@hawaii.edu
Valenzuela, Hector integrated crop management hector@hawaii.edu
Wang, Koon-Hui soil ecology, nematology, cover crops for insect and nematode control soil solarization, soil health management koonhui@hawaii.edu
Ward, Debbie

Retired Horticulturist CTAHR NREM
Owner, La`iku Organic Farm

dward@hawaii.edu
Wright, Mark biocontrol, IPM markwrig@hawaii.edu
Youkhana, Adel

carbon sequestration, coffee agroforestry systems  

 adel@hawaii.edu