CTAHR is partnering with the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF) and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) in a statewide effort to help increase demand for, consumption of, and familiarity with locally grown commodities. This joint effort, "Buy Fresh, Buy Local - Island Fresh," will familiarize Hawai‘i residents with the advantages of purchasing locally grown products.

"KITV Morning Show BFBL Segments"
BUY FRESH * BUY LOCAL ~ ISLAND FRESH
FIGHTBAC! Six Steps to Safer Fruits and Vegetables
IN THE NEWS
FARMER INFO: Marketing with "Buy Fresh*Buy Local"
LOCALLY GROWN CAMPAIGNS
HAWAII FARMERS MARKETS
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Buy Fresh * Buy Local ~ Island Fresh Poster (.pdf)	Buy Fresh * Buy Local ~ Island Fresh Seasonality Poster (.pdf) Available in SEPTEMBER statewide from local offices of: Cooperative Extension Service Dept. of Agriculture Hawaii Farm Bureau

FIGHTBAC! Six Steps to Safer Fruits and Vegetables

Get it While it's FRESH, by Betty Shimabuku, Star Bulletin, 9/7/2005

FARMER INFO: MARKETING WITH BUY FRESH * BUY LOCAL

Farmer Tips on Exploiting the “BUY FRESH * BUY LOCAL” Campaign
by Linda J. Cox, PhD, Community Economic Development Specialist & Jody Smith, CTAHR Sustainable Agriculture Program

Speak Out for Locally Grown Products (coming)

Deciding What to Grow: Market Research (coming)

USE OUR LOGO: Get a digital version of the "Buy Fresh * Buy Local" logo to use on your business cards, brochures, labels and packaging. Contact Mrs. Barbara Schafer, Hawaii DOA Dept. of Marketing at (808) 973-9595 or email her at barbara.j.schafer@hawaii.gov.

FREE Internet Listing for your Agricultural Products: Help chefs and retailers quickly locate your locally grown products by listing them on the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture’s database. You may list your company and products, or update a current listing by filling out the information form and mailing or faxing it to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture at 1428 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813, Phone: (808) 973-9595 Fax: (808) 973-9590.

ADDITIONAL LINKS: Ag Entrepreneurship Topics and Resources

LOCALLY GROWN CAMPAIGNS

FoodRoutes.org is a website devoted to assisting people to purchase locally grown produce. Their website offers a toolkit for food and farming advocacy work and several excellent downloadable promotional sheets such as Buy Locally Grown, It's Thousands of Miles Fresher

Be a Local Hero: Buy Locally Grown by CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture) is a great website showing how to conduct a media campaign for purchasing locally grown produce.

Local Harvest supports sustainable and organic farmers by providing a website with a clickable map for consumers to link up with local food producers.

HAWAI'I FARMERS MARKETS

Hawaii's Farmers Markets, a list of current farmers markets by the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture. Be sure to ask for locally grown products!

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation's Kapiolani Community College (KCC) Farmer's Market Website features shopping tips and information about upcoming gourmet breakfasts, cooking demonstrations, and vendor highlights. Additional markets are held in Kailua and Mililani.

For more information contact Miles Hakoda at 956-3093 or Jody Smith at 956-7774, UHM College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

MAHALO to: Jari Sugano, Lynn Nakamura-Tengan, Alan Titchenal, Stuart Nakamoto, Naomi Kanehiro, Sylvia Yuen, Nicky Davison, Dale Uno, Merrissa Uchimura, Randy Hamasaki, Ted Radovich, Linda Cox, Kathy Lu, Glenn Fukumoto, Ken Love, Luella Costallas, and Dennis Miyahara (photography).