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Catch Up with Bike Share Hawaii, Oahu Fresh, Oahu Food Hub and Baby Baba
Justine Espiritu brings us up to speed with the exciting happenings of Bikeshare Hawaii with its upcoming launch in just a couple weeks. Matt Johnson updates us on the new happenings at Oahu Fresh, a multiple farm CSA and restaurant supplier of local produce, as well as Oahu Food Hub, a shared use certified kitchen […]
Celebrating the [UN]cultivated
[UN]cultivated Inc. is an international nonprofit organization that works with communities to help them build regenerative food systems through the integration of traditional knowledge, scientific research, and technology. Their mission is to preserve indigenous knowledge while cultivating food systems in harmony with nature. Hawaii Food and Farmers Series co-hosts Justine and Matt talk to President […]
Delicious Creations with the Chocolate Flavormeister
Madre Chocolate has a quest to make truly amazing chocolate and they are driven by a passion to inspire greater appreciation among consumers for the rich cultural heritage and ecological diversity surrounding cacao. They aim for their selection of organic, fair trade chocolate bars to connect chocolate-eaters directly to the source, and in doing so […]
Dreams and Schemes of a Bibliophile
Justine Espiritu shares a taste of her passion for book clubs and offers book recommendations with special guest, Mark Watkins of The Hawaii Project. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for […]
Ag Research and Renaissance in the Kunia Corridor
Founded in 1895, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA), dedicated to improving the sugar industry in Hawaii, has become an internationally recognized research center. Its name change in 1996 to Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) reflects its expanding scope to encompass research in forestry, coffee, forage, vegetable crops, tropical fruits, and many other diversified crops […]
Agrofood Initiatives.. What’s the Point?
Mary Mostafanezhad and Eli Litzelman of the University of Hawaii’s Department of Geography, along with Dr. Krisna Suryanata, collaborate on a research project that examines the proliferation of agro-food initiatives (AFIs) in Hawai‘i. Through this research, they ask: How and to what extent do AFI participants contribute to the viability of local agriculture economies in […]
Can Conservation and Agriculture Co-exist?
Conservation and agriculture sometimes conflict with each other, however they can actually work very well together! The Soil and Water Conservation Districts are local units of government established under State law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. Districts work with millions of cooperating landowners and operators to help them manage […]
Organic Certification and Education
Oregon Tilth is a leading nonprofit certifier, educator and advocate for organic agriculture and products since 1974. Their mission is to make our food system and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable. Their work focuses on certification, conservation, social equity, policy and the marketplace. Diane Hennelly is a Senior Certification Officer and Inspector at Tilth […]
Little Tomatoes, Big Ambitions – Little Tomato Farms
Robert and Tasha Wilson are graduates from the second cohort of the GoFarm Hawaii Program. They founded Little Tomato Farms and lease land from Kamehameha Schools within the Punalu’u Ahupua’a Farms. Robert and Tasha serve on the Board of the Friends with Farms Cooperative. Today we will hear from Robert and Tasha how their two […]