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 […]
The Role of the Extension Specialist with Hector Valenzuela PhD
At the University of Hawaii, the extension Specialist develops applied educational programs on a statewide level, and supports/interacts with extension agents who are based on the different islands. Hector Valenzuela, Ph.D. will give us more detail on the overall role of Extension (Specialists and agents) as part of the Univ. of Hawaii in terms of […]
A Big Island farmer and his hydroelectric power plant
Richard Ha, owner of Hamakua Farms Country Springs has build a hydroelectric power plant that will eventually generate enough electricity to power his entire farm. We had the opportunity to produce this feature for Honolulu Civil Beat, Hawaii’s investigative news site.