We Also Need Legislative Support. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jerry Ornellas. Farming and agriculture specialist Jerry Ornellas in Kauai helps us understand the state of diversified agriculture in Hawaii, and what we have to do to support and develop it, including water, legislative support and of course cheap […]
On Promoting Local Foods in Hawaii (Hawaii Together)
Removing Barriers is Key to Growth. The host for this show is Keli’i Akina. The guest is Meagan Forbes. Increasing local food production is at the heart of Hawaii’s push for a more diversified economy. The state has used numerous strategies to achieve that goal, but with mixed success. So how can island lawmakers best […]
Better Tomorrow Means Scaling up in Agriculture (Community Matters)
A New Documentary by Filmmaker Kim Bassford. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Robert Perkinson. Robert Perkinson, an American Studies Professor at UH Manoa, helps us understand the Better Tomorrow series, which includes an event about Kim Bassford’s documentary on agriculture in Hawaii entitled Scaling Up: Hawaii’s Food Future. The […]
The Future of Food: Towards Transformation (Thinking Things Through)
Thinking Critically in Critical Times. The host for this show is Michael Sukhov. The guest is Albie Miles. We discuss the food system in the U.S.: what it is, and how it differs from the agricultural system. We discuss the political, ecological and economic effects that our current food system is having on our resources, […]
The Making of Scaling Up: Hawaii’s Food Future (Community Matters)
A Conversation with Filmmaker Kimberlee Bassford. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Kimberlee Bassford. Kimberlee Bassford, filmmaker with Making Waves, LLC, who has made a number of award winning documentaries about Hawaii, helps us understand her art and the craft of making her films. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this […]
High School, Businesses, and Community (Connecting Hawaii Business)
Using a Capstone Project to Give Back. The host for this show is Kathleen Lee. The guest is Olivia Rose. Hawaii Preparatory Academy senior Olivia Rose is using her high school capstone project to give back to one Hawaii Island community. She has partnered with local nonprofit Kona Kids and Hawaii businesses to assemble meal […]
The Food Basket (Community Matters)
Hawaii Island’s Food Bank. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Chelsea Takahashi. Chelsea Takaahashi of Hawaii Food Basket will tell us about their current statewide program -“DA BUX Double Up Food Bucks” – benefiting low-income beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). DA BUX incentivizes […]
The Legacy Reef Foundation (Hawaii: State of Clean Energy)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 601(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Rebuilding Reefs Today to Feed Generations Forever. Who is the Legacy Reef Foundation and what do they do? The host for this episode is Mitch Ewan. The guests for this episode are Bill Coney and Susanne Otero. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Green Party Candidate for Lt.Gov. Renee Ing (Community Matters)
Affordable Housing and Affordable Healthcare. Renee Ing is a community activist who has been working for affordable housing since the 1970’s. She has a public access TV show, “News & Views,” covering social issues such as affordable housing and affordable healthcare on Olelo Community Media. The host for this episode is Marsha Joyner. The guest […]
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 […]