Hawaii Food and Farmers Series
Wyatt Bryson, a former Hawaii resident, moved back home to his family farm in Occidental, CA and collaboratively created Mycolab Solutions, a mycological laboratory providing education and consulting on all things fungi. Wyatt tells us how his products and services aim to educate the community on the wonders of the Fungi Kingdom while advancing social […]
Ag-Curious? Go Farm!
Jay Bost was born in Oklahoma but acquired a fascination with tropical agriculture in high school which he has been riding ever since. He has studied farming systems and/or worked on farms in Mexico, Belize, St Croix (USVI), and Florida – in addition to a number of temperate locales. Guiding his work are interests in […]
Food Safety Forms a Vibrant Local Food System – CFS – Hawaii Center for Food Safety
Ashley Lukens has been the Program Director for the Hawaii Center for Food Safety since 2014. Through legal, policy, research, education and community organizing initiatives, the CFS Hawaii Program focuses on the impacts of industrial agriculture on the Islands, and promotes a vibrant local food system by supporting sustainable farming, soil restoration and seed saving […]
The Integration of Local Agriculture, Local Food and Tourism with Kualoa Ranch
One of the primary objectives for the Kualoa Ranch is the preservation of its agriculture and conservation zoned land. The primary uses for the Ag land to which the company is committed, are livestock production, aquaculture and diversified agriculture. These agrarian land uses have been practiced, uninterrupted, for decades. Today Justine and Matt will talk […]
Buzzing About the Sweet Life of Beekeeping – Beelieve Hawaii
Beelieve Hawaii is an educational organization specializing in the protection of honeybees, other threatened pollinators, and their habitats. About 30% of foods require cross pollination that can only be performed by bees. Why have we been trained to fear the creatures that are an essential part of our food system? We hear about the variety […]
Local Food, Local Places – Taking Action Towards Fresher Food – Erin O’Keefe
In 2015, HCDA and Oahu Fresh submitted an application for technical assistance from the federal Local Foods, Local Places initiative. Honolulu was among 27 communities selected to develop a Food System Action Plan. Planning workshops on local foods and community livability are taking place Aug 3-5. In this episode, Matt and Justine interview an EPA […]
Churn Baby, Churn!
Rica Sunga-Kwan went from design work in NY to growing food! She was inspired to take a permaculture class and start an urban farm in her backyard when she moved to SF with her husband, Chris Kwan. Inspired to go further, they brainstormed a product to sell with ingredients they grew and came to ice […]
Mahi`ai Matchup: Connecting Farmers with Land – Kalani Fronda, Dana Shapiro and Jasmine Slovak
Dana Shapiro, is the Manager of Mala Kalu`ulu Cooperative, a Big Island based coop whose members grow ulu. Kalani Fronda is the Senior Land Assets Manager in the Community Engagement and Resources Group for Kamehameha Schools. In 2015, the Mla Kalu’ulu Co-op was a winner of the Mahi`ai Matchup – an agricultural business plan contest […]
EA Farms and 927 Farms – Farming at School and at Home with Ange and John Dilworth
Farm in Schools and backyard farming is gaining more popularity as communities are taking more notice to where their food comes from not only here in Hawaii but also on the Mainland. John and Ange Dilworth are taking these ideas seriously back in their home state of Pennsylvania where John is leading his high school […]
Monsanto and its Role in Hawaii – Monica Ivey
Monica Ivey is the Corporate Relations Lead at Monsanto, a multinational seed-corn company with operations on Oahu, Molokai, and Maui. With so much divisiveness not only within Hawaii but also internationally regarding GMO crops, we get to hear from Monica why she thinks Monsanto has become such a controversial company and what is being done […]