The North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign presents:
“Value Added Products for Small Farms” Talk and Book Signing with Craig Elevitch, author of the newly released book Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands and Director of the Hawai’i Homegrown Food Network.
Wednesday, September 7th, 6 – 8 pm, free
Kohala Intergenerational Center
Sharing valuable information from his new book, Craig will highlight opportunities to create profitable value added products from small farms and abundant backyards.
About the book:
From Bamboo to Black Pepper, Cacao to Coconut, Tea to Taro—Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands provides detailed cultivation, value- added, and marketing information for over two dozen of the most im- portant specialty crops for Pacific Islands and other tropical locations.
Specialty crops provide a rapidly growing economic opportunity for innovative farmers and gardeners who are interested in diversifying their products.
The book provides insights into sustainable cultivation and processing techniques for local and export markets with an emphasis on innovating production methods, postharvest processing, and marketing.
Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands is a reference book for gardeners and small farmers throughout the tropics who are interested in new economic opportunities from specialty crops.
This new resource book by 40 contributing authors covers value-added processing, enterprise development, accessing unique markets, sustainable local food production, economic and ecological viability, multi-crop agroforestry systems and local systems with export potential.
The producers of Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands have previously published two books on related topics—Traditional Trees for Pacific Islands (2006) and Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands (2000). This new book promotes high-quality food, fiber, and health care crops grown in diverse agroforestry systems with an emphasis on providing small farms with opportunities for local consumption and commercial sale.
The book is illustrated with over 940 color images and each chapter covers a different crop. Specialty Crops for Pacific Islands also high- lights producers from throughout the Pacific and shares their experiences—both their challenges and successes.
