The North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign is holding a series of “Eat Local” events in North Kohala from April 18 – 28, 2012 in celebration of Earth Day 2012. All events are free and open to the public. No registration necessary.
Focus on Food Preservation
Wednesday, April 18th
3 -7 pm, Kohala Intergenerational Center
Learn how to make Kim Chee (with Lehua Matsuda) and Fermented Vegetables (with Donna Maltz) and take home jars to enjoy! Learn how to build a dry box for drying fish, fruit and meat with Guy Sasaki. Donations of locally grown cabbage and other vegetables are needed (in exchange for final product). Free (with local vegetable donation!) Sponsored by Community Harvest Hawai‘i.
Tree Planting and Volunteer Day at the Kohala High School Agriculture Program
Saturday, April 21st
9 – 11:30 am, Kohala High School Ag Site
Earth Day in Kohala! Plant a tree and get your hands in the earth while supporting the Kohala High School Agricultural Program.
Community Harvest Hawai‘i
Saturday, April 21st
12 – 4 pm, Kohala Intergenerational Center
Bring Your Bounty—Drop off your excess fruits and vegetables to share with the Food Bank and in a community meal served at 12 noon (drop off at 9 am please).
Local Foods Pot Luck—Bring your favorite local foods dish and the recipe to share.
Free Copies of the new Eat Local Hawai‘i Plate and the North Kohala Eat Local Guide!
Trash Bash
Saturday, April 21st
6 pm, Upstairs at the Kohala Coffee Mill
Local food and local art featuring local trash! Get trashy…enter your recycled art in the Trash Bash Art Show—wearable trash fashion welcome!
Getting Down and Dirty: A Soil Mini- Symposium
Saturday, April 28th
12 – 4:30 pm, Algood Barn (55-3309 Ho‘ea Makai Road)
Download Directions:Directions to Algood barn
FREE RSVP REQUIRED.
End a week of Earth Day activities by learning more about the soil—“the ecstatic skin of the earth.” Presentations, Hands-on activities and Dirt! The Movie.
Presentations, 12 – 1:30 pm:
Hawaiians in the Agricultural Environment
Noa Lincoln, PhD candidate Stanford University (via Skype)
Noa’s current research includes investigations of nutrient cycles in indigenous agricultural systems and an interpretation of ecosystem services of various modern agricultural systems. Noa will talk about the “native” soils of Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i i Ecosystems Project conducted by his professor Dr. Peter Vitousek and others in the Kohala Field System. His talk focuses on how Hawaiians molded themselves and their agriculture to the environments of Hawaii, and how we can emulate them today. Noa deeply embraces the Hawaiian way of thinking, which places environment at the core of human well-being. This value has become the backbone of his professional and academic accomplishments, and the guiding principle he applies to life.
The Soil Food Web
Leon Luce
Leon has been a gardener and farmer for 30 years, he and his wife currently manage 13 acres of fruit trees, bananas, and various garden crops. Leon will talk about the Soil Food Web and how it effects what we grow. He has been following the work of Dr. Elaine Ingham for nearly twelve years and recently attended her week long intensive training on the Soil Food Web.
Make fertilizer at home in 15 minutes
Drake Weinert
Drake believes in starting with your self, and the way you eat, is the surest way to find health and longevity, and when you really start to think about nutrition, it all comes back to healthy soil, so let’s start there. Drake recently demonstrated the rejuvenating power of Natural Farming in downtown Hilo by growing over 200 lbs of kalo and 200 lbs of sweet potatoes in a previously poisoned 20 x 100 ft triangle median with a total cost of fertilizer materials was less than $10.
Hands on, 1:30 – 2:30 pm:
Building a Raised Garden Bed (at waist height) from recycled materials with David Fuertes.
Dirt! The Movie, 2:30 – 4:00 pm
DIRT! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility—from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. DIRT! the Movie—narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis—brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MAY!
May 1 – 15
Strategic Planning for North Kohala’s Food Self-Sufficiency
Sign up to host a small group meeting at your home or business.
Saturday, May 5th
Kohala Farm to Fork Tour! Visit local farms and sample the goods!
Saturday, May 12th
Think Local, Buy Local, Eat Local
11 am – 5 pm, Downtown Hawi.
Local food! Made in Kohala products! Great deals at local businesses!
