GoFarm Hawaii
Thank you to Gabe Sachter Smith (aka Banana Gabe) for sharing his deep knowledge on banana biology and production to a group of GFH students, AgIncubatees, alumni and coaches today in Waimanalo! The morning was spent covering themes such as varietal selection, finding disease free planting material, strategies for reducing disease pressure, how to establish plantings, how to manage mats and fertilization and irrigation needs.
Do you have marketing and business experience? Want to help Hawaii’s farmers and local food producers?
A rare opportunity to join the University of Hawaii’s GoFarm Hawaii’s AgBusiness group as a consultant has just opened up. Use your real-world experience to help our clients (farmers and startup food manufacturers) with advice on marketing their companies and products. Help design marketing materials and campaigns. Experience with financials and spreadsheets will help too.
Get exposed to the coolest places and new food products in Hawaii. Make a difference every day helping those who are helping Hawaii be sustainable. Great benefits and competitive pay.
See www.aiphawaii.com for more about our consulting program and www.gofarmhawaii.org for more about our organization. Contact Janel Yamamoto at janelnoy@hawaii.edu for more information.
GFH@North Shore Cohort 5 completed AgSchool! This crew realizes that along with learning more about agriculture, they also gained a new farm family! Congratulations also to Coach Daniel for completing his first cohort as coach.
Today is my last day leading GoFarm Hawai’i and I wanted to post a personal message of Aloha to all the participants (past and current) and supporters of our program. Your efforts have made GoFarm Hawai’i one of the largest and most successful beginning farmer training program in the Nation and give me great pride in my participation in developing this program that is so important to Hawai’i’s sustainable future. These same factors make me very sad to be leaving, but I am heartened by the knowledge that great folks will be continuing (and growing) the impact of GoFarm Hawai’i.
“Farming is hard. It’s hot, dirty, and sweaty. In other words, farming is sexy!”
I will add to that: Farming can be one of the best ways to sustain your community, malama ‘aina, and replenish your soul.
So take care, continue to support agriculture, and GoFarm Hawai’i!
For all of you hoping to get into the GoFarm Hawai`i program on O’ahu, dates have just been set.
@Windward, Cohort 8
Last day of AgXposure for the GoFarm Hawaii @ The Kohala Center participants. At Ka ‘Ohi Nani Farm in Waimea with Lark Wiley’s 1-acre market farm. AgSchool begins next week!
