2012 Spray Coverage Clinic: Oahu

Risk Management School

2012 Spray Coverage Clinic: Oahu

Katsu Kobashigawa’s Farm

85-330 Waianae Valley Road

August 10, 2012 (Friday)

2:00 -4:00 pm.

*Bring your pesticide card for 2.0 RUP Continuing Education Training Credits

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The goal of the statewide Risk Management School on spray coverage is to increase pesticide efficacy, minimize pest resistance, reduce pesticide expose and safeguard Hawaii farms, workers and environment.  There will be a 2 hour educational workshop on spray coverage and managing its risks at Katsu Kobashigawa’s farm in Waianae on August 10, 2012.

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has approved this workshop for 2 re-certification credits for restricted use pesticide permit holders. Those seeking credits, please be sure to bring your valid pesticide cards.

We expect to cover:

·      The basics of pesticide application

·      The methods or equipment for spraying pesticides

·      The basic components of the spray equipment

·      Nozzles, nozzle specifications, nozzle types and components of specialized nozzles

·      Factors that affect pesticide efficacy

·      Factors that affect spray coverage

·      Factors that affect spray rates

·      Factors that influence pesticide efficacy

·      Visual demonstration comparing 11004 flat fan, twin jet and twin jet air induction nozzles

·      Visual demonstration comparing spray coverage at 72 and 96 gals. per acre

·      Visual demonstration comparing spread ability of two surfactants

·      Daisuke Inoyama & Steven Russo from HDOA will be there to discuss how to read and interpret the pesticide label, talk about pesticide inspections on your farm and about commodity sampling for pesticide residue analysis

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Please also come to meet the our new Extension agent for Oahu, Mr. Jensen Uyeda. 

DIRECTIONS:
Enter Waianae on Farrington Highway. Take a right onto Waianae Valley Road before the police station. Go 1 -1.5 miles on Waianae Valley Road and 85-330 Waianae Valley Road will be on your left hand side. Look for field day signs and / or cones.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age religion, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Lynn at 622-4185 seven days before the training, activity, or event.

This workshop will be conducted and sponsored by the College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, Risk Management Agency (RMA), Local & Immigrant Farmer Education (LIFE) Program and the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Pesticide Branch

Risk Management School: Hawaii

The objective of the Risk Management School is to help growers address agricultural risk in an educated and calculated manner. LIFE and Risk Management Hawaii would like to thank all of its participants, speakers and trade show participants for their continued support of Hawaii agriculture and famers. Your participation helped growers obtain an increased awareness and understanding of risk management strategies.

http://youtu.be/gJGhhWxOUHQ

Special thanks to:
Dean Sylvia Yuen (CTAHR), Diane Ley (USDA FSA), Margarita 'Day Day' Hopkins (Hawaii County R&D), Parm Shahi (USDA RMA), Dr. Robert Hollingworth (USDA ARS), Dr. Elsie Burbano (CTAHR), Dr. Ethel Villalobos (CTAHR), Lester Uyeda (USDA FSA), Miki Miyamoto (USDA FSA), Dr. Russell Tronstad (University of Arizona), Pat Conant (HDOA), Derek Shigematsu (HDOA) Mr. Roger Kaiwi (Kaiwi Farms) Ms. Louise Winn (Alii Pride Coffee), Mr. David Wilkinson (Kona Star Farm), Michael Katz (Green Gecko Coffee), John Ahsan (Palehua Coffee Cooperative),  Lorie Obra (Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee), Mark Pfaff (Rural Community Inssurance Services), Alex Wood (Volcano Winery), Scot Niikaido (CTAHR) Jensen Uyeda (CTAHR), Robert Ikeno (HDOA Ag Loan), Carl Rossetti & Jessica Sternfels (USDA NRCS) Reggie Hasegawa (Crop Protection Sciences), Kau Coffee Growers Cooperative, Old Pahala Clubhouse, King Kamehameha Hotel, Volcano Winery, East Hawaii Master Gardeners: Dr. Jana Bogs & Candy Applegate, Dr. Sabina Swift, Randall Hamasaki, Kelvin Sewake, Steve Fukuda, Didi Diz-Lyke, Perci Roque, Lynn Bessara, Andrea Kawabata, Dr. Stuart Nakamoto, Kristi Katayama, Linda Masterjoseph, Lydia Gerakas (CTAHR) and last but not least Hawaii's diversified agricultural producers and vendors.

Organic Tomato Field Day

Organic Tomato Production overview by Jensen Uyeda and Dr. Ted Radovich of CTAHR Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program

Organic pest management program by Dr. Koon Hui Wang, CTAHR Sustainable Pest Management Specialist

Overview of the 3 tomato viruses by Dr. Mike Melzer, CTAHR Virologist

Dr. Koon Hui Wang inspects the sun help flowers for beneficial insects

Crotalaria or Sun Hemp were used to determine the effect of cover crops aid in organic pest management 

Jari Sugano, Dr. Stuart Nakamoto and Kelvin Sewake cover fruit fly suppression and how risk management tools such as crop insurance can be used to help growers maintain income levels when new pest and diseases causes drops in yields and profits. 

Thank you to all of LIFE's program partners for a great field day event in Waialua, Oahu. Special thank you to Poamoho Farms for allowing us to hold the field trial and event at their farm. Growers were able to see the horticultural characteristics of the plants, taste promising tomato varieties and take home some fruit for evaluation. 

http://youtu.be/TbSwRvdrT-g

Risk Management School: Kau

Risk Management School: Kau

University of Hawaii at Manoa

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Managing Ag Risk Through Ongoing Education & Collaborative Partnerships

Old Pahala Clubhouse

Corner of Kaalaki and Maile Streets, Pahala, Hawaii

Saturday, June 9, 2012

9 am -4:30 pm

Registration & trade show set up starts at 8am

Understanding Risk Issues for Ka’u Producers

Understand and mitigate agriculture risk- UHM CTAHR

Prepare for the 4 D’s-UHM CTAHR

High Risk Areas for Ka’u producers

Applicability of Crop Insurance to CBB & How to file a claim?

Grower Panel Discussion about crop insurance

Reimbursement Transportation Cost Program for Farms – USDA FSA

Hawaii County Ag Programs – County R&D

Marketing, Value Adding and Ag Tourism – Univ. of AZ V

alue Added Product – Volcano Winery

Trade show with agricultural chemical companies, agricultural government agencies (HDoA, USDA FSA, NRCS), and various CTAHR extension programs ( Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, Bee program, etc)

Registration and lunch are FREE. RSVP is required by May 31, 2012. A waitlist will be started once our maximum quota is reached. Please call Perci at 887-6183 to reserve your lunch and seat.

Directions:

Directions from Hilo: Travel towards Pahala on Hwy 11, turn right at Kamani Street. Turn left at Maile Street (just before Ka'u Gas Station). Continue straight. Clubhouse is on right hand side across from KAHU station on corner of Kaalaki and Maile Streets.

Directions from Kona: Travel towards Pahala on Hwy 11, turn left onto Maile Street. Clubhouse is on the first buildingon the left as you pass the corner of Kaalaki and Maile Streets.

The Local and Immigrant Farmer Education (LIFE) Program is a grant funded collaborative project between the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR), UH CTAHR Risk Management Program and the USDA, Risk Management Agency.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi @ 887-6183 seven days before the training, activity, or event.

For more information, please contact Didi or Perci at (808) 887-6183.

Risk Management School: Special Field Tour

A special invitation to RMH & LIFE’S

Crop Diversification

Field Tour Blueberry & Tea Field Day and Tour

Special event for Risk Management School’s Coffee Participants

Friday, June 8, 2012

12:00 noon to 4:30 pm

Location: UHM CTAHR Volcano Research Station & Volcano Winery

Hosts: Andrew Kawabata, Randy T. Hamasaki, Andrea Kawabata, and Dr. Stuart T. Nakamoto

Come and join us for a half day tour to learn about alternative crops - blueberry and tea. You will be able to see the different blueberry trials we have including effect of pot size on yield, different blueberry varieties, and pruning methods. We will also visit the tea plantings and be introduced to tea research being conducted at CTAHR.

The visit at the Volcano Winery will allow you to see how they feature local ingredients such as tea as part of their product, a chance for tasting, and a walk through their tea fields.

Both sites are very close to the active vents at the Volcano National Park, so vog can be extremely concentrated depending on the wind conditions. Please take necessary precautions and bring water. Please come prepared for rain and chilly weather too.

Please call Perci at 887-6183 or email proque@hawaii.edu to reserve your spot and to receive last minute updates. Maximum enrollment: 30 participants. Enrollment on a first come first serve basis. We will start a waitlist after we have reached our maximum enrollment.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi @ (808) 887-6183 seven days before the activity/event.

Driving Directions

Directions to the Volcano Research Station: 19-4700 Amaumau Road, Volcano, HI

Coming from Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel: Head northeast/mauka on Palani Rd toward Kuakini Hwy. Take the 1st right onto Kuakini Hwy for 8.4 miles. Kuakini Hwy turns slightly right and becomes Hwy-11/Hawaii Belt Rd for 87.3 miles.

Exit Volcano National Park, go past the 27 mile marker and Haunani Road. Turn left onto Wright Rd for 3.1 miles. Turn right/mauka onto Amaumau Rd.   The Volcano Research Station will be on the right.

Coming from Hilo: Take Hwy-11/Hawaii Belt Rd/ Kanoelehua Ave. to Volcano. Go past the 26-mile marker then turn right onto Wright Rd. for 3.1 miles. Turn right/mauka onto Amaumau Rd. The Volcano Research Station will be on the right.

Directions to Volcano Winery:

Coming from the Volcano Research Station: Head southeast/makai on Amaumau Rd. Turn left at Mahia Rd/Wright Road and continue for 3.1 miles. Go straight through Old Volcano Road and turn right onto Hwy-11/Hawaii Belt Rd toward Kona. Drive for about a mile. Turn right/mauka onto Pii Mauna Dr. Volcano Winery, 35 Pii Mauna Rd will be on the left.

Field day event sponsored by the Risk Management Hawaii and Local & Immigrant Farmer Education Programs in partnership with the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) and the USDA, Risk Management Agency.

Risk Management School: Kona

Risk Management School 

University of Hawaii at Manoa

College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources

Managing Ag Risk Through Education

Courtyard at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel 
75-5660 Palani Road
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Thursday, June 7, 2012

9 am -4:30 pm

Registration & trade show set up starts at 8am

Understanding Risk Issues for Ka’u Producers

Understand and mitigate agriculture risk- UHM CTAHR

Prepare for the 4 D’s-UHM CTAHR

High Risk Areas for Ka’u producers

Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) updates from USDA

CBB updates from UHM-CTAHR

Applicability of Crop Insurance to CBB & How to file a claim?

Grower Panel Discussion about crop insurance

Reimbursement Transportation Cost Program for Farms – USDA FSA Hawaii County Ag Programs – County R&D

Marketing, Value Adding and Ag Tourism – Univ. of AZ

Trade show with agricultural chemical companies, agricultural government agencies (HDoA, USDA FSA, NRCS), and various CTAHR extension programs ( Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, Bee program, etc)

Registration and lunch are FREE. RSVP is required by May 31, 2012. A waitlist will be started once our maximum quota is reached. Please call Perci at 887-6183 to reserve your lunch and seat.

Directions:

*Courtyard at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel is the former King Kamehameha Hotel located at the bottom of Palani Road, right next to Kailua Pier.

The Local and Immigrant Farmer Education (LIFE) Program is a grant funded collaborative project between the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR), UH CTAHR Risk Management Program and the USDA, Risk Management Agency.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi @ 887-6183 seven days before the training, activity, or event.

For more information, please contact Didi or Perci at (808) 887-6183.

Farm Recordkeeping Workshop for Hilo Growers

Dr. Stuart T. Nakamoto Extension Economist, UHM CTAHR

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Komohana Extension Office Conference Room

Free but phone 887-6183 to save a seat. Participants who preregister receive a free record keeping workbook.

It seems producers always need records for something; to get a loan, or for taxes, or because the law requires it for spraying chemicals, or to be “organic”. Good records are a prerequisite for crop insurance & disaster assistance and to help make better decisions in growing crops & for running your farm as a business.

This workshop is for you if you want to get started with recordkeeping you want to learn how to organize all those receipts and papers and notes you already have a system, but maybe can learn something extra to help your farm. Participants will receive a binder of recordkeeping forms. You will learn how to use those forms in your own recordkeeping system.

Growers who preregister receive a free recordkeeping workbook. Courtesy of the USDA Risk Management Agency and the Risk Managent-Hawaii and LIFE programs at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

To sign up or for more information: call Didi at 887-6183 or email <mddiaz@hawaii.edu> or your extension agent Andrea at 322-4894 or email andreak@hawaii.edu. DEADLINE: 4:30PMONFRIDAY(5/25/2012).

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi at (808) 887-6183 seven days before the activity/event.

Sponsors: Risk Management Hawaii Local & Immigrant Farmer Education University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Risk Management Agency

Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs): Managing Your Legal and Market Risk

May 22, 2012

UHM-CTAHR Kona Extension Service, Conference Room

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

  

RMH & LIFE programs have invited Jim Hollyer, on- farm food safety coach of UH-CTAHR, to give a talk entitled “What are Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and how professional food producers can use them to provide an even safer product for buyers and consumers”. Come and join us to learn about the latest updates on GAPs to be able to manage your legal, market and financial risk ($$).

PLEASE RSVP & FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please RSVP by May 18th by contacting Didi at (808) 887-6183 or your local extension agent Andrea Kawabata in Kona at 322-4894. This can help us can contact you in the event that there are changes in the workshop and be able to provide enough hand-outs. The Risk Management Hawaii and LIFE programs are grant funded collaborative projects between UH CTAHR and the USDA Risk Management Agency.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi at 887-6183 seven days before the training, activity, or event.

DIRECTIONS:

The UHM-CTAHR Kona Extension Office is across the Aloha Theatre and above the school buses in Kainaliu. Parking is available across the street, at the Extension Office, or past the fencing at the station.

More Tax Sessions with Da Tax Man

Two Upcoming Workshops Lessons from Da Tax Man

Keaau Community Center

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Lessons from Da Tax Man

Kona Extension Office Conference Room

Thursday, May 17, 2012

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

One of the biggest challenges faced by people in business is understanding and meeting tax filing requirements. The financial consequences of failure to comply with tax filing requirements can jeopardize your business. These workshops will cover basic and advanced tax issues facing small business and farmers in Hawaii.

Michael Holl, a kama’aina resident of Hawaii since 1959 who grew up on the Waianae coast of Oahu, is a federally licensed Enrolled Agent (EA) representing taxpayers before the IRS. Mr. Holl is a the cadre speaker for the IRS in Hawaii and speaks at numerous seminars and workshops on small business taxes.

For more information, please contact Maria Derval ‘Didi’ Diaz-Lyke Junior Extension Agent Kamuela Extension Office 808-887-6183

Sponsors: Local & Immigrant Farmer Education Hawaii Risk Management Agency University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Risk Management Hawaii. The Local and Immigrant Farmer Education (LIFE) Program is a grant funded collaborative project between the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR), UH CTAHR Risk Management program and the USDA, Risk Management Agency.

Open to everyone without regards to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g. sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Didi at 887-6183 seven days before the training, activity, or event.

Grower Inspired Aquaponics Field Day and Risk Management Update

LIFE and RMH would like to thank Mr. Ramiscal and Mr. Saguibo, Wailua grower cooperators, for allowing us to hold an educational workshop and field day on their property. Over 40 participants learned about the LIFE and Risk Management programs offered via UH CTAHR and the USDA Risk Management Agency. Special thanks to Steve Fukuda for working with the grower cooperators in organizing the demonstration.

Dr. Clyde Tamaru provided a sound foundation on aquaculture, hydroponics 

& aquaponics based on Hawaii generated research based information

Jason Shitanishi of the USDA FSA covered the USDA FSA Disaster and Transporation Reimbursement Programs. Mr. Shitanishi explained the USDA transportation reimbursement program can assist growers in getting back approximately 5% of crop inputs expenses such as fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, etc.  

TJ Nii shared information about the various USDA farm loans available

Daryl Arai elaborated on the ag loans available through HDOA

Both speakers provided information on government supported financial loan programs that could be explored to help fund new and existing agricultural related ventures, like aquaponics. Growers were advised by LIFE and RMH to talk with loan officers about the best package and rates for their respective businesses. 

Jensen Uyeda of the Sustainable and Organic Program talked about the role of vermicompost in seedling media and worms in the grow bed systems.

Participants learned from the cooperators the growing pains and opportunities in starting a aquaponics system in Hawaii

4H Agent, Rose Saito explained to growers about worm habitat while Agent Jari Sugano showed growers how to minimize food safety risk when harvesting

Dr. Clyde Tamaru showcased the two growing system designs (cinder vs floating beds), the bell siphon-ebb and flow water system and talked about the new disease affecting talapia.

Growers were able to see blue and red talapia and the Chinese catsish species.

Growers learned to section off talapia offsprings to minimize losses

Special mahalo to Dr. Clyde Tamaru, Jason Shitanishi, TJ Nii, Daryl Arai, Jensen Uyeda for  'showing' growers ways to take on new agribusiness ventures through management of ag risk.

Iris Yellow Spot Virus: Emergency Field Day

EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIELD WORKSHOP
Best Management Practices for Iris Yellow Spot Virus on Onions

Katsu Kobashigawa Farm

85-330 Waianae Valley Road

Waianae, HI 96792-2829

Friday, May 4, 2012

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Sponsored by UH CTAHR, LIFE and RMH

For more information, please contact Jari Sugano or Lynn Bessara at 622-4185

In July 2010, Maui Extension agent, Robin Shimabuku detected viral symptoms on bulb onions in Kula, Maui. Samples were submitted to UH CTAHR. Dr. John Hu and Wayne Borth confirmed Iris Yellow Spot virus on Onions. Through field scouting efforts, the IYSV was found on bulb onions in Ewa, Oahu on November 2011 and recently confirmed on green onions in Waianae on April 2012. Iris Yellow Spot Virus is a tospovirus, related to the devastating virus diseases, tomato spotted wilt virus

We will be holding an educational workshop on IYSV on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Katsu Kobashigawa’s farm in Waianae to educate growers about the IYSV symptoms, insect vector, control strategies, insecticidal field evaluations conducted in Maui and the effect of good spray coverage in onion production. CTAHR's Extension agents, virology, entomology, and IR4 (minor crop registration) Extension specialists will provide the training for the day's event.

**For non-onion producers, we will be discussing insecticide resistance management, maximum allowable applications of new crop protection chemicals, chemical rotations with limited approved products, and utilizing Kaolin clay products to demonstrate the effect of spray coverage on a crop such as onion.

• What is Iris Yellow Spot Virus?
• Insect vector: Onion thrips
• IYSV symptoms on bulb and green onions
• Onion thrips biology and control
• Host Plants
• Distribution in Hawaii
• Best management program for IYSV
• Clean start with virus free plants
• Field sanitation to minimize vector and pathogen 
• Crop management practices
• Field scouting for symptoms
• Weed management and ID
• Crop rotation program to minimize thrips population
• Fallow free fallow period to reduce host plant inoculum and insect vectors
• Evaluate cultural management techniques such as varietal selections, overhead irrigation, compost, straw mulch and reflective mulches
• Effectively manage onion thrips populations via implementation of an insecticidal management program
• Obtain good spray coverage
• Apply only approved insecticides for use in Hawaii on onions
• Note maximum application limitations
• Rotate insecticides between classes to minimize resistance
• Use a spreader-sticker to increase spray efficacy
• Read and follow the label directions
• Pay attention to key words such as pre-harvest intervals (PHI), re-entry intervals (REI),personal protective equipment (PPE), spray interval, maximum number of applications, etc.
• Keep good records of spray applications. Important information such as rates, frequency, treatment area, damage, etc. should be documented
  
• Field evaluation of IYSV symptoms on green onions     
• Spray coverage field demonstration using Kaolin clay to show different levels of coverage  
• Overview of LIFE and Risk Management Hawaii

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. Workshop is free.

DIRECTIONS:
Enter Waianae on Farrington Highway. Take a right onto Waianae vValley Road before the police station. Go 1 -1.5 miles on Waianae Valley Road and 85-330 Waianae Valley Road will be on your left hand side. Look for field day signs and / or cones.

HDOA Pesticide License Holders: This workshop has been approved for 2.0 CEUs for categories Private 1, Commercial 1a and 10 by the HDOA.  The assigned class number is 838. Please bring your valid pesticide card to the workshop to receive credits.

Iris Yellow Spot Virus Detected on Oahu: Green Onions

Iris Yellow Spot Virus was just confirmed on green onions on Oahu by Dr. John Hu and Wayne Borth of CTAHR PEPS. The virus has been known to attack bulb onions on Maui and is now posing a threat to Oahu's green onion industry. The virus is transmitted by the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci). LIFE Farm Doctor & recently retired Extension agent, Steve Fukuda helped bring this problem to CTAHR's attention. LIFE will be working with Extension agent partner, Robin Shimabuku, Dr. Ronald Mau, emeritus extension entomologist, and PHD candidate, and Ming Yi Chou to develop a workshop for growers in May.

For more information and symptoms:
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/H-255.pdf
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/NewsArticles/Onion_IYS_Poster.htm
http://westernfarmpress.com/iris-yellow-spot-virus-continuing-threat-onion-crops

Grower Inspired Field Day: Waialua Oahu

Ramiscal Farms
68-369 Olohio Street
Waialua, Oahu
April 30, 2012
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join LIFE and Risk Management Hawaii in a ‘grower inspired’ field day on April 30, 2012 at 10:00 am. Project collaborators, Andres Saguibo and Eulogio Ramiscal will be hosting a field day to demonstrate the use of aquaponics in cultivating leafy greens and various vegetable crops using this new and innovative system. Learn first hand about the growing pains and opportunities involved in starting and maintaining a small scale aquaponics unit in Waialua, Oahu.

LIFE partners, Dr. Clyde Tamaru and / or Cathy Montgomery Hopkins, CTAHR Aquaculture and Aquponics specialists will be on hand to talk about the fundamentals behind aquaponics and the integration of fish into vegetable production. Dr. Ted Radovich and/ or Jensen Uyeda from the Sustainable and Organic Agriculture program will share how aquaponics fits into sustainable agriculture systems. Jason Shitanishi of the USDA FSA will be available to talk about the various USDA programs available. Melissa Motosue of the USDA FSA will talk about low interest farm loans. Team LIFE and RMH will share strategies for managing risk in Hawaii Agriculture . Agent Jari Sugano will talk with growers about ways to heighten food safety in handling produce grown in aquaponics systems. Come join us for an morning filled with fish, vegetables, collaborative partnerships, and fun.

Please contact Lynn at the Wahiawa Extension Office to reserve your spot and for last minute changes at 622-4185 or via email at wahiawa@ctahr.hawaii.edu

DIRECTIONS TO RAMISCAL FARMS: WAIALUA, OAHU

Take Farrington Highway in Waialua, you will pass in front of Waialua High School. Continue west toward Mokuleia about a mile and a half to two miles, the first right will be Olohio St. Enter Olohio about 150 to 200 yards and 68-369 will be on the left, enter driveway that has coconut trees on both sides of entrance. If parking lot is full you may park along Olohio St.

Open to everyone without regard to race, age, sex, color or disability. Educational activities are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request an auxiliary aid or service (e.g., sign language interpreter, designated parking, or materials in alternate format), contact Lynn Bessara @ (808) 622-4185 seven days before the activity/event.