Small, Local, Niche-Market Farms

July 27, 10:15am - 11:45am
Mānoa Campus, Korean Studies Auditorium Add to Calendar

First of a free two-part panel discussion on Value Added Strategies of Hawai‘i Farmers and Chefs.

Small, Local, Niche-Market Farms, 10:15–11:45 a.m., features:
Dean Okimoto, president of Nalo Farms Inc., salad greens producer and coordinating entrepreneur
Milton Agader, co-founder of Twin Bridge Farms, on asparagus production, contract farming and crop trials
Theodore Radovich, associate specialist in CTAHR's Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, on sustainable and organic farming

Chef Champions of Local Produce, 1–2:30 p.m., features: Restaurateur Chef Alan Wong on the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine concept
Koko Head Cafe Chef Lee Ann Wong on why organic and local products are important selling points
Royal Hawaiian Hotel Executive Chef Colin Hazama on the table-to-farm concept

Co-sponsors include CTAHR's Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, USAID, Hawai‘i Department of Agriculrure and the Center for Korean Studies.


Ticket Information
Free

Event Sponsor
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Mānoa Campus

More Information
(808) 956-7312, loke@hawaii.edu

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