Keiki agriculture grows with homeschool lessons
Reading time: 2 minutes CTAHR developed a series of online guided gardening lessons that both parents and keiki can enjoy.
UH team to develop wildfire risk system
Reading time: 3 minutes The cost of brush fires in Hawaiʻi take its toll and a University of Hawaiʻiteam hopes to create predictive models to better prepare authorities.
Essential oils could keep pests, disease from organic crops
Reading time: 2 minutes Efforts will look at increasing organic orchard productivity of Hawaiʻi's more than $2.4 million avocado and mango industries.
Urgent global plea to reduce plastic pollution
Reading time: 2 minutes The team assessed the impact of three broad management strategies at different levels of effort to estimate plastic emissions by 2030 for 173 countries.
‘Giant candy canes’ explored in new book by UH professor
Reading time: < 1 minute Noa Lincoln examines native and heirloom sugarcane, along with detailed varietal descriptions of cultivars held in collections today.
UH agent helps Maui community get fed, and local ranchers stay in business
Reading time: 2 minutes Kyle Caires helped facilitate the county’s commitment of $200,000 to support the ranching community, and the purchase of cattle from independent ranchers.
‘Vegan leather’ study by students gains international attention
Reading time: 2 minutes Fashion design and merchandising students received ITAA’s 2020 Paper of Distinction Award for their sustainable material discoveries.
Can aquaculture help repair Hawaiʻi’s economy?
Reading time: 2 minutes A nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture was awarded to the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture.
Interactive textbook helps students master nutrition
Reading time: 2 minutes The new edition has 176 embedded learning activities, more than 100 flashcards at the end of sections and more than 50 drag-and-drop activities to reinforce the learning objective.
CTAHR professor highlights men’s fashion identities in new book
Reading time: 2 minutes Professor Andy Reilly from Fashion Design and Merchandising is featured in the Routledge Handbook of Masculinities Studies.
