USDA taps UH ag expert for key role in Native policies, initiatives
Glenn Teves will be serving on the Tribal Advisory Committee to assist in steering the USDA’s initiatives to support Native-led agriculture.
Training for farmers in native languages gets $743K boost
The funding from USDA boosts language-appropriate outreach, services and more to Thai, Lao, Ilocano, Chinese and other immigrant farmers.
‘Bows help Big Red grow in horticulture knowledge
UH Mānoa’s CTAHR Cooperative Extension hosted the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Horticulture Club to help them learn more about horticulture in Hawaiʻi.
Irrigation made easy at garden workshop
The event reinforced the importance of water conservation and showed the guests proper use of water, a precious resource in our islands.
New app: You can help thwart a bug that’s devastated 176k+ acres
The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources develops a smartphone app to manage the invasive twolined spittlebug.
UH-grown taro feeds hungry communities
On Oʻahu, more than 1,500 pounds of surplus taro corms were donated to a community food drive.
4-H contest gets keiki excited about agriculture
A total of 75 entries ranging from tomatoes, giant pumpkins, watermelons, bushel gourds, long gourds and sunflowers, were weighed and measured through the end of October.
ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest celebrates one of Hawaiʻi’s most beloved plants
The week-long virtual festival also raises awareness about preventing the spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death disease.
UH team to develop wildfire risk system
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
Efforts will look at increasing organic orchard productivity of Hawaiʻi's more than $2.4 million avocado and mango industries.
