Sustainable Land Use Design: Permaculture Class at Uluwehi Farms

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:50:37 +0000

Learn permaculture amidst the ultramarine waters and multi-hued food jungles of the Big Island, Hawaii. Taught at a family’s extensive farmstead, Uluwehi Farm, students will gain hands on experience with small animal systems, perennial food gardens, naturalizing plant communities, and agronutrifiers – an integrated approach to wastewater management and food forestry. This experience will offer valuable skills and knowledge from a team of course instructors with broad ranges of experiences in Hawaii and around the world.

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Location: Uluwehi Farm – North Kohala, Big Island, Hawaii
Instructors: Nik Bertulis, Tom Baldwin, Craig Elevitch and other special guests.
Cost: $900
Contact: Tom at UluwehiFarm@gmail.com / 808.889.5035 / PO Box 910, Kapa’au, HI 96755

Growing Farmers in North Kohala

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:03 +0000

Check out my article The “Cool Factor” Bonds Youth and Farming in the November-December issue of Ke Ola Magazine.

The article is about the Uluwehi Farms / Hawaii Youth Agriculture Project CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in North Kohala. The project is growing food and farmers.

One of our “green businesses” in Hawaii is farming, but the high cost of land and inputs, and the low cost of imported food, have driven many farmers off the land. It is generally agreed that in order to re-localize our food production we need to have more farmers, and that means making farming an attractive and financially viable career option for our youth. Dashiell Kuhr of Uluwehi Farms / Hawaii Youth Agriculture Project / The Kohala Center (growing food and farmers takes many hands!) is one of the people helping to foster agricultural entrepreneurship among youth on Hawai’i Island.

Related Links:
North Kohala Food Forum
Hawaii Island School Garden Network
Hawaii Homegrown Food Network
Podcast on the Kohala Center’s Food Self-Reliance Program

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Sustainable Land Use Design: Permaculture Class at Uluwehi Farms

Growing Farmers in North Kohala