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With one student holding a wireless microphone and another a portable amplifier, the tour of The Manini Farm Project on the grounds of the Urban Garden Center had begun. As students took turns at the mic, presenting their projects and roles and walking participants through the rows of plants, it...
Dr. Parwinder Grewal, an internationally recognized nematologist, will start March 1 as the new Dean and Director of the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, after a comprehensive search process. Dr. Grewal most recently served as the inaugural president for Vermont State...
“Each and every one of us bears a responsibility to uphold food sustainability within our island community,” says Sothy Eng of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences. “Yet, it is the state's paramount duty to safeguard the health and well-being of its citizens by crafting...
NASS, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, has disseminated the results of its 2022 Census of Agriculture, including profiles of Hawaiʻi farmers and agriculture. The data – collected directly from producers – shows a decline in the total number of Hawaiʻi farms...
From tropical plants grown at CTAHR stations to models wearing original designs by our fashion students to remarkable stories of Extension’s impact on Hawai‘i communities to the Dean’s Awards for teaching, research, and more, this year’s ‘Ohana Banquet will be a fun...
Nine lucky students traveled with me to one of the largest fashion conventions in the world in Las Vegas, February 14 and 15. Each year, “Magic” attracts vendors and manufacturers from around the world to showcase their collections to industry buyers. This event is not open...
Congrats to Mark Thorne who recently began a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Society for Range Management. Mark, who has served the society in many capacities for almost 30 years and is currently Section Treasurer, will focus on three key issues throughout his term:...
Historical studies of agriculture generally focus on wetland and dryland cultivation because these forms of agriculture leave behind physical infrastructure that can be observed and mapped. But this approach tends to ignore agroforestry systems, in which trees represent the infrastructure.
Dr. John Edward Bowen, aged 85, passed away in Hilo on Dec. 7, 2023. John grew up in Baltimore and received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1965. He started his career as a sugar cane physiologist with C. Brewer and Company in Hawaiʻi and then transferred to CTAHR’s...
Ninety percent of flowers used for lei-making are imported to Hawaiʻi, and the decreasing supply of local flowers is having a drastic impact on the lei industry statewide. To address the growing chorus of lament from lei-flower growers, lei makers, and lei vendors, Extension has kicked off...
See! Crazy carnivorous plants, courtesy of the Lyon Arboretum/UH Botany.
See! Dizzying diversity of native Hawaiian flies, courtesy of the UH Center for Conservation Research & Training.
See! Bewildering mantis shrimps, courtesy of the Porter Vison Lab.
The good folks at Urban Garden Center, along with Oʻahu high school students, departed for their holiday breaks knowing that fresh produce would make it onto the plates of many Hawaiʻi families in need.
It lasts just two hours and happens just once a year, but this is your chance to let members of the Hawaii State Senate and House of Representatives know what you’ve been up to, and how our legislators can help you help feed the state.
With partners from Maui, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Hilo and Kona, CTAHR’s Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death team hosted the statewide seventh annual ‘Ohia Love fests. This year’s theme was Ka ʻUpena O Ke Ola, a metaphor for how life is interconnected mauka to makai, like...
“The recent disasters of COVID-19 and wildfires have caused forced disruptions in activity, limited information about the future, and economic instability,” says Nancy Ooki of Maui Extension. “The combination has placed the Maui community in a position of feeling a sense of loss...
A decade ago, a college-to-college memorandum of understanding between UH and the Korea Food Research Institute had facilitated a robust exchange of research programs, labs, conferences, workshops, and more.
For the first time, researchers at the UH Health and Stranding Lab have successfully detected Fraser’s morbillivirus, which can cause respiratory and neurological disease, in the feces of a dolphin. And one co-author is CTAHR grad student Cody Clifton."Understanding disease...
“Christmas trees are actually natural habitats for lots of creatures, especially during the Fall months. That dense foliage is perfect for sleeping through the winter. So a lot of insects, slugs, snails, salamandars, even snakes, snuggle up into these trees. And when the trees are cut,...
Hoʻomaikaʻi and Mahalo nui loa to Orville Baldos and Teresita Amore of the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, John Hintze of Magoon Research Station, the UH Horticulture Society, and the students of TPSS 364 and 402 for another terrific pair of poinsettia sales.
The school bus doors swung open and in the blink of an eye, pastoral serenity was replaced by organized chaos as the army of chatting, laughing, and sometimes screaming 5th graders marched toward the outdoor exhibit booths at the Oʻahu Urban...
The next CTAHR ʻOhana Banquet is set for Friday, April 12, 2024, during which 11 Dean’s Awards for Excellence will be presented. Some of these awards begin with a nomination process – and that’s where YOU can be instrumental in helping the college...
Back in the day, the Waialeʻe Livestock Research Station was a true community resource for Oahu’s North Shore. The sprawling facility, a stone’s throw from today’s surfing mecca, once provided invaluable services as the area’s primary abattoir and center for livestock feed...
There’s a new Tribal Advisory Committee within the USDA, and retired Extension agent Glenn Teves has been appointed to serve by U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. Schatz, chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced his appointment of Glenn last week. The new committee, authorized in the...
The last year has been an especially challenging one for Maui County, and even more so for Molokaʻi, due to Ag Tech and Secretary shortages, fiscal purchasing barriers, theft of equipment, difficult neighbors, the search and addition of two new faculty, an unsigned lease with DHHL, transitional...
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