Sharon Wages-UHM Cooperative Extension-Hawaii County

Last of the lalamilo garlic harvest. Mahalo Will and Nina for helping out today

Please join us, virtually, for a mini-conference about:
1) Organic Farming (basics, benefits & practices)
2) Transitioning to Organic Farming
3) Recent Results of Applied Research in Sustainable & Organic Farming.

Did you know that a farm or ranch worker who enters a field (within 30 days of last pesticide application), who handles, and/or applies pesticides, must be WPS trained annually? Many, if not all farms regardless of organic or non-organic farming methods, use pesticides if applying a product to kill a beetle, bug, fungus, mite, rat, or w**d.

Learn how to keep yourself and your workers safe with the proper use, storage, handling, application, and disposal of pesticides.

This class is open to all employers, owners, managers, and agricultural employees on farms, ranches, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses. The class will cover the current Worker Protection Standard (WPS) provisions and requirements.

REGISTER NOW: CULTIVATING FARM FOOD SAFETY: STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR EMPLOYEE TRAINING (HILO)

REGISTER NOW: CULTIVATING FARM FOOD SAFETY: STRATEGIES AND
TOOLS FOR EMPLOYEE
TRAINING (HILO)

Start them young 💚🌱

This year we had the opportunity to host the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extensions ’s Professional Development Program State Coordinators Summer Meeting. Mahalo to Parker Ranch Island Harvest Hawaii Ulu Cooperative and faculty Dr. Noa Lincoln and Dr. JB Friday for sharing about their past present and future work to support Hawaii Agriculture and Agroecology. SARE is a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute for Food and Agriculture that not only provides professional development for Agricultural Professionals but offers competitive grants and educational materials. It’s’ grants programs are conducted cooperatively by farmers, ranchers, researchers, and ag professionals to advance farm and ranch systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, and good for communities.
profitability, stewardship, and quality of life in American agriculture by investing in groundbreaking research and education.

Happy Ag Day! Today we enjoyed a visit from our collaborators from the for some cassava work 🌱💚

Thursday Check-in AgXcel with Cohort #7

Having problems with your avocado trees?
On Jan. 30th at 6 p.m., the East-Oahu Hawaii Farm Bureau is sponsoring a workshop with the UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources on management practices for the avocado lace bug. The workshop is virtual and free! Registration is required at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/basics-of-integrated-pest-management-ipm-lace-bug-control-strategies-tickets-517444599727