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HOFA's 18th annual membership meeting

September 26, 2010 - September 26, 2010

Contact:
808-969-7789 toll-free: 1-877-ORG-ISLE (674-4753)
hofa@hawaiiorganic.org

HOFA ceasing certification activities in 2011

July 1, 2010 - October 1, 2011

Contact:
HOFA Hilo office: 969-7789
hofa@hawaiiorganic.org 
USDA NOP instructions for changing certifying agents

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HOFA's quarterly newsletter ~Rural Connections~

HOFA's quarterly newsletter ~Rural Connections~

Rural Connections is now available as a free .pdf download.
Issues may be downloaded from 
this page.

HOFA gratefully acknowledges support from HFS

HOFA's 18th annual membership meeting

September 26, 2010 - September 26, 2010

Contact:  808-969-7789 toll-free: 1-877-ORG-ISLE (674-4753)
hofa@hawaiiorganic.org

HOFA ceasing certification activities in 2011

July 1, 2010 - October 1, 2011

Contact:  HOFA Hilo office: 969-7789
hofa@hawaiiorganic.org 
USDA NOP instructions for changing certifying agents

Organic Certification Cost-Share Assistance Available to Eligible Organic Operations :: AMS Press Release

October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2010

Contact:  Hawaii Department of Agriculture Cost-Share page; Honolulu Advertiser story

Marketing U.S. Organic Foods: Recent Trends From Farms to Consumers

Contact:   USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publications.

EPA Proposes New Pesticide Labeling to Control Spray Drift and Protect Human Health

Contact:  Proposed guidance or Dale Kemery at kemery.dale@epa.gov or 202-564-7839

Biotech crops cause big jump in pesticide use: Report

Contact:  

The rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods, according to this report.

Kauai Kunana Farm is Animal Welfare Approved

Contact:  THREE FARMS IN HAWAII ARE THE FIRST TO EARN ANIMAL WELFARE APPROVED SEAL

Monsanto seed giant is squeezing competitors

Contact:   The Edwardsville Illinois Intelligencer AP Agribusiness writer's Investigation

Organic products show resiliency in recession

Contact:   LA Times Blogs online Dec 21, 2009

USDA-Funded Study Targets Marketing Barriers for Organic Farmers

Contact:  USDA AMS Press Release 
Joan Shaffer 202-720-8998

joan.shaffer@ams.usda.gov

Agri-Tourism on the Big Island

Contact:  New York Times Travel page

USA: Bayer to pay farmers for damage due to GM contamination of rice

Contact:  7/14/10 UPATE: Bloomberg Business News article
Organic Market Info News article
St. Louis Business Journal article

Kauai Kunana in the news

Contact:  Visit Kauai Kunana Dairy online here
Honolulu Advertiser KauaiPeople.com
Hawaii Star Bulletin Travel section, Hawaii's back yard

Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network debuts new web presence

Contact:  Hawaii Homegrown Food Network online 
PO Box 428, Holualoa HI 96725

Hawaii Ag by the numbers

Contact:  Honolulu Weekly "Cover Story Continued" Apr 14, 2010

Organic, local farms get a boost from USDA

Contact:  San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com

The President’s Cancer Panel sounds the alarm on environmental cancer risks.

Contact:  

NIH Report Environmental Cancer Risk - What We Can Do Now

WBUR/NPR's full story

Study: A Link Between Pesticides and ADHD

Contact:  Full Story at Time.com
Original Study at Pediatrics magazine
More links to this story via Google search

Repeal the Organic Cost Share Program? H.R. 5326 would do just that.

Contact:  HOFA is collecting comments at our facebook page
Or comment directly at WashingtonWatch

Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds

Contact:  GlobalResearch.ca article
HuffingtonPost.com article

Start-up capital available to help rural small businesses

Contact:  

Federal Register, page 31413: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-13380.pdf
Melissa L. Pang Ching, Admin. Prog. Director, Hilo 808-933-8304
www.rurdev.usda.gov 

USDA: Seven ‘People’s Gardens’ in Hawaii and Pacific Basin

Contact:  FULL STORY

Diane Ley, State Executive Director
(808) 441-2704 extension 136

Organic agriculture better at controlling pests

Contact:  Natural Foods Merchandiser story here 
Study at Nature here

Organic 2.0: Advancing the Organic Movement

Contact:  Organic Processing Magazine online 

FIELD DEMONSTRATION OF TOLERANT HYBRIDS TO THE TOMATO YELLOWS LEAF CURL VIRUS

Contact:  Steve Fukuda, 220-0804
Jari Sugano, 226-3304

Youth Gardening Workshop - Maui

Contact:  September 18, 2010
Anne Gachuhi, Urban Horticulture Agent
(808) 244-3242 x232 
gachuhia@ctahr.hawaii.edu

NCAT Releases Whole Farm Insurance Assessment Tool - Seeks Farmer Evaluators

Contact:  Jeff Schahczenski 406-494-8636, 406-494-4572, or jeffs@ncat.org

Fight Honey Laundering

Contact:  ZesterDaily.com, daily culture of food and wine