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Coffee Farmers: Integrated Beetle Management video released

February 24, 2012

Contact:

Kona Coffee Farmers Association: Suzanne Shriner, 989-4883
The Kohala Center: Melanie Bondera, 640-7076
Kamehameha Schools: 
Leslie Apolonia, 322-5324
UH-CTAHR: 
Andrea Kawabata, 322-4894


Rules Established to Prevent Spread of Coffee Pest

February 24, 2012

Contact:
Hawaii Dept of Agriculture


Start2Farm.org - new program from USDA

February 23, 2012 - January 31, 2014

Contact:
http://Start2Farm.gov



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Coffee Farmers: Integrated Beetle Management video released

February 24, 2012

Contact:  

Kona Coffee Farmers Association: Suzanne Shriner, 989-4883
The Kohala Center: Melanie Bondera, 640-7076
Kamehameha Schools: 
Leslie Apolonia, 322-5324
UH-CTAHR: 
Andrea Kawabata, 322-4894

Start2Farm.org - new program from USDA

February 23, 2012 - January 31, 2014

Contact:  http://Start2Farm.gov


Visit HOFA at facebook and twitter for real-time updates

November 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

Contact:  HOFA's facebook page
HOFA on twitter

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

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

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

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

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

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 

Coffee pest discovered on Hawaii coffee farms

Contact:  HDOA Plant Pest Control Branch O'ahu
(808) 973-9522 hdoa.ppc@hawaii.gov

Scientists Release First Cultivated 'Ōhelo Berry for Hawaii

Contact:  USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) News & Events

ALERT: MAIZE MOSAIC VIRUS EPIDEMIC

Contact:  University of Hawaii
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)

Organic and GMO-free conventional farmers and food processors need legal certainty

Contact:  

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements – EU Regional Group Press Release

Hawaii's own Marty Dread performs with Willie Nelson at Farm Aid 25

Contact:  Farm Aid's YouTube Channel FarmAid
Marty Dread and Willie Nelson perform "Lend a Hand"

FTC Proposes Tighter Rules for ‘Green’ Labeling

Contact:  New York Times online
FTC's proposed revisions

One Day Only seminar on latest research of compost, soil media, and much more!

Contact:  

Hawaii Organic Farmers Association

P.O. Box 6863

Hilo, HI 96720

Phone: 969-7789

Email: hofa@hawaiiorganic.org

Organic Labeling Workshops

Contact:  

To register contact:

HOFA

(808) 969-7789

hofa@hawaiiorganic.org

Applications for NRCS Organic Initiative funding Due March 30

Contact:  http://go.usa.gov/Uo9
Natural Resources Conservation Service
300 Ala Moana Blvd., #4-118, Honolulu, HI  96850