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Community-Wide Food Education Programs

Join in the fun with community food organizations and farms to discover the truth in the maxim: No Farms. No Food! 
 
Recommended Fall classes, farm tours and activities in North, East and West Hawaii. Reservations required.

Listed By Date
 
Saturday, 9/15  
Learn about Community Supported Agriculture at a Film and Talk Story Night 
 
Come paddle with the Same Canoe Crew this Saturday, September 15th at Iwa Arts and Cafe for Iwa's monthly film night. This free event is sponsored by Same Canoe.  
 
Real Dirt
All members of the community are invited to come view the humorous and thought provoking "The Real Dirt on Farmer John" and learn about what Community Supported Agriculture is and how you can support you local farmers directly.
Featured speakers will include Maureen Datta with Adaptations Fresh Feast CSA and Wesley and Sarah with Sundog Bread CSA.  
   
 
Find out how it takes a village to make a sandwich! 

Doors open at 6:45pm and the Real Dirt begins at 7pm.
Iwa will be offering a locally sourced greens, grains and plant based protein bowl and a select drink and pastry menu. Enjoy a wholesome dinner, film and conversation. 
 
Please RSVP as seating is limited. Call Iwa at 808-731-6582.  
Iwa Arts and Cafe is located at 
79-7491 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua, HI 96750.
 
Same Canoe members can request a pupu coupon in advance by emailing hawaii@oneisland.org. Presentation counts for points in our Passport program. 

    
OAEC
Saturday, 9/22  
Hawai'i Seed Fest: Local Seeds for Local Needs; Honalo in Upcountry Kona 

Come be part of local community conversations on the hows and whys of growing seeds specifically adapted for Hawai'i. Check out variety trials in progress, learn how to conduct successful trials in your garden, talk story with local seed growers, and meet others in your community interested in improving local food security. The cost to attend is $8, and registration may be completed online at kohalacenter.eventbrite.com or by calling The Kohala Center at 808-887-6411. 
 
Same Canoe Members please enroll online and then email hawaii@oneisland.org to request a pass as part of our Passport program.  
 
Presented by Hawai'i Seed Growers Network and The Kohala Center with funding from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Dept of Agriculture, County of Hawai'i, and Ceres Trust 
   
  
 











Sunday, 10/7
Food is Medicine Farm Tour
 
Come join us in Hawi for a fun farm tour at beautiful Lokahi Garden Sanctuary. Tour includes food and medicinal crops, sweeping ocean views, and visitors take home a product sample. Please arrive by 1:45 for registration as tour begins at 2. (Plan on a 1.5 hr drive if coming from Kona.)
 
Tickets for tour include the product sampler; $20 a person or $30 per couple (one sampler).
 
RSVP required by email to hawaii@oneisland.org by 10/3.  
 
Same Canoe Members please email to request a pass as part of our Passport program. hawaii@oneisland.org
 
 
 
Sunday, 10/21
Tea Farm Open House and Tour
 
Mauna Kea Tea's 'Open Farm Day' is an annual event held in appreciation of nature's life supporting beauty and its ability to enrich human lives.  Look, taste, and experience the tea farm free of charge on this day, as we present a farm tour, tea tastings, and good company for the purpose of sharing in the experience of tea.
 
This year their  Open Farm Day theme is 'Tasting Natural Teas'. Come join the tour to learn about Natural production and enjoy tasting the pure products of Mauna Kea's clean growing philosophy.
 
To RSVP, please  email or call 808-775-1171. 
Reception will be at 10am with a Farm Tour at 10:30 with workshop and tastings to follow.
 
The event is free and open to the public, so be sure to bring your friends.  Please let them know that you're planning to attend by 10/16 so they can plan accordingly.
 
Same Canoe members can qualify for a shopping coupon good the day of the tour. Tour earns points in the Passport program. Please sign up for this special at hawaii@oneisland.org by 10/16.

Real Food. Real Farms

One Island's Same Canoe program is funded in part by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture.

Learn more about the Same Canoe Local Food Challenge, and the free local produce for SNAP EBT users.
 
  
 

By Region
 Fall Food Experiences
for general public and Same Canoe SNAP members*
 
WEST SIDE


Film Night & Talk at Iwa Cafe near Kainaliu  
Saturday, Sept 15th  
 
Enjoy a powerful film and learn about local access to Community Supported Agriculture for fruit, veggies and grains. All at the fun, hip, Iwa Arts and Cafe.
 Guests speakers from Adaptations and Sundog.
Plant-based dinner options.
 
 
 
Local Seeds for Local Needs 
Saturday, Sept 22nd

Visit Nancy Redfeather and Gerry Hebert's legendary homestead to learn about seed trials and seed sovereignty.
Very limited space so enroll soon. (see left)
 
 
Farmer's Market  
-UPCOMING-
West Hawaii Events
 
Coffee farm tour, Ono Grinds Cooking Class, Organic Greens farm tour, Aquaponics farm tour, Chocolate making and more! 
 

North & East Hawaii Events
 
 
Food as Medicine Farm Tour
Sunday, Oct 7th 
at Lokahi Garden Sanctuary, Hawi. Beautiful farm with great local food, exotic trees, and medicinal plants. Includes a special product take away.

   
 
Mauna Kea Tea  
annual open house tour day
Sunday October 21st
Cascading hillsides of tea plants in a forested area with expert instruction on tea production, processing and benefits.
 
-UPCOMING-
North Hawaii Events
 
Showing of The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Tour of the Ninja Hot Sauce Farm, Access to CSA subscriptions, Launch of Same Canoe at the Country Market, and special events at Kohala Grown, Takata Store, Hamakua Farmers' Market and Healthways.      


For all Same Canoe recommended Healthy Living, Food & Ag Events see our calendar. 

Open to the Public to promote Healthy Living! 
*All listed events
earn points on your Same Canoe
Passport!