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.