SOFT's second lecture series on "Food Movement" hosted the following notable guests: Mr. Steve Carey, from Whole Foods, Ms. Vivian Best, the founder of Give it Fresh Today, Ms. Lisa Zeman, the founder of Oahu Fresh, Ms. Lynette Larson, General Manager of Kokua Market, and Dr. Kimberly Clark, from Just Add Water.  

The lectures were lively with key take aways solutions to incorporating local produce from area farmers to build an increasing food independent Hawaii.   

Bottom line we learned that we have some hard working folks in our community that support hard working farmers and want to see our future farmers succeed.   

Week 4/25 lecture

Week of 4/18 Lecture!

Round two! check out the speakers for this week!

The SOFT Lecture Series

As part of our mission to increase awareness of sustainable agriculture movements in Hawaii, our group is in the process of trying to put together a three part sustainable agriculture lecture series with a panel discussion.

The series is once a week for three weeks, with each week focusing on a different aspect of sustainable agriculture.

The categories are:

--Farm to table

            Focusing on the connections between the farmer and food service/the consumer

--Food Movement

            Focusing on the distribution methods of locally consumed foods

--Sustainable movement building

            Focusing on the movements that are taking place locally to improve sustainable practices

Noelani is growing up!

We are always proud of our Noelani first graders, and as we wrap up anther successful year of our partnership, we are happy to share some of the work they are doing on their own.

Our first graders ask the best questions!

Before we wrap up the semester with the final harvest, feel free to check out the work they have been doing to promote sustainable agriculture on their own:

Check out the Go green, grow and buy local website

Or, they adorable and informative Podcast