USDA taps UH ag expert for key role in Native policies, initiatives
Glenn Teves will be serving on the Tribal Advisory Committee to assist in steering the USDA¡¯s initiatives to support Native-led agriculture.
Glenn Teves will be serving on the Tribal Advisory Committee to assist in steering the USDA¡¯s initiatives to support Native-led agriculture.
The funding from USDA boosts language-appropriate outreach, services and more to Thai, Lao, Ilocano, Chinese and other immigrant farmers.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹¡¯s CTAHR Cooperative Extension hosted the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Horticulture Club to help them learn more about horticulture in Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
The event reinforced the importance of water conservation and showed the guests proper use of water, a precious resource in our islands.
The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources develops a smartphone app to manage the invasive twolined spittlebug.
On Oʻahu, more than 1,500 pounds of surplus taro corms were donated to a community food drive.
A total of 75 entries ranging from tomatoes, giant pumpkins, watermelons, bushel gourds, long gourds and sunflowers, were weighed and measured through the end of October.
The week-long virtual festival also raises awareness about preventing the spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death disease.
The cost of brush fires in Âé¶¹´«Ã½ take its toll and a University of Âé¶¹´«Ã½team hopes to create predictive models to better prepare authorities.
Efforts will look at increasing organic orchard productivity of Âé¶¹´«Ã½'s more than $2.4 million avocado and mango industries.