{"id":51295,"date":"2016-10-07T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T02:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=51295"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:31:29","slug":"sustainable-community-food-systems-program-awarded-aina-ulu-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/07\/sustainable-community-food-systems-program-awarded-aina-ulu-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable community food systems program awarded \u02bb\u0100ina Ulu\u00a0grant"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> student organic garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Albie Miles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> Assistant Professor Albie Miles<\/strong> and the\u00a0sustainable community food systems<\/a>\u00a0program received an\u00a0ʻĀina<\/span> Ulu<\/a>\u00a0grant award from Kamehameha Schools<\/a> for $169,861.\u00a0ʻĀina<\/span> Ulu brings together more than\u00a020 different community organizations to\u00a0manage agricultural and conservation\u00a0lands and provide culture-based and place-based learning opportunities.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>’s bachelor of applied science with a concentration in\u00a0sustainable community food systems prepares students for jobs in the sustainable food and agriculture sector in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and beyond. The degree is a multi-disciplinary, experiential and applied education program about key ecological and social issues in food and agricultural systems. It incorporates problem-based and hands-on learning to develop food system professionals capable of solving real-world problems and transitioning Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> agriculture toward greater ecological sustainability and social equity.<\/p>\n

The grant will help build upon prior program successes by supporting a range of teaching,\u00a0applied research, professional development, promotional and community engagement activities.<\/p>\n

More about the sustainable community food systems program<\/h2>\n

The sustainable community food systems concentration provides a world-class education to the\u00a0historically underserved Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population of West\u00a0Oʻahu<\/span>. The curriculum emphasizes the principles and practices of\u00a0ecologically based farming and applied research along with structural analyses of the\u00a0obstacles and opportunities for greater social equity and natural resource sustainability in\u00a0agriculture. The sustainable community food systems degree\u00a0honors the host culture through the integrative study of\u00a0traditional land use practices and\u00a0modern empirical science. <\/p>\n

The sustainable community food systems concentration will develop highly skilled, employable and civic-minded youth\u00a0prepared to advance the rapidly expanding sustainable and organic food industry through\u00a0developing new farm businesses, cutting-edge social enterprises, or preparing students for\u00a0graduate-level training in disciplines such as education, Hawaiian Studies, natural resource and environmental management, political science or urban and regional planning.<\/p>\n

—From E Kamakani Hou<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

—By Leila Wai Shimokawa<\/em><\/p>\n

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