Posted on 10:00 am, Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Tags: craig elevitch, hawaii homegrown food network, hooulu ka ulu, talking trees app
MEDIA RELEASE The Hooulu ka Ulu project has developed and released a free educational app for the iPhone and Android called Talking Trees. The Talking Trees app features suggested stops on Hawaii Island that offer the opportunity to learn about the culture and history of the island through stories of the ulu (breadfruit). Information is […]
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Posted on 3:46 am, Saturday, August 4, 2012. Tags: art contest, breadfruit festival 2012, breadfruit institute, hawaii homegrown food network, national tropical botanical garden, ulu
MEDIA RELEASE The beautiful ulu tree once played a major role in the spiritual and cultural life of Hawaiians and it was a key staple food and a source of wood, craft materials and medicine. Ulu is easily grown and Hawaiians had large field systems that integrated ulu with other crops including kalo (taro), uala […]
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Posted in Arts and Crafts, Entertainment
Posted on 1:30 am, Friday, February 18, 2011. Tags: andrea dean, breadfruit, craig elevitch, hawaii homegrown food network, ian cole, ulu
Workshops about growing, preparing, eating breadfruit (March 12-13)
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Posted in Agriculture, Featured
Posted on 4:50 pm, Thursday, November 18, 2010. Tags: hawaii homegrown food network, hawaii people's fund, nancy aleck
MEDIA RELEASE “Change, not charity” is the motto used by Hawaii People’s Fund. Charity is critical, especially in rough times like these, executive director Nancy Aleck said, but the organization’s approach is different. It supports community groups working to make change at the root of issues. The fund, established in 1972, is a nonprofit organization […]
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Posted in Volunteering
Posted on 10:13 am, Monday, November 1, 2010. Tags: andrea dean, hawaii homegrown food network, kanu hawaii, north kohala eat locally grown campaign
Special to Hawaii 24/7 by Andrea Dean Now that the whirlwind that was the North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Campaign and the Kanu Eat local challenge has subsided, I have a few minutes to reflect upon the project. In North Kohala we met our goal of enlisting over 100 people to make an “eat local†[…]
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Posted on 12:47 am, Thursday, September 23, 2010. Tags: eat local challenge, hawaii homegrown food network, kohala aina harvest festival, north kohala
Statewide effort aims to help community produce 50 percent of its own food
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Posted in Featured, News
Posted on 5:07 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Tags: breadfruit, craig elevitch, hawaii homegrown food network, ulu
MEDIA RELEASE From the Hawaii Homegrown Food Network: The Hawaii Homegrown Food Network is pleased to announce Hooulu ka Ulu, a project to revitalize ulu (breadfruit) as an attractive, delicious, nutritious, abundant, affordable, and culturally appropriate food. Please help us assess the Hawaii Island community’s interest in reviving ulu by completing a 5-minute survey by […]
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Posted on 1:26 am, Friday, March 26, 2010. Tags: hawaii homegrown food network
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Homegrown Food Network has launched a new Web site. The network is dedicated to building Hawaii Island’s local and sustainable food economy. Since early 2009 the network has produced a monthly newsletter chronicling events, diverse website resources, reports about island groups’ activities, and announcements related to our local food sustainability and […]
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