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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2010-15
Mailed October 1, 2010
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From the Editor
Slow Food O'ahu is taking a short hiatus this month of October due to the upcoming Terra Madre event in Torino, Italy in mid - late October. Although Slow Food O'ahu is not sponsoring any events in October, we are pleased to announce several exciting events sponsored by other groups in the community in this newsletter that may be of interest to our members.
Slow Food O'ahu conducted a WONDERFUL Dig-In on Sunday, September 26 at
the farm of Charlie and Paul Reppun in Waiahole Valley, with about 30
people helping to dig, shovel, and plant cacao seedlings and sugar cane,
and shuck and grind corn. At the Dig-In (after the wonderful potluck,
of course) Terra Madre delegates Dave Caldiero, Derrick Kiyabu, San
Shoppel, and Gida Snyder talked about their upcoming trip to Terra Madre
as part of our delgation. Past delegates Ed Kenney (Town Restaurant)
and Gary Maunakea-Forth (Ma'o Farms) discussed their experiences from
attending prior Terra Madre events. A wide spectrum of participants
shared in the spirit of past and upcoming Terra Madre events.
We also want to bring to your attention the SPECIAL membership rate of $25 for those who are (1) not yet members but who are receiving this newsletter as a "friend"; and (2) those of you whose membership is about to expire. Many people became Slow Food members last September or October as part of the Time for Lunch Campaign with any donation. This is an opportunity to renew (or join) at $25 instead of the regular $60 fee. To register or renew your membership, go to Slow Food USA's website at www.slowfoodusa.org. And, as always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at www.slowfoodoahu.org.
Francine Wai
Newsletter Editor
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First Annual Hawaiian Honey and Arts Festival
Sunday, October 3 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Senator Fong's Plantation, 47-285 Pulama Rd., Kaneohe
What would are world look like without bees? As bees become more endangered by pollution and urban encroachment, we are starting to find out. Reports of the disappearance of bees have farmers and scientists worried and has resulted in a resurgence in the art of beekeeping - not just for profit, but as a way of helping the bee population recover, our forests, gardens and food system depends on pollination. Come and learn more about the miracle of bees. Demonstrations and specialists will be on hand to talk story and inform, especially the keiki, on the special role of the honey bee in Hawai'i's fragile eco system and to promote the efforts of Hawai'i's beekeepers.
Adding to the sweetness of learning about all things honey,
festival-goers will also be treated to meeting various vendors and
demonstrators who will share on na mea Hawai'i apau (all things
Hawaiian).
Professional beekeepers John Dalire and Linda Kawamoto, along with food artisan Mary Liles, are the main organizers of this festival. All are also proponents of Hawaiian art forms and they've woven art into the festival too. A goal of the festival is to form a club for Junior Artists and Junior Beekeepers, to carry on the art and caring for bees. Honey Vendors will be Bee Mo Bettah Honey w/ Hawaii Grown Macadamia
Nuts, Molokai Meli, Tropical Apiary Products, Hawaiian Honey Bee Coop.
Festival sponsors include Senator Fong's Plantation, Pa'i Foundation, Hawaiian Honey Bee Coop
Admission to festival is free. Fees apply only at box office for Fong Plantation Garden tours. For more information contact Linda Kawamoto, 497-6683.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members.
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Jerry Cunningham Visit and Tour of Tim Roof Ranch
October 4, 2010 from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m.
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farmers' Union, and the Hale'iwa Farmers' Market are co-sponsoring the visit of Jeremiah Cunningham of Coyote Creek Farm in Elgin, Texas. Jerry will be on Oahu from September 29th -October 5th to share his wealth of knowledge with area farmers. Jerry is an expert on organic chicken and egg farming, as well as the growing and processing of organic feed for chickens, cows, and pigs. Monday, October 4th from 4:00-9:00 pm he will be at Tin Roof Ranch at 61-470 Kamehameha Highway in Hale'iwa for a pot luck and informative talk about organic animal husbandry concentrating on poultry. Tours of the farm are available from 4:00-5:30. Please join us for this free event (potluck offering of a healthy food dish optional). Contact Pamela Boyar at 808-388-9696 or haleiwafarmersmarket@gmail.com for more information. Additionally, Mr. Cunningham will be available for individual, personalized farm consultations during his stay. Please call or email for further information.
This is not a Slow Food event but may be of interest to our members.
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Diet for a Small Island: Series on food democracy
Pre-lecture films - October 4, October 11, and October 25 at 7 p.m.
Lectures - November 5 and 6
Church of the Crossroads, Weaver Hall
Come watch three inspiring films on food, agriculture, and democracy sponsored by the Watada Lectures on Peace, Social Justice, and the Environment at the Church of the Crossroads. Each film will be followed by a discussion session on how we in Hawaii can strengthen our own local food sustainability and promote food democracy.
October 4 (Mon) 7pm
Ingredients: the local food movement in the US (73 min)
www.ingredientsfilm.com
A documentary film featuring farmers and chefs who are working together to create a truly local food movement in the U.S. Discussion to follow with Robert Bates, documentary film maker working on a local version of this film.
October 11 (Mon) 7 pm
Power of Community: How Cuba survived peak oil (53 min)
www.powerofcommunity.com
The story of how a poor island nation came together in response to the dramatic loss of food and energy subsidies to promote self-sufficiency. Discussion to follow with Travis Idol, Associate Professor of Tropical Forestry at UH Manoa.
October 25 (Mon) 7 pm
Malama Haloa: Protecting the taro (39 min)
www.namaka.com
Taro grower and Native Hawaiian practitioner Jerry Konanui shares his lifetime knowledge on the identification growth, and use of kalo as well as the importance of the spiritual connection between kalo and Native Hawaiians. Discussion to follow with Mark Stride, Hawaiian homestead farmer.
The film series will conclude with talks on November 5th and 6th featuring Frances Moore Lappé, author of 18 books, including Diet for a Small Planet. She is the co-founder of three organizations, including Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute.
November 5 (Fri) 7 pm
Food Democracy: Ideas and Stories to Liberate Our Food Systems
Lecture by Frances Moore Lappé
November 6 (Sat) 9 am
Diet for a Small Island: Visioning Food Democracy in Hawai'i
Lecture by Frances Moore Lappé; Panel discussion with Senator Carol Fukunaga, Eric Enos (Ka'ala Farms), Ted Radovich (UH CTAHR), Hi'ilei Kawelo (Paepae O He'eia Fishpond). Light lunch after the panel discussion with a small donation.
Films are free and open to public. Both talks are at church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue, Honolulu. Tel: 808-949-2220. http://churchofthecrossroadshawaii.org/
For more information about the Watada Lectures Series, visit http://watadalecture.blogspot.com/.
For the film series, please email Travis Idol at traviswidol@gmail.com.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu sponsored event but may be of interest to our members.
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Taro Celebration at the Hale'iwa Farmers' Market
Sunday, October 24, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Hale'iwa, North Shore of Oahu
Hale'iwa Farmers' Market, through the generosity of USDA Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Tourism Authority/CPEP, is celebrating Hawai'i's most culturally significant crop- with its Taro Celebration on Sunday October 24th! Makahiki Games and crafts with Waimea Valley. Watch us break the Guiness World Record for Largest (Heaviest) Hawaiian variety of Taro! Many demos including Poi Pounding with Daniel Anthony, Board Making, Stone Making with Hanale Kila Hopfe, Fiber Arts! Cultural Education with Ed Cashman and UH Manoa's Kanewai Program. Sample the delicious creations from Town Restaurant Chef Ed Kenney, and 21 Degrees North Chef's John Armstrong and Turtle Bay's Executive Pastry Chef Ben Tabious. Discover a whole new world as you hop the E Noa shuttle to visit a lo'i or a dryland taro farm. Visit with Jim Hollyer and Dale Evans, authors of Taro Mauka To Makai, A Taro Production and Business Guide for Hawaii Growers, and have them sign your personal copy of their book. Buy Taro keiki for your own backyard. Enter your favorite original taro recipe in the Taro Recipe Contest for a chance to win an Escape Club Membership from Turtle Bay Resort. Judges will include Hawaii Public Radio's Beth-Ann Kozlovich, Maria Orr, of the East Maui Taro Festival, and North Shore Kupuna. Prizes for three recipe categories: Dessert, Entrée, and Traditional. Join North Shore Kupuna Aunty Betty Jenkins, Aunty Maile Agader, and Auntie Honey Lennox, as they Talk story in Tutu's Backyard. Kanikapila with Ernie Cruz, Jr, the Au Sisters, slam poetry with Kealoha and more.
Discover the many benefits of this amazing crop. Visit one of more than 60 booths of Oahu's premiere Green Market on the beautiful North Shore and sample and purchase some delicious taro creations made especially for this event! Hale'iwa Farmers' Market food vendors will be incorporating taro into many of their delicious offerings, including Breakfast Burritos with Taro tortillas, Poi Battered Fish, French-fried Taro, Poi Smoothies, Coconut-Poi Pastele, Poi Crepes, Taro Bread, Luau Stew and more!
The event is Free. Call Pamela at 808-388-9696 with your questions or email HaleiwaFarmersMarket@gmail.com.
This is not a Slow Food event but may be of interest to our members.
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Announcing: The Good Eats Scholarship Fund
The Good Eats Scholarship Fund was created by a Hawai'i Island donor with the goal of nurturing future professionals in the fields of agriculture and culinary arts-with the hope that these professionals will then return to Hawai'i to enhance the quality of food in the islands. The Good Eats Scholarship provides $10,000 per school year for an individual interested in pursuing post-secondary studies in the culinary arts or agriculture at an accredited institution in the continental U.S.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate an interest in food production and preparation through participation in a high school or community college home economics, culinary arts, or horticulture program, or through involvement in food-related clubs or activities. Scholarships from this fund can support recent high school graduates as well as people further along in their educational path and/or careers. Typically, one or two scholarships are awarded each year.
Applications will be available in December 2010 for the 2011 academic year. Interested individuals should visit www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org and apply for the Good Eats Scholarship Fund.
This is not Slow Food O'ahu - endorsed but may be of interest to our members.
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Slow Food Leadership
Slow Food O'ahu
Officers: Laurie Carlson, President; Francine Wai,
Secretary/Membership/Newsletter; Michelle Phillips, Events; Mae
Isonaga, Treasurer; Rike Weiss, Outreach.
Email correspondent: Nina Bermudez
Web master: Martha Cheng
Quick Links
Slow Food O'ahu Convivium website
Slow Food Hawai'i Convivium website
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