Koko Crater Coffee Roasters Tour
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Join us for a tasting and tour of Koko Crater Coffee Roasters in Kaka'ako. Koko Crater Coffee Roasters, located at 1020 Auahi Street Building 5 Bay 8, has been in business at this location over 20 years. They micro roast (less than 50 pounds per roast), hand label and pack each individual order for their customers. They are primarily a wholesale business with customers such as Mocha Java in Honolulu, and Morning Brew in Kailua. They also have a booth at the KCC Farmer's Market on Saturdays, and roast Hawaii-grown beans as well as other coffees from around the world. Their unique Espresso which has a chocolate, nutty and sweet profile is one of our most popular blends. They custom roast and private label for businesses, events and individuals.
Master Roaster Kamaka Ho'opai. who has been roasting for over seven years, will be our host. He says that he "learned everything about coffee roasting from Karen Ertell" who was the owner when he began roasting. Kamaka welcomes visitors to the shop and loves to share his knowledge and love for coffee with everyone who visits.
The cost is $5 for members; $10 for non-members. There is a maximum of 20 people for this tour. Please RSVP to Michelle Phillips at sfo.reservation@gmail.com by November 4 (or until the capacity is reached).
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Tour of Mari's Garden and Aquaponic Farm
Saturday, November 12, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Note: This event is re-scheduled from a prior date.
Join us for a tour and a very local lunch at Mari's Garden in Mililani on Saturday, November 12 from 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. for a tour of Fred Lau's aquaponic farm. The $30 member/ $35 nonmember fee includes the tour, a three-pound bag of fresh veggies from the farm and a lovely lunch prepared by Chef Ave Lambert consisting of banana-leaf-steamed tilapia, beet and avocado Manoa lettuce salad, herbal iced tea, and fruit dessert. BYOB. Until just 17 months or so ago, Fred was a local nursery owner, having run his nursery operation for decades. He made the plunge into aquaponic farming and is now raising hundreds of pounds of produce and fish each week. Come and see this remarkably productive operation.
Please RSVP to Michelle by Wednesday, November 9 at sfo.reservation@gmail.com .This event is LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE and is sure to fill up, so please RSVP quickly if you would like to attend! Please include in your RSVP your name, member status, phone or email and the name of any nonmember or member guests you would like to bring. Payment of $30/members and $35/nonmembers MUST be received by Friday, November 11. Please note, due to the nature of this event and the necessity of purchasing ingredients beforehand, if you need to cancel after the RSVP date has passed, you will be held responsible for payment. Payment information will be sent to you following your RSVP and address and final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event.
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Slow Food O'ahu Moloka'i Beef Order Available in November
If you are interested in joining this next beef order please send your check for your 1/8 portion. This is a bigger cow, so the portions will weigh about 50 - 55 pounds each. There will be two boxes per person (one of ground beef, the other of various cuts). The cost is $300 for Slow Food members, $350 for nonmembers. Please send your checks for your portion, made out to Slow Food O'ahu, c/o Laurie Carlson, 1172 Lunahaneli Place, Kailua 96734.
You can also add to your order the following on these extra items (Laurie will collect checks for them when you pick up your order). These are prices for the extra parts:
Hearts or Tongue $2.50/pound (please order by the piece)
Liver $2.25/pound (please order by the piece)
Oxtail $3.25/pound (please order by the piece)
We also can order 2 pound packets of ground meat for $3.50/pound
Marrow bones $1/pound
The order will arrive probably mid-November. We are now picking up on Wednesdays, rather than Tuesdays. It is very important that you (or a friend) show up promptly on the date designated to pick up your beef. We have no backup storage for meat that is not picked up. We will meet in the Queen Lili'uokalani Botanical Garden parking lot just off of Nu'uanu Avenue.
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Second Annual Taro Fest at the Hale'iwa Farmers Market
Sunday, October 23
Kamehameha Hwy/83 & Leong Bypass (near Haleiwa Bach Park)
Hale'iwa Farmers' Market, through the generosity of the Hawaii Tourism Authority/CPEP, Kamehameha Schools, and the Defend Oahu Coalition, is celebrating Hawai'i's most culturally significant crop with its Second Annual Taro Fest on Sunday October 23, 2011. Enjoy entertainment from Kanikapila with Owana Salazar, Ernie Cruz, Jr, Paula Fuga & Mike Love, slam poetry and makahiki games and crafts with Waimea Valley, including konane (Hawaiian checkers), hu (spinning top), pala'ie (ball and loop), and kukui nut pendant. There will be a contest for the largest (heaviest) Hawaiian variety of taro with $500 prize! Demonstrations including poi pounding with Daniel Anthony, board making, lei making, cultural education with Ed Cashman and Ka Papa Lo'i 'O Kanewai. Discover a whole new world as you hop the free E Noa shuttle to visit Na Mea Kupono, a vibrant taro lo'i. Buy taro keiki for your own backyard. 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!
Admission is free. The market hours, kid's activities, cultural activities, and entertainment are 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For more information, call Pamela at 808-388-9696.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members.
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Made in Hawai'i: Part 1 - Food and Fuel for Hawai'i - Television Show
October 23 (KHNL), 6:30pm - 7:00pm (rebroadcast)
October 30 (KGMB), 4:30pm - 5:00 pm (rebroadcast)
November 13 (KHNL), 8:30 pm - 9:00pm (rebroadcast)
Can local food and fuel production co-exist? Are they competing uses of our limited resources? Or do we need both? Look for the answers as Teri Okita explores the islands to find out the benefits, challenges, and opportunities that agriculture and energy present. You'll hear from: Senator Clarence Nishihara, Senate Agriculture Chair, James Nakatani, State Department of Agriculture, Dr. Charles Kinoshita, UH CTAHR, Dr. David Gonsalves & David Ruff, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Tim O'Donnell, USDA, James Twigg Smith, Hawaii Pure Plant Oil, Jenna Long, Big Island Biodiesel, Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Mike Tresler, Grove Farm Company, Dr. Adam Asquith, UH Extension Agent, William Cowern, Hawaiian Mahogany, andDr. Warren Dominy, Oceanic Institute.
This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members.
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Food Day Celebrations October 24
Various Locations and Times
Food Day is a national event dedicated to the celebration of food and food sustainability. A few of the local events on O'ahu are noted below. A full list of local events can be found athttp://foodday.org/participate/events/search/21.285102/-157.753420
University of Hawaii-Manoa Food Day - 1:00 p.m.
Campus Center Executive Dining Room
Presentations by Dr. Corilee Watters, PhD, RD on nutrition and food followed by Dr. Ted Radovitch, a CTAHR specialist in Sustainable and Organic Farming Systems, and Dean Okimoto from Nalo Farms. Also available will be food tastings from local farms.
Meet Your Farmers @ various Hawaii WIC Clinics - 8:00 a.m.
To celebrate Food Day, Hawaii WIC will give out "Eat a Rainbow" re-usable produce bags for all WIC families that visit a farmers market during October (while supplies last). Ask your WIC staff for more details.
Food Day Food-Raiser- 85-251 Farrington Hwy., Wai'anae - 8:00 a.m.
Our employees will be participating in our first-ever Food Day Foodraiser!! Now more than ever, the hungry of our community need our help. Together we will celebrate Food Day by doing our part to help feed our neighbors struggling in these hard economic times. Our staff's efforts to raise money towards purchasing fresh produce boxes from the Waianae Farmer's Marker Vendors will be donated to our Waianae Coast neighbors in need.
Salad Bar Potluck Food Day Celebration - WIC Services Branch - 12:00 noon
235 S. Beretania St. #701
Join us to celebrate Food Day at our Salad Bar Potluck. Bring something to add to our REALLY BIG salad! Check back soon for more information.
These are not Slow Food O'ahu events but may be of interest to our members.
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A little bit of this and that...
- TIffany Hervey profiles Ma'o Farms in "Science of Symbiosis" in the Honolulu Weekly (9/21/11)
- Christopher Pala writes about the wonderful salt ponds on Molokai in "Distilling Secrets - Molokai Salt Goes Green" in the Honolulu Weekly (10/19/11)
- Martha Cheng discusses the challenges of eating local in "To Market, To Market" and "Taking on the Local Eating Challenge" in the Honolulu Weekly (9/14/11 and 9/7/11)
- Malama Learning Center, Wai'anae Farmers' Market, and Kapolei High School are partnering to provide the community with Makeke Kapolei, a weekly farmers' and green market every Thursday (except major holidays) from 3:00 - 6:30 .m. at the Kapolei High School parking lot.
- Positive Media created a12 minute video to frame the current debate surrounding the Farm to School program in Hawaii. The video footage (link below) is excerpted from the meaningful 90 minute public forum held July 4, 2011 in Honolulu, sponsored by the Hawaii Food Poliy Council and chiefly organized by Elise Davis. Click here to link to the You Tube video.
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Slow Food Leadership
Slow Food O'ahu Officers:
Laurie Carlson, President; Francine Wai, Secretary/Newsletter; Michelle Phillips, Events; Mae Isonaga, Treasurer; Rike Weiss, Outreach; Nina Bermudez, Membership and E-mail correspondent.
Web master: Martha Cheng
Quick Links
Slow Food O'ahu Convivium website Slow Food Hawai'i Convivium website
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