Most medicine is plant based, and it is possible to grow your own medicine. (Most traditional cultures value food as a medicine and source of health)

Knowing your soil is as important as knowing your food. These Hawaii Healing Garden  Organic Farming workshops take you deeper into understanding the value and importance of loving your dirt as much as your veggies!

SUNDAY - August 24- Waimea Valley

10:00-12:00 - FREE - Transitioning to Organics Workshop I - Adam Trujillo of HOFA Hawaii Organic Farmers Association

Adam Trujillo of HOFA - the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association presents the fundamentals of organic agricultural techniques, monoculture, permaculture, bio-dynamic farming - Soil types and distribution. What is Organic? NOP 1990 Organic Standards,  Organic System Plan, Fertility Management, Composting, mulching and inputs, Disease and Pest Management, Erosion Control, Harvesting, Handling and Marketing, Human Ecological Footprint, Desertification and Thrivability. Adam Trujiilo, Certification Coordinator for HOFA, is a graduate of the James Cook University in Cairnes Australia, where he studied marine biology, ethnobotany, ecology and plant physiological ecology. He was certified as a permaculture designer with Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1997 and went on to study indigenous planting and gathering with aboriginal tribes in the Kakadu region of Australia. Adam then continued with his graduate studies at the University of New Mexico, working on the increased ability of evasive exotics to outcompete native endemic plants along the lower Rio Grande.30 minutes of Q&A.

12:00-1:00 Organic Certification - with Tiffanie Huson Labbe, Oregon Tilth, Farm Program Manager. Join Oregon Tilth for a discussion of what has been happening in the organic industry, what the requirements are to become certified organic, and helpful tips for organic farmers.  There will be time for open discussion so that you can get your questions about organic certification answered.

1:00- 3:00 Transitioning to Organic Farming by Oregon Tilth & HOFA Hawaii Organic Farmers Association

Transitioning to Organics" Advanced  Workshop
SPONSORED BY: Hawaii Health Guide
Adam Trujillo of HOFA - the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association covers Advanced Organic Agricultural techniques: Organic System Plan, Plant Physiological Ecology, Appropriate Technology, Design Specifics, Crop Rotation, Conservation of Energy, Community Economics, Record Keeping on the Farm, Sub-Tropical and Tropical Ecology, Agroforestry, Secondary Compounds, Chemistry of Plants-plant system analysis, Soil Analysis-Reading soil tests, Organic Farming Methods, Transitioning to Organics 3year case study, Role of Certifier, Role of NOP, Market Analysis and the role of Organic Agriculture in Socio-economic and political platforms. Adam Trujiilo, Certification Coordinator for HOFA, is a graduate of the James Cook University in Cairnes Australia, where he studied marine biology, ethnobotany, ecology and plant physiological ecology. He was certified as a permaculture designer with Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1997 and went on to study indigenous planting and gathering with aboriginal tribes in the Kakadu region of Australia. Adam then continued with his graduate studies at the University of New Mexico, working on the increased ability of evasive exotics to outcompete native endemic plants along the lower Rio Grande. 30 minutes of Q&A.
$25

Monday - Aug 25, 2008
10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Olomana Gardens Organic Farm Tour
Olomana Gardens is a production and demonstration, certified organic market garden including organic, biointensively-produced vegetables, and selected fruits, herbs and ornamental plants; exotic chickens, geese, turkeys and ducks, naturally-raised eggs (no antibiotics, no hormones); and a private, old-style, Hawaiian garden. This tour will showcase the many components of organic farming.
- Bring your own bag lunch for "talk story time and kaukau" after the tour. 
Website: http://www.olomanagardens.com/
Map & Directions: http://www.olomanagardens.com/oglocation.htm
$25 - Limit 25 people. Please call for Reservations