Mahi’ai: A Short-Film Collective
I attended the Mahi’ai: A Short-Film Collective which is a film festival to promote local, small-scale agriculture in Hawai’i. It was organized by a group of recent UH college grads to engage…
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Mock CSA Harvest
Counting down to our first harvest next week our class decided to practice harvesting and put a CSA bag together. Each of us in the class contributed a crop or…
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Two Weeks to First Harvest
One of my goals in AgSchool is to grow my plants with as little application of fertilizers and chemical pesticides as possible. I wanted to see how they would do…
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Daikon and Snow Peas Sprout
Thursdays are GoFarm AgSchool lecture night in the classroom. But we always make time to inspect our plot right before class. And tonight I am happy to report that the…
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Fire Ants, Aphids, other Problems, and more Direct Seeding
Today’s theme it seems is problem solving. As I walk around my plot to do my field observation ritual, I noticed the ants crawling on my beans and around the…
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The Gita and Red Noodle Beans Have Sprouted
I have never been more excited to come to class when I noticed that my beans have sprouted! However, some did not make it. I suspect birds were able to…
