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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…