Board Members RSSThu, 22 Dec 2022 06:28:56 GMTTreasurer Term beginning December 13th 2022More information coming soon...

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]]>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:39:30 GMTA community organizer, father of six, farmer and co-founder of taro-pounding business Mana Ai and its partner non-profit Hui Aloha 'Aina Momona. 

]]>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 06:31:29 GMTThis website is still under construction - your patience is appreciated. Ku'ike's biography will be added soon!

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]]>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:16:46 GMTTaro Farmer / Carpenter / ‘Ukulele Builder N? Mea Kupono Learning Center Steven Bolosan is a Kalo Farmer at a six-acre wetland educational kalo farm in Waialua, O’ahu. He’s been caring for the land for over twenty years and has always had a passion for growing plants from a very young age growing up at Waimea, O’ahu. He spent many years as a youth honing in on his connection with plants and the ‘?ina. Today, he now has the blessing of being a full time kalo farmer where he propagates kalo for poi consumption. He also utilizes his knowledge of growing kalo to mentor and guide our keiki, ‘?pio, and community of how to m?lama ‘?ina (care for the land) through kalo cultivation. Steven’s goal is not only to plant kalo, but to also plant seeds of aloha in the hearts of those who come to his farm. He’s ultimate goal is to share his love for the land and pass on his knowledge to others. After conventional farming for some years, Steven realized how detrimental this type of farming practice is to the environment. Fortunately, in 2012, a friend told him about an upcoming Natural Farming class. This was how he was introduced to Cho Global Natural Farming when he attended a course held at Windward Community College with Joe McGinn as his instructor. He fell in love with this pono (righteous) practice, and realized that it is in alignment with his values, and thus began his Natural Farming journey. He has since then attended numerous local workshops conducted by Master Cho and has flown to Korea several times to study under Master Cho and to attend conferences held there. He has hosted KNF workshops at his farm and created a best practice community with others that practice KNF where they have monthly gatherings (Pre-COVID) to support, practice, and live Cho love. What Steven can bring to Cho Global Natural Farming, are his many years of farming experience and his passion for caring for the land in a pono way. He has had many years of implementing the teachings of Master Cho ... Read more

]]>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:20:48 GMTMichael Duponte is an Extension Agent  in Livestock and Pasture Management for East Hawai`i, University of Hawai`i and Cooperative Extension Service, and will be retiring after many years of service at the end of this year. His   responsibilities have included: 1) to maintain coordinating roles with county and state staff, UH personnel, government agencies, and industry & community associations in areas of agricultural management, livestock production and marketing to establish long range and short term goals, 2) to evaluate the needs of the livestock and other industries, then plan, develop and provide educational programs to fulfill their goals, and 3) to transfer technical knowledge from research to management.  Born and raised in Hawai‘i, Mike got his first introduction to dairy production at a young age through family friends who operated Foremost Farms in Waimanalo.  After performing his first pregnancy check at the age of 14, little did he know that he would one day return to it as a profession. Mike has over 30 years of experience as a certified artificial inseminator with over 200,000 cattle services.  He is actively involved with national genetic improvement programs through bull semen collection, heat synchronization and detection, DNA sequencing,  and carcass evaluation using genomic technology. He is a passionate Korean Natural Farmer, and has been involved with it from its very beginnings here on the Big Island. Mike, his wife Ruth , and adult children Elise and Kyle, reside in the rainy town of Hilo, Hawaii.

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