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Join the Oʻahu RC&D Team - We Are Hiring!

Oʻahu RC&D is seeking a highly-motivated individual who is passionate about local agriculture and land stewardship to join our team as a Farmer and Community Engagement Coordinator. The primary role will be to provide education, outreach and engagement with farmers, community stakeholders and the public on agricultural stewardship and natural resource management issues.

The deadline for the first screening of applications is 5 PM, Tuesday, January 14^th, 2020. Details on how to apply are available on our website.

Visit to Full Belly Farm, CA

Oahu RC&D's Hannah Hubanks visited Fully Belly Farm in Yolo County, California, last month to learn about their combined approach to food safety and sustainable agriculture. The farm shared insights on growing food in a healthy ecosystem, full of biodiversity. We look forward to sharing what we learned from our California partners with farmers in Hawaiʻi, and learning more about how to best adapt food safety practices to sustainable agriculture in 2020.

Waiheʻe Valley Workday

Mahalo to everyone who participated in the field day we co-hosted with the Koʻolau Mountains Watershed Partnership in November! It was a fun morning with JC, Frankie and Jordan and we're already looking forward to the next volunteer day to check in on the palapalai ferns, alaheʻe, carex sedge and hala that we planted. Mahalo nui to the KMWP team for sharing their expertise on the control of albizia and fiddlewood with our farmers. Here’s a great publicly available resource on the topic: "Strategic Plan for the Control and Removal of Albizia in Hawaiʻi". The PDF guide, authored by JC, is the best source of information on albizia management, including detailed instructions for two effective control techniques shared at the field day: girdling and incision point application.

Community Events

USDA AgDiscovery Program
deadline to apply is March 20, 2020
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Students in grades 9-11 are invited to apply for the AgDiscovery program hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. AgDiscovery is a free two-week summer program in which students learn about careers in agriculture, agribusiness, and animal and plant science. The deadline to apply is March 20, 2020. Refer to the program flyer for more information and visit www.aphis.usda.gov/agdiscovery to apply. Contact Erin Foley at erin.k.foley@usda.gov with questions.

HĀ O KE KAI
2020 Hawaiʻi Climate Conference
January 13-14, 2020
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Hā o ke kai literally means the breath of the sea, and more poetically, that we are one with the ocean, and go where it takes us—in this case, towards pioneering a response to climate change challenges that lie before us in Hawaii. This conference addresses what it will take to make Hawaii “climate ready” and the role of the State, its Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and its many partners.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ha-o-ke-kai-2020-hawaii-climate-conference-registration-tickets-77000818521

Pesticide Safety and Equipment Raffle: English

by Oahu Agriculture and Conservation Association
Thursday, January 16, 2020
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM HST

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Pesticide safety guides farmers to protect themselves, soil, water, and communities. Farmers will access equipment knowledge and grants. Click here for tickets and more information.

Updated O'ahu Soil Water Conservation District Meeting Schedule

West O'ahu
SWCD Meeting

December 23, 2019
12:30 PM

Kunia Village Agribusiness Complex-Crop Production Services Conference Room

Windward O'ahu
SWCD Meeting

December 19, 2019
5:45 PM

KEY Project

South O'ahu
SWCD Meeting

January 9, 2020
6:00 PM

Regency Park
Rec Room

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