Archive for November 2021
Pre-Convention Webinar #6: How Korean Natural Farming Will Save You From Inflation, Inflammation, & Climate Change with Dr. Drake Weinert
Dr. Drake Weinert loves giving folks practical solutions and pointing out tiny secrets that make life easier. He can’t help it that the microbes he stores in his beard shed on everyone he comes into contact with, often infecting them to become more aware of how easy it is to live in balance with nature.…
Read MorePre-Convention Webinar #5: Hemp Panel Moderated by Gail Byrne-Baber; Panelists Include Beau Whitney, Brittney Neal, Ray Maki & Justin Benton
Gail Bryne Baber has been instrumental in passing hemp legislation in Hawaii for the last 7 years and secured the first license to grow hemp with her farmer husband. She is on the Hawaii Hemp Farmers Association Board of Directors as well as HFUF. Gail is intimately familiar with the unique programmatic and regulatory opportunities…
Read MorePre-Convention Webinar #4: Mushroom Panel with Charles Tresidder, Irene Antonets & Chef Marc McDowell
Charles Tresidder is a self-taught mushroom farmer on the island of Maui. He specializes in the production of oyster and shiitake mushrooms. The crowning achievement of his farming career is his custom laboratory, the finest mushroom production facility in the state of Hawaii. Irene Antonets is a designer, artist and illustrator. In autumn of 2019…
Read MorePre-Convention Webinar #3: Soil Health in Hawaii with Agronomist Bob Shaffer
Pre-Convention Webinar #3: Agronomist Bob Shaffer Bob Shaffer is a farmer on Hawaii Island that has provided regenerative agronomy services to clients in tropical and temperate ecosystems since 1992. Having been taught to compost in gardens at an early age, he became a lifetime advocate for developing the capacity to produce high quality food with…
Read MorePre-Convention Webinar #2: Hemp Panel Moderated by Elizzy Knight – Hemp Beyond CBD | Panelists: River Young, Megan Womble, and Roger Gussiaas
Hemp Panel #1 ~ Moderated by Elizzy Knight – Hemp Beyond CBD Elizabeth ‘Elizzy’ Knight is the VP and co-founder of WAFBA (We Are for Better Alternatives). WAFBA is an umbrella of brands, conceived to co-create an industry built on transparency, authenticity, innovation, diversity, collaboration, and cooperation. WAFBA is a globally established and recognized organization…
Read MorePre-Convention Webinar#1: Hernan Castro with Desert Alchemist | Mushroom Mondays
Pre-Convention Webinar #1: Hernan Castro with Desert Alchemist | Mushroom Mondays Hernan Castro is the alchemist behind Desert Alchemist – a Tucson, Arizona based company that makes mushroom extracts along with all sorts of other mushroom based products. Castro founded Desert Alchemist in 2017 after learning about the medicinal benefits of mushrooms in order to…
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