2022 HFUU Legislative Priorities February 2, 2022
Aloha HFUU Members & Subscribers,Hawaii Farmers Union United needs your supportive testimonies of SB2288 and HB2466! Please submit testimonies on time, before 10am Thursday 2/3. Please click on the links below to support each bill. For a glitch-free experience, remember to login to capitol.hawaii.gov. SB2288 – RELATING TO COMPOSTING. Report Title: HDOA; Compost Reimbursement; Appropriation ($) Description: Establishes a…
2022 HFUU Legislative Priorities
SB2955 – Three-year pilot compost reimbursement pilot program SB2982 – Five-year food hub pilot program to increase access to local food. SB2986 – Removes certain duplicative regulations imposed on hemp producers SB2989 – Healthy Soils Program SB2990 – Cover Crop seed reimbursement pilot program (old version) SB3005 – Cover Crop reimbursement pilot program SB3197 –…
Music & Speaker #28: Raising Keiki & Homeschooling on the Farm in Ka’u with Annie Ridgely & Elizabeth Crook, Music by Gene & D of Keaiwa
Annie Ridgely @Ohana_Mac_Nut_Farm | Mac Nut Farmer | We are a family of six who grow, farm, process, and press the macadamia nuts on our twenty five acre farm to make pure, premium oil for your skin. We love what we do and we enjoy doing it together. We operate our farm using solar energy…
HFUU Convention 2021 – Success!
Our annual convention this year was a success! Although it was virtual, we had over 600 registrants sign up and enjoy our convention content. We decided this year to have a donation-only event, so lucky for you the content is now all available for FREE on our Youtube channel. Check out the schedule below to…
Pre-Convention Webinar #9: Bokashi and Soil Management with Clarence (Cab) Baber
Clarence Baber has been practicing regenerative farming in Hawaii for 40+ years. He co-founded the Hawaii Organic Farming Association and had the first CSA on the island in the early 1990s, which fed 50 families. Cab was the first regenerative farmer in the Waimea Lalamilo farm lots, operating the largest organic tomato operation in the…
Pre-Convention Webinar #8: Hemp Panel Moderated by Doug Fine, American Hemp Farmer
Doug Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder. His latest book, American Hemp Farmer, is nominated for the Santa Fe Reporter’s 2021 Book of the Year award, and helped announce the arrival of the regenerative farming renaissance. His focus for the past 15 years has been regenerative living for regular…
Pre-Convention Webinar #7: Ben Lillibridge -Fungi: The Final Frontier & the Mushrooms of Hawai’i
Benjamin Lillibridge is found (& funguy) of Hawaii-based fung-tional superfood company, Malama Mushrooms, and a co-founder of the Hawaii Fungi Project, a non-profit citizen-science driven initiative dedicated to learning & preserving information on the rare mushrooms of Hawai’i. With humble origins starting back in 2015 on a small farm in Kona, Malama is now a…
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.…
Pre-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…
Pre-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…