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5th Annual North Shore Food Summit (hosted by North Shore Community Land Trust)
Event
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Thursday, September 14, 2017 to September 16, 2017 from 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Waimea Valley
The Fifth Annual North Shore Food Summit is entitled “Community Land, Community Food,” and will emphasize timely land-related issues and opportunities affecting the North Shore food system. Building from this focus on land, this year’s North Shore Food Summit adopts the theme of I ulana hou ka moena p ā wehe, or “to re-weave the patterned mat.” This theme references the ʻōlelo noʻeau (traditional Hawaiian wise saying) Ka moena p ā wehe o Mokul ēʻi a, or “the patterned mat of Mokulēʻ ia.” Much like the entire moku of Waialua, Mokulēʻia was once so agriculturally productive that its terraces resembled an intricately woven mat when seen from above. The summit’s various keynote presentations and panel discussions will “weave” these proven traditional systems with compatible strategies and considerations from the region’s current political, economic, and social context, with the goal of restoring the ancestral abundance of Waialua and Ko‘olauloa in contemporary times.
The 5th Annual North Shore Food Summit will address these interconnected issues through a variety of activities including field trips, keynote presentations, panel discussions, and a mālama ʻāina stewardship project.
Register at http://northshoreland.org
Agenda
- Day 1: Field Trips (Thursday, September 14, 2:15-6pm)
- Field Trip Sites include:
- Twin Bridge Farms, a Waialua produce farm specializing in asparagus - hosted by farmer Milton Agader
- Kawailoa Farm, an organic produce farm in the Kawailoa area- hosted by farmer Ted Nakamura
- Counter Culture Farm, an organic produce farm and fermented foods operation in Haleʻiwa - hosted by farmer Rob Barreca
- Day 2: Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussions: Friday, September 15, 8am-5pm: Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussions
- Keynote: The Traditional Hawaiian Food System in Waialua - Dr. Kekuewa Kikiloi - Associate Professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
- Keynote: Zoned Out: Does Land Use Regulation Protect Ag Land? - Dr. Jonathan Scheuer - Consultant, Managing Environmental Conflict
- Panel: Meet the Landowners - Jonathan Ching - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Keith Chang - Kamehameha Schools, Myra Kaichi - Agribusiness Development Corporation
- Keynote: Island Resilience and the North Shore Josh Stanbro, Honolulu Chief Resilience Officer
- Panel: Food System Innovations and Initiatives - Dr. Monique Mironesco - UH West Oʻahu Sustainable Community Food Systems program, Rob Barreca - FarmLink Hawaii, Kevin Kelly - North Shore Economic Vitality Partnership, Mary Spadaro - Slow Money Hawaiʻi, Keoki Noji - Chief Operating Officer, Hawaiʻi Aliance for Community Based Economic Development
- Panel: Meet the Farmers- Dan and Raia Olsen- North Shore Livestock Co., Julius Ludovico - J. Ludovico Farm (poultry), Ron Weidenbach - Hawaiʻi Fish Company (tilapia aquaculture), Ted Nakamura - Kawailoa Farms (organic produce), Dave Burlew - President, Hawaiʻi Farmers Union United North Shore Chapter
- Delicious and locally sourced continental breakfast, lunch, and appetizers-- breaks also provide great opportunities for networking
- Day 3 - Mālama ʻĀina Stewardship Day (Saturday, September 16, Free Event)
- Mālama ʻĀina stewardship sites include:
- Waimea Valley
- Loko Ea Fishpond
- Mālama Loʻi Haleʻiwa
