CTAHR is now seeking nominations for two awards: the Ka Pouhana (Mentor) Award, which recognizes a CTAHR faculty member for their outstanding support of student learning and development through co-curricular activities, and the Ka Hana Po‘okela CTAHR Service Award, which recognizes an...

CTAHR’s new student lounge is a bright and comfortable place where students can study, relax, hang out with other students, and help themselves to free food in the pantry—even a fresh salad, compliments of its hydroponic stations! The students themselves care for these indoor...

There’s a new associate dean for Research in town! Welcome to Walter Bowen, who will begin on February 19. His office will be in Gilmore 202B. Walter Bowen earned his MS and PhD in Agronomy at Cornell University. He has more than 30 years of experience in international agricultural research...

Welcome to a new role to Amjad Ahmad, who joins O‘ahu Cooperative Extension as an assistant Extension agent in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture. Amjad, a CTAHR PhD alumnus, previously worked for the college as a junior researcher in TPSS. Amjad’s educational background is the area...

Welcome to a new role to Jennifer Hawkins, who has started her new position within CTAHR as the Edible Crops agent on Moloka‘i! Jennifer used to be the Moloka‘i Hawaiian Home Lands Agriculture junior Extension agent, where she inaugurated a successful program teaching farmers to keep...

There have been lots of problems associated with lettuce in the news, from the E. coli outbreaks traced to mainland romaine to local concerns about leafy greens and rat lungworm disease. But O‘ahu Cooperative Extension offered a great way to eat your greens and feel safe about...

With their omnivorous appetites and modest housing needs, pigs are an important part of food security in the Islands, and CTAHR Extension is getting swine producers the help they need to keep local pork production safe and sustainable. Livestock Extension agent Savannah Katulski hosted a...

CTAHR alumnus and environmental leader Charles “Chipper” Wichman, president of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, received the Garden Club of America’s 2018 Medal of Honor.