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How quickly our lives change. One moment, we’re gently encouraging our Farm Link Hawai‘i (FLH) customers to include hō’i’o—a native fern—in their diet. The next, we’re grappling with the uncertainties of COVID-19. In the first week of the pandemic, our...
The Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center (ADSC) will be closed from Wednesday, June 10, through Monday, July 13. The ADSC, located in Sherman Laboratory, is entering a major phase of HVAC construction work. Currently the entire second floor is sealed off with a ventilation system, along with a...
UH President David Lassner thanked UH employees for “rising to the challenge of this unprecedented semester” in an email sent Wednesday, May 20. He directed, “Unless you have been advised otherwise by your supervisor, you should continue your current work arrangements during the...
“Hands” is one of the four “H’s” of 4-H, and O‘ahu 4-H youth and volunteers have been putting their hands to good use in this time of high need! Over the past month, they’ve sewn more than 1,000 masks and donated them to health care workers, military...
Normally celebrated at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. Prize monies will also be distributed. The 2020 Dean’s Award...
Essentially, all crops we grow in Hawai‘i could be attacked by an insect or mite pest. Of the most significant pests, many are very small, and some barely resemble insects. So how does one go about fighting scale insects, mealybugs, whitefly, and thrips? It’s important to be able to...
The CTAHR Emergency Response COVID resource page has been keeping up with new resources as the pandemic evolves. Recent additions include new CTAHR Emergency Response Sheets on topics like At-Home Food Safety and Food Waste Prevention, CSAs in Hawai‘i, Cloth Face Masks, Data and Information...
Normally celebrated at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. Prize monies will also be distributed, per the usual means. 2020...
Dean Nicholas Comerford will host a virtual Town Hall meeting for CTAHR faculty and staff on Tuesday, May 19, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon. Please mark your calendar now, and plan to attend.
WorkLife Hawaii is continuing to provide Employees Assistance Program (EAP) Services and Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) Services remotely. An EAP is an employer-sponsored service that provides confidential counseling to employees and their family members.
Despite a rollercoaster semester, our undergraduate and graduate students have pushed forward with their eyes on the prize: Graduation! So without further ado, here is tonight’s lineup.
Normally awarded at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. Prize monies will also be distributed. The 2020 Dean’s Award...
Cruciferous vegetables such as head cabbage, kale, bok choy, arugula, and broccoli are high-volume crops in Hawai‘i. They’re an important factor in our Islands’ food sustainability and essential ingredients in local recipes such as stir-fries and stews. However, these vegetables...
Normally celebrated at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. Prize monies will also be distributed, per the usual means....
Leucaena is a versatile, adaptable, nitrogen-fixing tree widely grown in the tropics as cattle forage. It’s high in protein, and cattle eat it readily. But most people in Hawai‘i know it as the weedy shrub koa haole, covered in rattling brown pods full of seeds. Over the...
The USDA Farm Service Agency will soon begin accepting applications for its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This program will provide direct payments to farmers and ranchers to offset losses resulting from price volatility and market supply-chain reductions from COVID-19. More details...
Gov. David Ige signed a powerful new amendment to the Hawai‘i Administrative Rules that restricts imports of any plants in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). Ten years in the making, the rule will protect forests from new diseases, particularly myrtle rust (Austropuccina...
Get ready to applaud the many and amazing accomplishments of CTAHR’s Spring 2020 graduating class! Our first Virtual Convocation ceremony, hosted by the Academic and Student Affairs Office (ASAO), is happening this Friday, May 15.
CTAHR Dean Nicholas Comerford will host a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon. Please mark your calendars now. He wants to use this time wisely and provide as much information as possible, so Dean Comerford invites the CTAHR ‘ohana to submit questions...
Entomology PhD student Abdulla Ali’s dissertation project, “Captive Rearing and Semiochemical Ecology of Trichogramma papilionis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae),” was mischaracterized in the May 4 story “Fighting Insects With Insects.” CTAHR Notes...
Know about livestock, but not about social media? If you’re interested in diversifying your business by marketing meat and other animal products direct-to-consumer, then RSVP for a new “Online Livestock Marketing Webinar Series,” starting Tuesday, May 19, at 6:00 p.m.
Happy hues of orange and yellow radiate in the sunshine as Russell Galanti prepares to harvest his latest crop. The Extension agent in ornamental crops has a big afternoon ahead. The sunʻs glare will soon ease into a soft, warm glow, making it less harsh on freshly cut sunflowers. That’s...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
The ICU ward at Tripler Army Medical Center overflowed with smiles this week, thanks to a delivery of sunflowers by Extension agent Russell Galanti. Originally meant for CTAHR’s Annual Banquet, the 400+ sunflowers grown at the Urban Garden Center were donated to hospitals across O‘ahu...
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