CTAHR agents and researchers, along with other agricultural professionals, partnered to host a well-attended and well-received conference on August 1 at Leeward Community College.

Former Extension agent Norm Bezona took the opportunity afforded by the upcoming Kona Daifukuji Orchid Show and Sale (it’s this Sunday, August 12, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) to discuss many aspects of orchid selection, care, and culture in his column in the Hawaii Tribune Herald.

The annual rankings are out from Fashion-Schools.org, and FDM continues to rise! In fashion design, it’s now in the top 20% of schools nationally, up from the top 25% last year, and in fashion merchandising, it’s also in the top 20%, up from the top 30% last year.

UH Animal Science researchers are part of a transgenic study that successfully altered pigs to produce microbial enzymes in their saliva that could make swine digestion more efficient and reduce environmental impacts of swine operations.