Cooperative Extension’s Andrea Kawabata (TPSS) and Stuart Nakamoto (HNFAS), along with Tracie Matsumoto from USDA ARS DKI PBARC, hosted two coffee-pruning field days at the Kona Cooperative Extension and Research Station.

Welcome to Roshan Manandhar, who is joining the Cooperative Extension team in Kaua‘i County as an assistant Extension agent! Roshan has both MS and PhD degrees in entomology from UHM, with post-doctoral experience at Lincoln University in Missouri. 

The Variety Showcase Goes Tropical event hosted by GoFarm Hawai‘i and the Culinary Breeding Network at Kapi‘olani Community College was an exciting celebration that brought an array of exciting crop varietals together with culture and cuisine, blended brilliantly in bite-size tastings by local chefs.

Kaua‘i County administrator Russell Messing recently served as co-guest editor and contributor for a special issue of the journal BioControl, focusing on the current status of biological control theory, research, and implementation worldwide. Also contributing to the issue were Mark Wright and Gordon Bennett (PEPS).

Shu-Hwa Lin and Ju-Young Kang (FCS/FDM) have co-authored a paper recently published in the Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology, “Fitting Simulation Evaluation on Personalized Avatars,” that examines visualization of fit of garment designs on generic and personalized virtual avatars.