The CTAHR Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program headed by Rachel Novotny (HNFAS) was recognized April 25 by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). CHL won the Mission Integration of Research, Education, and Extension Award for working across all three of NIFA’s mission areas to produce positive outcomes in agriculture, the environment, communities, or people.

CTAHR alumnus Russell Galanti has joined O‘ahu Cooperative Extension as a junior Extension agent working with the ornamental landscaping, nursery crop, and floriculture industries. Russell has a master’s degree from TPSS in sustainable production and management of macadamia nut in Hawai‘i and focuses on horticulture practices, soil science and soil amendments, and plant physiology.

Maui 4-H students got to show how well they can deal with a disaster at the final simulation event for the My PI Hawai‘i Disaster Preparedness program on April 16. More than 160 youth from Baldwin High School CTE and JROTC programs participated in the 12-week program, developed by Maui County 4-H and youth development agent Nancy Ooki.

Want a job at a farm where you can be assured that the farmers have been well trained? Then you want to check out Counter Culture Organic Farm, where two partners are CTAHR or GoFarm alumni! Counter Culture is looking to hire a motivated, hard-working, and detail-oriented person to join the farm crew.

To give you a fun evening filled with good food, good friends, pride in the college’s accomplishments, and the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting an institution that’s well deserving of support. But there’s a catch: you have to register for it, and now’s the time to do that. Now is also your opportunity to sponsor an exemplary student scholarship awardee!