Online registration is now open for “Future Focus: The Hawai‘i Innovation Initiative’s Forum on Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Cybersecurity & More,” which is happening October 10–11 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. This two-day conference will focus on important topics in agriculture, food security, and cybersecurity.

There’s an exciting new technique in town for catfish producers: the use of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)! Find out more at the Chinese Catfish Hatchery and Spawning Workshop, which will be held at the Waimanalo Research Station’s Aquaponics Lab on Saturday, September 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.

The CTAHR ‘ohana is invited to the annual CTAHR Fall Fair on Friday, September 21, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Gilmore Hall room 122. That’s the site of the new student lounge, and the fair will include its grand opening ceremony! The student lounge is an important addition to the college, giving students a safe place to meet, study, and learn.

Come to the Hawai‘i Seed Fest, providing “Local Seeds for Local Needs,” on Saturday, September 22, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Waimanalo Research Station. There you can join local community conversations on the hows and whys of growing seeds specifically adapted for Hawai’i. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required.

For everything there is a season, and this is the season when terns are nesting and hatching. Rich Downs, founder of the White Tern Citizen Science group, will be leading a guided tour of terns and the trees they’re in on the UHM campus on Sunday, September 23, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Participants should meet in front of Sinclair Library.