Alumni News

by Emilie Kirk, Assistant Extension Agent, Sustainable and Organic Agriculture.

With farmers’ markets closing and restaurants slowing due to the pandemic, Hawaiʻi’s small farms are looking to larger and more stable markets, such as groceries and wholesale, as well as hoping to capture a larger share of the state economy.

The Office of Student and Academic Affairs continues its semester-long line-up of FUN activities with a November 6 Fall Fair Online! Mark your calendars now for:

Costume Contest (October 30) and Fall Fair Online (November 6) !!!

Fish that live in both seawater and freshwater must adjust to changes in salinity in order to survive. But how do they recognize the salt concentration in their immediate environment? A new multinational study is expanding our knowledge of how specialized cells can sense the environment.

Trick or Treat might not be on your event calendar this Halloween, but you can still have a ghostly thrill on October 28, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm – and you don’t even have to get out of your car. The Oʻahu Urban Garden Center will host a Volunteer Appreciation Day, and all are invited.

With a total of $53 million on the table, competition was fierce for the 48 spots in project funding. But in the end, GoFarm Hawaiʻi is the only project in the state to be awarded a Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Program grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.