Updated at 3:37 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2007
Honolulu Hale exhibit to feature O'ahu agriculture
Advertiser Staff
Members of O'ahu's farming community will be at Honolulu Hale Tuesday for "Ag in the City — Grown on Oahu," an interactive exhibit about O'ahu's agriculture industry.The exhibit is presented by the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation with the support of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, the Mayor's Office of Economic Development and Oahu Resource Conversation & Development Inc.
Representatives of virtually every sector of agriculture on O'ahu will be on hand from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
"We invite the public to come by and meet members of a diverse industry that continues to contribute to O'ahu's growing economy," said Hannemann. "I have been and will continue to be a staunch supporter of agriculture, which remains a vital linchpin of our economy."
The exhibit will begin with a brief ceremony at which Hannemann and Dean Okimoto, president of the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, will speak. The mayor will present a check for an agricultural grant to Oahu Resource Conservation & Development Inc.
Also participating in Tuesday's exhibit are the Waimanalo Ag Association; Hawaii Beekeepers Association; U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service; USDA Rural Development program; Aloun Farms; Hawaii Association of Conservation Districts; Alluvion, Inc.; Fruits & Veggies – More Matters; Maui Land and Pineapple Co.; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii; USDA Farm Service Agency; University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Hawaii Aquaculture Association; Hawai'i Department of Agriculture Hawaii Seal of Quality program; Hawaii Agriculture Research Center; Hawaii Department of Agriculture Biosecurity program; and Meadow Gold Dairies.
