Posted at 10:51 a.m., Monday, May 21, 2007
O'ahu farmers set exhibit tomorrow at Honolulu Hale
Advertiser Staff
O'ahu's farming community will head for Honolulu Hale tomorrow for an interactive exhibit about O'ahu's agriculture industry called "Ag in the City – Grown on O'ahu."The exhibit is presented by the Hawai'i Farm Bureau Federation with the support of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, the Mayor's Office of Economic Development and O'ahu Resource Conversation & Development, Inc.
Representatives of agriculture will be on hand from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 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 O'ahu Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.
Free samples of products will be available to the public.
Also participating are: the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council; Waimanalo Ag Association; Hawaii Beekeepers Association; U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service; USDA Rural Development program; Aloun Farms; Hawai'i Association of Conservation Districts; Alluvion, Inc.; Fruits & Veggies – More Matters; Maui Land and Pineapple Co.; Hawai'i Crop Improvement Association; Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawai'i; USDA
Farm Service Agency; University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Hawai'i Aquaculture Association; Hawai'i Department of Agriculture Hawaii Seal of Quality program; Hawai'i Agriculture Research Center; Hawai'i Department of Agriculture Biosecurity program; and Meadow Gold Dairies.
