The Hilo Hamakua Community Development Corporation hosted a 3 session symposia with esteemed agricultural leaders of Hawai’i island to discuss food security. I attended all the evenings and was able to audio record the speakers.
Session 1
* volunteer needed to segment files by speaker
Session 2
- Amy Koch of NRCS
- Jason Moniz on Cattle and Dairies in Hamakua
- Jill Andrade of Hawai’i Beef Producers
- Brad Duff of Big Island Dairy
- Eric Tanouye of Hawai’i Floriculture and Nursery Association
- Derrick Kiyabu of Kohala Center on Beginning Farmer Training Program
- Dylan Shropshire on Agriculture Community Building
- Max Bowman of the Hamakua Ag Co-op
- David of the Hawai’i Tropical Fruit Growers
Session 3
- Scott Enright of State Department of Agriculture Chairperson
- Sydney Keliipuleole and Marissa Harman, Land Asset Managers at Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate
- Kohala Center
- Russel Nagata of UH Manoa CTAHR
- Mike Shintaku of UH Hilo
- Eric Weinert on Natural Farming
- John Cross of Olson Trust
- Glenn Sato of Hawai’i County Research and Development