Hawai’i Farmers Union United – East Hawai’i Chapter organized the 2015 Natural Farming Symposium in Hilo, October 1st-3rd. Download the PDF of the First Annual Natural Farming Symposium – Program Booklet. This document shows the schedule of speakers and panels that took place during the symposium. The second day opened up […]
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August 2015 Natural Farming Hawai’i Meeting in Hilo. Natural Farming Solutions was the topic discussed and the Maintenance solution recipe was given as 1 part OHN, 2 parts FPJ and 2 parts Vinegar (Banana preferred) combined, then diluted 20mL per gallon of water and sprayed every 7-11 days on plants […]
Jeff Melrose presented on the mapping protocols being used to collect and identify all agriculture in the islands of Hawai’i. Download the audio recording.
Natural Farmers met on January 13th 2015 in Hilo. 1. Announcements, Questions & Testimonials (Audio) 2. Natural Farming 2014 Progress Report (Audio, Slides) 3. Plant Nutritive Solution (Audio, Slides) Whole Meeting Audio Recording
The presentation focused on Soil Treatment Solution and building a living Soil Foundation with Natural Farming. Whole Meeting (Audio Recording, Slides)
I gave a talk on applying Natural Farming methods to macnut orchard crops in Hawai’i at the 47th annual Hawai’i Mac Nut Association meeting. Creating a Healthier Soil Environment – HMNA NF Hawai’i PDF of presentation slides
Big Love to Practical Agriculture for Hamakua assembling such an all star cast of knowledgeable agriculturists to share their information to the public. Here is Dr. Jonathan Deenik talking about the soils of Hamakua. Really fun lecture, such an enthusiastic presentation of a crucial subject beneath our feet. Probably applicable […]
Your chickens on soldier flies. In just two weeks of feeding a diet supplemented by Black Soldier Flies, Robert Olivier of Compost Mania is able to increase the egg size by jaw dropping proportions. The egg on the far left is from the store, the egg in the middle was […]
An introduction to Natural Farming for 2012. I’ve learned a lot in the 3 years I have been teaching about microbes, and I hope this lecture reflects the refinement of truly understanding the biology and starting with the soil foundation as the key to plant fertility and robust growth. As […]