Please join the Malama Learning Center on Saturday, September 26th from 9am-11:30pm at Leeward Community College to start your own lei garden! This workshop for families will show you how to grow native lei plants in your garden and give you plants to take home to get started. These lei plants can be grown in dryland/costal areas and do not require a lot of water. This workshop is provided to encourage lei makers, hula dancers, and anyone interested in lei making and thereby preserve wild populations that are becoming increasingly rare. By growing our own lei plants, we will help preserve native ecosystems as well as continue our cultural practices.

The workshop fee is $7 per person. Registration is required, to register or for more information: please contact Janice Staab at janicestaab@gmail.com or 542-9107.

Should we worry? Layoffs of Hawaii Department of Agriculture inspectors, scheduled to take place on Nov. 13 will affect the flower industry! Business aside, the environment will be left unprotected. “During the first six months of 2009, 135 shipments of cut flowers were intercepted due to pests. Delays would also occur on shipments to the mainland, meaning perishables, like cut flowers and papayas, won’t be as fresh and might even spoil during transit. Hawaii’s agricultural export industry is worth $125 million.”  Our governor is face with a budget deficit, so what she is going to do?

Full article
http://honoluluweekly.com/feature/2009/09/farmers-outraged/

Almost every countries in the world celebrate Labor Day on May 1st except the American, Canadian, and Bermudian.  We celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September.  It mark the last long weekend of summer. Enjoy it,  everyone.