Conference Agenda and Proceedings
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
2:00-5:00 p.m. Check-in and Registration
7:30-9:30 p.m. Films:
"Malama Haloa - Protecting the Taro" with Jerry Konanui.
"Na Ono o ka ʻAina" with Jerry Konanui
Thursday, July 7, 2011 – Day 1
7:00-8:00 a.m. Registration. Sign-up for afternoon breakouts and payment of $50 for meals.
8:30-10:30 a.m. Opening with Gigi Cocquio and Hoa ‘Āina Staff.
Opening Oli with Kumu Vern Nalani Kiaha and Lilette Subedi.
Opening Oli
E hō mai ka ʻike mai luna mai ē
ʻO nā mea huna noʻeau o ka 'aina ē
E hō mai, e hō mai, e hō mai ē
Give forth knowledge from above
Wisdom contained in all that feeds and nourishes
Give forth, give forth, oh give forth
Edith Kanakaole
Introductions: "Mapping Who We Are"; "Reflections on Farm Tour"; and "Relationships and Garden Etiquette," by Gigi Cocquio and the Hoa ‘Āina staff.
10:45 a.m.-Noon
Keynote Speaker, Kumu Keala Ching – Nā Wai Iwi Ola Foundation
“Na ‘Ike Pono: General Learner Outcomes (GLOs), ‘Ōlelo No‘eau, and Garden Based Learning.” Meeting Room at Makaha Elementary.
General Learner Outcomes (GLO)
Noon-12:30 p.m. Hayley Piper Blondin and Hawai‘i Teachers - A Sharing of Resources: “The Spoken Word in the Garden: Songs, Verses, Dances, and Chants for School Gardens.”
Na Po (Hawaiian Moon Chant)
Oli Mahalo
Garden Songs and Verses – Elementary School
1:30-3:30 p.m. School Administrators and Principals will be invited to share lunch with us and stay for an afternoon session to give them a broad overview of the Farm-to-School and School Garden Programs and Hui in the State of Hawai‘i. For more information, see Administrator Session.
Afternoon Breakout Workshops
Session #1 Breakouts
Choices for Session #1
1. “Water in the Garden: Flowing with Aquaponics and Aquaculture Systems,”
Pomaika‘i Cocquio, Hoa ‘Āina Staff
2. “Gardens as Inspiration for Art, Culture, and Aloha ‘Āina,” Pauline Sato, Malama Learning Center, O‘ahu
Information for Teachers on Composting and How to Compost in Garbage Cans
Malama Learning Center Web site: www.malamalearningcenter.org
Facebook - search "malama learning center"
Bucket Gardens Hawaii: Facebook - search "bucket gardens in Hawaii"
Hawaii Environmental Education Alliance Web site: www.heea.org
Facebook - search "Hawaii Environmental Education Alliance"
3. “Funding and Fundraising for School Gardens in Hawai‘i,” Matt Lane, Community Workday Program, Maui and Lehn Huff, Maui School Garden Network Coordinator
E-mail: matt@cwdhawaii.org
Community Work Day on Maui
Communityworkday.org will be launched at the end of the summer.
HHS Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative
Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)
Funding Opportunities for School Gardens and STEM programs
Funding and Fund Raising for School Gardens in Hawaii
4. “Vermicomposting For School Classrooms and Gardens,” Donna Mitts, Garden Teacher, Pa‘auilo Elementary/East Hawai‘i Coordinator for HISGN
Vermicomposting Resources
5. “Excuse Me, I Think You Are Standing on Your Medicine: Simple Medicines for School Gardens,” Lyn Howe, Herbalist, Puna, Hawai‘i Island
6. “Integration of School Gardens Across the Curriculum: STEM Applications,” Corilee Watters, Ph.D., R.D., Asst. Professor Nutrition, UH Mānoa; and Karl Sloss, B.A., Research Assistant, HNFAS, UH Mānoa
School Garden Curriculum Science for 6 – 8 Grades
Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Science
7. "Creating a Pollinator Garden and Beekeeping Program at Your School" Jenny Bach-Bee Love Apiaries, Beekeeper and Honeybee Educator, Hawai‘i Island
Bee Love Hawaii
The Melissa Garden
Beginning Organic Beekeeping
BIBA/Honey Bee Education Project Survey of 2010 colony losses on Hawaii Island
Creating a Bee Garden
Session #2 Breakouts
Choices for Session #2
1. “Creating Healthy Snacks for Children,” Tiana Kamen, Coordinator, Kaua‘i School Garden Network
Healthy Snacks for Healthy Keiki
Vegetable Planting and Harvest Tips
2. “Crop Share: Feeding the Community, an Idea for School Garden Programs,” Amanda Rieux, Garden Teacher of the Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School, Hawai‘i Island
3. “Growing Native Plants in School Gardens,” Kumu Vern Nalani Kiaha, Hoa ‘Aina Staff and Lilette Subedi
4. “Prose, Poems, and Potatoes: Language Arts in the School Garden,” Hayley Piper Blondin, Waimea Country School, Hawai‘i Island
5. “Animals in the School Garden: Joys and Challenges,” Jeff Kiaha, Hoa ‘Aina Staff
6. "Sowing the Seeds of Wonder and Exploration in Early Childhood Gardening," Fredeelyn Freeman, Na‘alehu Elementary School, Hawai‘i Island
4:15-4:30 p.m. Closing
4:30-5:30 p.m. Seed Exchange: Teachers are encouraged to bring seeds from their personal or school garden.
7:30-9:30 p.m. Evening Movie will follow Dinner. "Ahupua‘a, Fishponds, and Lo‘i" produced by Nalani Minton, narrated by Marion Kelly, and directed by Na Maka o ka ‘Aina
Friday, July 8, 2011 – Day 2
8:30 a.m. Opening
8:45–9:45 a.m. Morning Presentation: “Garden Based Learning: Year One, Moving to the Farm”Gigi Cocquio and the Third Grade Teachers of Makaha Elementary School.
9:45–10:45 a.m. “Linking Garden Lessons to Classroom Curriculum, Benchmarks and Standards,” by Koh Ming Wei and Amanda Rieux. Amanda is the Garden Teacher of the Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School, and Koh Ming Wei is the School Garden/Sustainability Coordinator of Kohala Elementary. Both schools are located on Hawai‘i Island.
Vision, Mission, and Objectives of the Discovery Garden of Kohala Elementary School
Structural mechanisms and practices in the school and garden classroom that enhance our ability to connect garden lessons to core curriculum at Māla’ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School.
General Learner Outcomes (GLOs)
11:00–Noon "The Whole Child: Integrated Garden Curriculum, Healthy Lunch, and Lifelong Wellness" by Sarah Sullivan. Sarah is the Program Coordinator for Abernethy Elementary’s award-winning School Kitchen Garden in Portland Oregon. Abernethy serves as a model for the school garden movement, integrating benchmark-standard targeted garden curriculum and running Portland Public Schools test-kitchen for healthier, minimally-processed breakfast and lunches featuring locally sourced ingredients.
The Whole Child: Integrated Garden Curriculum, Healthy Lunch, and Lifelong Wellness
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Farm-to-School and the Abernethy Elementary Cafeteria
Abernethy School Kitchen Garden
Fresh, Healthy and Safe Food: Best Practices for Using Produce from School Gardens
Serving Foods Grown in School Gardens
Portland Public Schools Nutrition Services
Noon–12:30 p.m. “Art In The Garden,” with Lydi Bernal Morgan. Teachers who would like to share ideas, please contact Lydi@kokuahawaiifoundation.org.
Afternoon Breakout Workshops
Session #1 Breakouts
1. “Renewable Energy Systems in the Garden: Solar Ovens, Solar Dryers, and Imu,” Hoa ‘Aina Staff
2. “A Handful of Seeds: Seed Saving and Seed Study for Educators,” Nancy Redfeather, Director Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network; and Amanda Rieux, Garden Teacher of the Mala ‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School
Living Systems and Leadership: Cultivating Conditions for Institutional Change
School Garden Start-up Guide: UC Davis
Getting Started: Building a School Garden by Center for Ecoliteracy
“Collective Impact"by Stanford Social Innovation Review
“Living Systems and Leadership: Cultivating Conditions for Institutional Change” by Center for Ecoliteracy
“From Generation to Generation: An Activity Guidebook in the Living Tradition of Seed Saving” by Eli Rogosa Kaufman
www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/seed_saving.htm
“Seed to Seed: Food Gardens in Schools” – by Jude Fanton and Jo Immig
Organic Seed Alliance: “Organic Seed Resource Guides”
Introduction and Table of Contents
Organic Seed and Seed Production
“Seed Saving and Seed Study for Educators” Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
3. “Elements of a Successful Youth/School Gardening Program,” Anne Gachuhi, Urban Horticulture Agent, University of Hawai‘i, Maui
4. “GLOs and the School Garden: Creating a Rubric for Assessment,” Koh Ming Wei, Garden Teacher, Kohala Elementary School, Hawai‘i Island
Kohala Elementary School Discovery Garden General Learner Outcomes
5. “Creating a Peace Garden At Your School,” Gigi Cocquio
6. “Farm to School: Hawaiian Harvest – Snacks, Salad Bars, and Success!” Dexter Kishida Farm to School Coordinator, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation
Session #2 Breakouts
1. “The Power of Student Driven Change: The Grow Hawai‘i Challenge of the Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools,” Jenna Ishii, Director, Grow Hawai‘i
Grow Hawai' Flyer
2. “Soil Health: Composting and Critters” Lydi Morgan Bernal and Debbie Millikan, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation–‘Āina in the Schools Program
How to Make a Compost Sifter
Soil Health: Composting and Critters
Notes on Composting by The Green House Sustainable Learning Center
The Soil Food Web
Soil Web Food Characters
3. “Basic Grant Writing For School Garden Programs: 5 Simple Steps, Who? What? Where? Why? and How?” Koh Ming Wei, Garden Teacher Kohala Elementary, Hawai‘i Island
Food for Hope, Food for Thought
4. “A Kakou Thing: Engaging Volunteers and Other Community Resources in School Gardens,” Kelly Perry, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation and Kaliko Amona, ‘Āina in the Schools Program Director, Kōkua Hawai‘i Foundation
5. “Growing the Next Generation of Farmers,” Neil and Shin Ho, Ho Farms O‘ahu
6. “Container Gardening: A Garden for Everyone!” Gigi Cocquio or Hoa ‘Aina Staff
4:15 p.m. Closing with Gigi Cocquio and the Staff of Hoa ‘Āina.
7:30-9:30 School Garden Film Night: If your school garden has a short DVD please bring it. We will share our programs with one another.
Optional Day, Saturday, July 9, 2011
We are scheduling an additional session on Saturday morning for any teachers who were not able to attend on July 7-8. Conference Attendees are welcome to stay over on Friday evening and join inthis Saturday session. You may attend this workshop or you can use your morning to network with other Conference Attendees and begin dreaming about your program for next year, talking story and planning, bringing inspirations you might have gleaned from the Conference into the reality of your unique program.
8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration and Farm Tours
9:00-10:30 a.m. School Food Basics + Q&A with Dexter Kishida
10:30 a.m.-Noon School Garden Basics + Q&A with Lydi Morgan Bernal
1:00 p.m. Closing and Cleanup – Farm will be open until 2:00 p.m. for self-guided tours.
Additional Proceedings and Resources
Kokua Hawai’i Foundation Kokua Hawai'i Foundation's 'ĀINA In Schools Program: www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/aina
Farm to School Resources: www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/schoolprograms/ainainschools/farmtoschoolresources/
Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation School Programs, including Environmental Mini-Grants and Field Trip Assistance: www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/schoolprograms
Wellness Policy Development Toolkit
Office of Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs
State of Hawai‘i Wellness Guidelines
Frequently Asked Questions
Recipes by Sandy Barr, Hawai'i Community College Hilo Culinary Department