Oahu-North Shore chapter meeting / potluck

07/17/2017 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM HT

Admission

Free

Location

Old Waialua Court House
66-207 Kamehameha Hwy
Haleiwa, HI 96712
United States of America

Summary

Our monthly meetings will take place the third Monday of every month. We have found a home at the old Waialua Court House in Haleiwa town.

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Potluck/Meeting, Monday July 17th

Aloha Kakou,

The newly formed North Shore Oahu chapter of the Hawaii Farmers Union United will be having our monthly meeting Monday, July 17th and you are invited to attend! Our monthly meetings will take place the third Monday of every month. We have found a home at the old Waialua Court House in Haleiwa town. The courthouse is located next to Long's and information and directions can be found here.

Hope to see you all there. Please spread the word about our fun, family farming organization. All are welcome. If you are not a member yet, please join us so you can reap all the benefits that our community organization has to offer. Access and/or update your account/profile at Hawaii Farmers Union United website. If it's your first time, click "Login" and select "forgot password" using the email that receives this newsletter.

HFUU July 17th Meeting Agenda
Old Waialua Court House 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM-ish
66-207 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, HI 96712

The evening will start with a community pot-luck dinner. Bringing a dish to share is encouraged.
Kevin Kelly will present a brief talk about GAP certification and the creation of food hub in Kahuku.
We will also move forward on the subject of committee formation and leadership, which we didn't get to last month.

Community Happenings

Lisa Rhoden, formerly with the Hawaii Ag. Foundation, is the new Director of Food Safety for the North Shore Economic Vitality partnership (NSEVP). She is working with Kevin Kelly to directly support farmers with GAP certification. The goal is to increase safety, competitiveness, and sales opportunities. As you know, incorporating GAP in small farm operations can be difficult, yet essential in the face of changing regulation and market competition.

USDA recently added Group GAP to its food safety repertoire and NSEVP would like to get that going for Oahu farmers to support economic efficiency through program cost-share. The NSEVP North Shore food hub plans to addresses the need for small farmers to aggregate product and sell more of it, connect with chefs and distributors to identify product needs, establish bulk pricing and product lists, etc. They invite you to attend an outreach meeting this month to learn about organizational goals and secure your feedback.

I've included one of two flyers describing the meetings below:

WHERE: Turtle Bay Resort

WHEN: July 13, 2017

TIME: 6pm-7:30pm

WHERE: Waialua Elementary School Cafeteria

WHEN: July 19, 2017

TIME: 6pm-7:30pm