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Kauai Chapter Meeting-Potluck
11/13/2019 05:30 PM - 08:00 PM HT
Category
Potluck Mtg.
Admission
Free
Location
Moloa’a Organica farm
6180 Ko'olau Road
Kilauea, HI 96754
United States of America
Room Number:
Unit 21
Summary
The Kauai chapter of HFUU will meet Wednesday, Nov.13th, 5:30pm, at Ned and Marta’s Moloa’a Organica farm; 6180 Ko'olau Road unit 21. Moloa'a, Kilauea, HI 96754
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Meeting at Ned and Marta’s Moloa’a Organica farm - TOMORROW, 11/13
Aloha HFUU-Kauai Chapter,
We will be holding our bimonthly meeting on Wednesday November 13th at 5:30pm at Ned and Marta’s Moloa’a Organica farm – 6180 Ko'olau Road unit 21. Moloa'a, Kilauea, HI 96754
Look for the signs to the farm after you turn onto Ko’olau Rd.
We have a special guest, Mary Spadaro, from Slow Money Hawaii, who will be traveling from Oahu to meet with us.
The Slow Money movement aims to fix the economy from the ground up, starting with food. “Building local food systems is one of the most direct, powerful ways to begin addressing critical challenges of our time—climate change, health, community resilience. Since 2010, over $73 million has been invested in 752 organic farms and food enterprises, via dozens of local Slow Money groups around the country...”
Mary Spadaro is the Founder and facilitator of Slow Money Hawaii, Mary spent a decade in small businesses before a 17 year career in non-profit fundraising. At Waikiki Health Center and Easter Seals Hawaii, where she helped donors align their philanthropy with their philanthropy, she came to understand that business and charity share the goal to be a force for good in their communities. Yet, they are regarded so differently. After retiring from fund raising and pursuing her interest in gardening and agriculture, Mary learned about the emerging third sector (also referred to as Values or Impact Investing) and Slow Money. In this realm, she found the opportunity to combine her fundraising skills with her love of farms, garden-fresh food and nature to play a small role in helping Hawaii farmers to rebuild a sustain-able and regenerative agricultural system that will nourish us all.
We invite you to join us for what promises to be a very interesting meeting! Please bring a potluck dish to share.
Agenda
5:30pm: Welcome to the farm
5:45pm: Ned Whitlock – What is new at Moloa’a Organica’a Farm
6:00pm: Pot luck
6:30pm:Mary Spadaro – introducing “Slow Money Hawai'i”. Discussion on how do we build community and buy-in around our farmers? Does the farmer have to bear all the risks associated with growing our food or do we as a community have a stake in this?
7:00pm: Brad Seymour from SR Hawai'i will talk story about water tech for small farmers.
7:20pm: Announcements and plans for next meeting.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Anny Bruch, President
Dylan Strong, Vice President
Bryna Storch, Secretary
Eric Hansen, Treasurer
Mary Spadaro is the Founder and facilitator of Slow Money Hawaii, Mary spent a decade in small businesses before a 17 year career in non-profit fundraising. At Waikiki Health Center and Easter Seals Hawaii, where she helped donors align their philanthropy with their philanthropy, she came to understand that business and charity share the goal to be a force for good in their communities. Yet, they are regarded so differently. After retiring from fund raising and pursuing her interest in gardening and agriculture, Mary learned about the emerging third sector (also referred to as Values or Impact Investing) and Slow Money. In this realm, she found the opportunity to combine her fundraising skills with her love of farms, garden-fresh food and nature to play a small role in helping Hawaii farmers to rebuild a sustain-able and regenerative agricultural system that will nourish us all.
