Big Island Farms Biology Project 2019
Week 3 Blog
Monday: Plan hike for Waimanu trek /// Hiking pack demo /// Prep meals for Waimanu Trek Today we sat down with the Farm to Table interns to discuss the meal plan for the upcoming 3-day hiking and camping trip. We collectively created a menu that would be nutritious, filling, and easy to pack. We took […]
Organic Agriculture – Intern Food Forest
Farm to Table – Week 2
Week 2 on the farm and week 1 of our program saw many delicious, farm-sourced meals. Here are a few of our favorites that highlight the bounty that Hawaii farming has to offer inspired by our theme for the week of the ocean and volcanoes: Our first dinner of the week was a […]
Organic Agriculture – Summer 2019 Blog
Welcome to Big Island Farms – Organic Agriculture! Sam “Spinach Master, Popeye” Carson: His veganism has allowed him to astral project into the soil to know what nutrients it needs. Soft spoken, but deadly with a shovel. This guy will pull cane grass in circles around you. Wicked on the flute, studied for 9 […]
Week 1
In our Outdoor Recreation group, we visited Waipi’o Valley to get an understanding of the place for our sustainable tourism project. We decided to make a plan for this area because of its high tourist traffic and lacking infrastructure. To prepare, we talked to the ranger at the lookout station and read through the cultural […]
Big Island Biology Blog 2019
No amount of blog posts could do justice to the amount of knowledge we’ve absorbed over the past two weeks. Seriously, it feels like we’ve been here for a year. When we’re not engaged in group workshops or at the beach, Chris, our loyal bio director (and snorkel guru / local hero / firefighter / […]
Tropical Week: Farm to Table
This week was a little different. Instead of having a normal 5 days of meals, we only had three. The first three days, we tried to incorporate as much of the tropical foods we had, but when cooking from farm to table, it’s hard to utilize “tropical” foods, when we don’t have all of them […]
Outdoor Recreation: Week 8
Monday At the farm, we started with a delicious breakfast that Farm to Table prepared. We broke into our individual groups and discussed with our directors where we are currently at with our projects. It’s crazy to think that we only have a couple more weeks at the farm. That afternoon, outdoor rec met with […]