Maui Farmers Union United May Meeting

Tavares Center Pool Room ~Pukalani
Doors open 5:00pm Dinner opening circle 6:00 pm sharp Mtg. 7pm sharp

Dessert Contest ~Win Great Prizes! (Bring your entry between 5:10- 5:40 Judging at 5:45pm) Contest Details: Melissa Ebeling will register each dessert upon entering. You will need to bring your entry along with your written recipe between 5:15 & 5:40pm. Judging will begin at 5:45 pm sharp! One Dessert entry per person. Two judges will determine the winners on a point system, for presentation, flavor, and creative use of locally grown ingredients. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners. Judging will be completed by 6:00 pm.

Schedule: 6:00pm-6:50pm- Locavore Potluck - Bring a dish OR Dinner is $5 for Members, $10 for Non Members. Sign up as a member and dinner is on us! Be creative and add to the abundance, you are the event!!!

6:50pm-7:00pm Announcements - Vincent Mina President
7:00pm-7:15pm Chefs Corner - Elijah Manahan- Coconut Kefirs
7:15pm-7:45pm Kupuna Sam Ka'ai - Hawaiian Historian
7:45pm-7:55pm Ryan Eareheart - Produce Corner
7:55pm-8:05pm Bill Greenleaf &Lehue Vandervelde - MFUU Report
8:05pm-8:15pm Astronomy in Agriculture- Harriet Witt passengerplanet.com
8:15pm-8:30pm Gerry Ross - Seed Basic Workshop Review
8:30-pm-9:00pm Member Network/Meeting Pau

PRODUCE SWAP: With each month more folks participate... Bring your home grown farm produce, seeds or plant starts to share and swap with others.

"Its all about growing, sharing and being nourished by our food and community"
Note: We aim to have a "trash free" event and encourage folks to bring their own bowl and utensils. New: We will provide utensils at a nominal cost.

Maui Farmers Union United April 2012 Meeting

Next meeting of the Maui Farmers Union United: April 24, 2012 Meeting Agenda:

Locavore Potluck: Come and share the Maui abundance of what you prepare and grow!!! Bring a dish OR Dinner is $5 for Members, $10 for Non Members. Sign up as a member and dinner is on us!

Schedule:
6:00pm-7:00pm LocaVore Potluck
6:50pm-7:00pm Evening Announcements ~ Vincent Mina
7:00pm-7:10pm Chefs Corner ~ Jana McMahon-Kahanu Aina Greens 7:10pm-7:20pm Farmers Almanac ~ Harriette Witt
7:20pm-7:30pm Produce Scoop ~Ryan Eareheart-Mango Madness 7:30pm-8:00pm Lehua Vander Velde- MFU "You are the event" 8:00pm-8:10pm Bill Greenleaf-Annual meeting
8:10pm-8:30pm Seth Raabe- Our experience culturing and using IMO 8:30pm- 9pm Networking

Produce Swap: Lets make it abundant!!!

Bring your home grown farm/garden produce, seeds or plant starts to share and swap with others. Place it on the table in the back when you arrive.

Note: We aim to have a "trash free" event and encourage folks to bring their own bowl and utensils. And, if you like, a comfortable chair. It was standing room only last month!

~6pm-9pm Potluck and General Meeting. ~The fourth Tuesday of every month. ~Attendance has been high and we run out of seats so please consider bringing your own comfortable chair ~All meetings include: The Chef's Corner, Mana Foods Produce Scoops, Farmer's Almanac Astronomy Presentation, Educational Demonstration and Presentation, Legislative Updates, Announcements. ~Meetings are held at The Pool Room at the Tavares Community Center in Pukalani. (see map below) ~All meetings are free. ~All are welcome. ~Please bring a local foods potluck dish to share if you would like to eat with us. Alternatively, you may bring $10 (for non-members) or $5 (for members). ~YOU ARE THE EVENT Make it Feastive!!!

Please visit the website and sign up for the newsletter and membership.
http://mauifarmersunionunited.weebly.com/

Hawaii Farmers Union United March Meeting

Tavares Center Pool Room -Pukalani Tuesday March 27th 6-9pm   Doors open now at 5:30pm   Dinner now at 6:00 pm, meeting begins at 7pm sharp!               LocaVore Potluck:  Come and share the Maui abundance of what you prepare and grow!!! Bring a dish OR Dinner is $5 for Members, $10 for Non Members. SIgn up as a member and dinner is on us!   Schedule: 6:00pm-7:00pm   LocaVore Potluck   6:50pm-7:00pm   Evening Announcements ~ Vincent Mina      7:00pm-7:10pm   Chefs Corner ~ Jana McMahon                               "Everything Mulberries"  7:10pm-7:20pm   Farmers Almanac ~ Harriette Witt "Spring Equinox"   7:20pm-7:30pm   Produce Scoop ~ Evan Ryan "all about Ulu"    7:30pm-7:55pm   "Grow Some Good & Maui School Garden Network"                             ~ Lehn Huff, Nio Kindla,Rebecah Kuby, Kirk Surry,                               and Kathy Becklin    7:55pm-8:10pm   Helen Nielson- The Outlaw Queen of                               East Maui Bees    8:10pm-8:30pm   Seth Raabe- Natural Farming Egg Shell                               Calcium Ferment     8:30pm- 9pm       Networking        Produce Swap: Bring your home grown farm produce, seeds or plant starts to share and swap with others. Place it on the table in the back when you arrive. Introduction to the School Garden movement The school garden movement is thriving throughout Hawaii and creating real-life, hands-on educational programs for students of all ages. Learn about programs that teach local students and their families to grow nutritious, organic fruits and vegetables - on any budget, in any community or living space.      Nio Kindla, Kirk Surry, Kathy Becklin, and Kerry Wilkins, co-founders of Grow Some Good - Educational School Gardens on Maui (www.GrowSomeGood.org) - will discuss school gardens as learning centers for new gardeners; how school gardens inspire better nutrition choices and greater access to organic fruits and veggies for an entire community; and how to get funding to help fund your community-driven garden projects.     As part of the evening, 'Project: Plant It!' volunteers will share ready-to-transplant organic and heirloom garden starts, planted by student gardeners at Kihei Elementary School and Lokelani Intermediate School.          Note: We aim to have a "trash free" event and encourage folks to bring their own bowl and utensils. And, if you like, a comfortable chair. It was standing room only last month!

Think Abundance!

Maui Farmer's Union United Monthly Event Aloha all, WOW, this meeting will be rockin' it to stimulate, empower, inspire, and educate our community in holistic systems of being well with Aloha for the land. And our HFUU State Board will be present! Way to Grow Maui.... see ya there, Vince

Tavares Center Pool Room -Pukalani

Tuesday Feb 28th 6-9pm

doors open at 5:45pm

Dinner 6:30 pm, meeting begins at 7pm sharp!

LocaVore Potluck: Come and share the Maui abundance of what you prepare and grow!!!
Bring a dish OR Dinner is $5 for Members, $10 for Non Members.
SIgn up as a member and dinner is on us!

Food Contest: The theme is: "Winter Savory"
Enter your dish to win prizes (Bring your entry by 5:45 Judging at 6pm)
Prizes for 1st,2nd & 3rd place.

Fabulous Meeting planned! All your usual favorites
plus the HFUU Board members will be present! see full schedule below.

Schedule:

6:30pm-7:00pm- LocaVore Potluck ~ Great meals! Be creative and add to
the abundance, it's your the event!!!
6:50pm-7:00pm Evening Announcements ~ Vincent Mina www.MauiGrown.com

7:00pm-7:10pm Chefs Corner ~ Chef Justin Pardo from Market Fresh Bistro
Pickling Vegatables 101

7:10pm-7:20pm Produce Scoop ~ Ryan Eareheart from Mana Foods- shares about
Sugarcane Benefits and Uses
7:20pm-7:30pm Farmers Almanac ~ Harriette Witt www.passengerplanet.com
7:30pm-8:00pm Kapua Sproat, UH Law School Professor & Issac Moriwake of Earthjustice "Protecting the public trust doctrine and water law in Hawaii."
8:00pm-8:10pm Legislative Update ~ Bill Greenleaf
8:10pm-8:25pm Introductions of the HFUU State Board
8:25pm-8:45pm Evan Ryan ~ Soil Building 101
8:45pm- 9pm Seth Raabe ~ Demonstration on making Fermented
Plant Grow Juice

Meeting Pau

Produce Swap:

Bring your home grown farm produce, seeds or plant starts to share and swap with others. Place it on the table in the back when you arrive.

Mahalo! to all of our sponsors: Hawaiian Moons, Down to Earth, Mana Foods, Whole Foods, Marmac Ace, Greenleaf Farm, Maui Biochar, Susan Teton, Lehuahana Vander Velde, Evan Ryan and Maui Aloha Association.

"Its all about growing, sharing and being nourished by our food"

Note: We aim to have a "trash free" event and encourage folks to bring their own bowl and utensils. And, if you like, a comfortable chair. It was standing room only last month!

Agricultural Crash Course History