Kōkua Blog
Simplifying the Holidays with Upcycled Crafts
This Month, Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation is once again partnering with Terri Langley of Bliss Healthy Foods to “Simplify the Holidays” at Oʻahu schools. Whether you wish to reduce your holiday packaging, create a personalized gift, or explore a fun craft for keiki and ʻohana, these short, fun, and...
Read more...Students Embark on Farm Field Trips to Learn About the Food System
Last Month, ‘ĀINA schools visited farms, loʻi and loko iʻa around Oʻahu to celebrate the local abundance of agriculture and fisheries that make up the local food system. 31 grade levels from 14 schools...
Read more...Celebrating Farm to School with Local ‘Ulu Beef Stew
This month, public schools throughout Hawaiʻi are putting a delicious, local and seasonally abundant product on the lunchline: ‘Ulu! Also known as breadfruit, ʻulu is an important staple throughout the Pacific, celebrated for its many uses and most famously, its generous fruiting season. As...
Read more...Hawaiian Garden Huli Harvest!
Mahalo to our amazing network of docents for attending the first ʻĀINA in Schools training of the year! Over the last two weeks, garden, compost and nutrition docents attended regional trainings with their ʻĀINA teams to receive curricula, lesson materials, and teaching tips to start the...
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