Noelani First Grade Garden Fall 2011 Final Harvest

Early Wednesday morning we had the First graders come out to do their final harvest for 2011. We learned all about food safety from Jim Hollyer and all about nutrition from Maria Stewart, also known as "Professor Peabody". Our harvest included sweet corn, kai choy, edamame, green onion, chives, basil and pole beans, all to be made into a tasty soup!

Jim Hollyer washing hands for food safety

Professor Peabody exclaiming about human nutrition

Check what the Noelani first grade class is up to now at this link:
http://connection.noelani.k12.hi.us/~lmorita/content/Welcome.html

Mid Semester update

The Sustainability Courtyard has gotten a lot of compliments

The new and old plots of Soft are growing well. We are happy to see that our plants are growing up and providing our customers with great produce.

We have just finished installing our new irrigation up at Magoon and everything is running well.

Digging our permanent beds

Two amazing Soft students posing in front of our Hawaiian chili peppers at Magoon

Food Day Event

Soft was a featured guest at this years UHM Food Day event. We enjoyed local food, talking about Soft and learning about improving food quality and education. For more information about Food Day, check out http://foodday.org/

The Kukui Cup

Soft was a special guest in the Kukui Cup! The Kukui cup is a three week energy education and energy saving challenge that is taking place in the freshman towers. Soft held a small workshop where we talked about small scale gardening and the importance of sustainability. For information about the Kukui cup, check out their website at http://kukuicup.manoa.hawaii.edu/about/