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MONDAY, OCT. 1 to TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 2012 VOLUME 108 ISSUE 16
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SOFT students get down to the roots BETHANY L ANGER Contributing Writer The Student Organic Farm Training program is getting ready for a new year – one fi lled with birds, bees and breadfruit. As part of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the group – once located in Waimānalo – focuses on sustainable agriculture practices. The Magoon Research Facility is located in Mānoa Valley, just north of campus. It has vegetable plots, fruit trees, greenhouses and a chicken coop, and the group is looking to expand and fill up the space. The establishment of a compost system from school to farm is among the projects it will focus on this year. It currently takes leftovers from the campus’ cafeteria and will soon be putting up a compost bin in the Sustainability Courtyard for students to put in their food waste. SOF T members transport their projects from school to site by way of an electric-run truck. Also in the courtyard is their edible landscape garden. Another project in the works is an apiary, or beekeeping, training program. Students will have a chance to learn about beekeeping processes with the group’s five hives and fifteen suits. The project is fully funded and ready to begin soon. It also currently runs the Noelani Elementary School first grade farm project, which involves children in organic farming. The first graders have their own vegetable plot and are able to take back to their CHASEN DAVIS classrooms what they grow. KA LEO O HAWAI‘I SOF T can be found Wednesdays SOFT grows vegetables and fruits at the in the Sustainability Courtyard sellMagoon Research Facility and the Sustainable ing its produce, which is how it gets
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a majority of its funding for the program. The members sell a variety of produce, including eggplant, chili peppers, green onion, swiss chard and breadfruit.
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SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE Gabe Sachter-Smith, a graduate student in the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, has been with the program since it began in 2007. SachterSmith expressed a desire to have the SOF T program be even more integrated with the school and said he has high hopes for its future. “We’re trying to have our program be even a whole degree track someday, where an important part of it would be totally hands-on,” Sachter-Smith said. CTAHR dean Maria Callo recently sent three students to a conference in Oregon for the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association. Jeana Cadby, a master’s candidate in TPSS, has been with SOF T since 2009 and went on the trip. “I think that SOF T is important because it’s a great training tool for students and is an important forward-thinking part of the community,” Cadby said. Students can become involved with SOF T by volunteering at its 10-acre Magoon Research Facility from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. There are also opportunities for grants and stipends. “We’ll work with you,” Sachter-Smith said. “We kind of have a reputation. We’ve got grants from these places, and they feel comfortable with us.”
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