Sustainable
Diversification of Tropical Fruit
18th annual
Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers International Conference 2008
Wednesday Sept. 24
All Conference Bounty of Hawaii Dinner Sept. 24th (plated) $85.00 -optional
100% locally grown and produced.
The Farmer-Chef
Conference will be daytime Thursday Sept. 25.
Thursday Sept. 25
530-645 No Host
bar - heavy pupus $40.00
645- 700 Welcome
- Richard Johnson
Speaker
Introduction - Ken Love
700-800 Fruit
Diversity a Treasure Trove for Niche Agriculture
Dr. Ed Stover¥ Research
Leader for the Horticulture and Plant Breeding Unit of the US Horticultural
Research Laboratory, Ft Pierce, FL.
800 Q@A
Friday.
Sept 26
700-800 - Coffee
& fruit -- registration
800-815 welcome
- Mayor Kim
815-830 business
meeting - Richard Johnson¥
Speaker
Introduction - Ken Love
830- 915 -
Sustainable agriculture
Dr. Jerry DeWitt¥, Director of the
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
915- 1015 -
Fresh Market Figs: Astounding Diversity and Flavor
and Citrus- An
Overview of New (and Old) Varieties -- Dr. Ed Stover ¥
1015-1030 break
1030-1115-
Mangos - Wayne Nishijima¥ UH-CTAHR
1115- 1145 ARS
update Peter Follett*
1145-1215 -
Francis Zee¥ on small scale domestication of Ohelo berry
1215 - Intro to
local lunch Chef William Trask¥
1215- 115 Bounty of the County Avocado Lunch (buffet) ($29.00 included in registration fee)
115-130 -
Breakout introduction - VES or Ken (Ground work for in-depth industry analysis)
Each group would have facilitator and recorder.
Each group would
pick 1 person to report on their discussion to the entire group.
130- 215
Facilitated Break out sessions
mango - Marla Hunter¥ & Wayne Nishijima¥
avocado - Jyotsna Krishnakumar -Cathy Chan
cacao- Gini Choobua -
sapindaceae (Lychee, longon, rambutan pulasan) - Mike Nagao¥-
Richard
Johnson¥
citrus - VES¥ & Ellen Mehos
bananas - Brian Leivens¥ Scott Nelson¥
Moraceae -(fig, breadfruit, jackfruit) Ed Stover¥ -Craig Elevitch¥
Other fruit -Ken Love¥ - Richard Manshardt¥
215-330 -
reports from break-out sessions
330 - 415 Mike
Nagao¥ update
415 - Wrap-up
Richard Johnson¥
600 Dinner & Live Auction $50.00
Saturday Sept 27
Tours
The Makahiki
Tour with Brian Lievens¥
A tour of a
number of farms on Makahiki Lane, an agriculture sub-division.
Includes visits
to atemoya, avocado, rambutan and diversified orchards all within
walking distance
from each other. We will be able
to see a number of unusual varieties of bananas, mangos and palms.
¥ = speaker is
confirmed
Breakout sessions
This years HTFG conference will
include a component that will assist CTAHR with their industry analysis on
tropical fruit. As growers, this is our chance to be heard and express our
needs within a particular commodity group.
Each session will have a
facilitator and recorder. Members of each group will choose one person to
report back to the whole conference after the breakout sessions.
Please choose which session you would
like to be part of:
_____Avocado
_____Mango
_____Cacao
_____Sapindaceae (Lychee,
Rambutan,Longan & Pulasan)
_____Citrus
_____Banana
_____Moraceae (Fig, Jackfruit
& Breadfruit)
_____Other fruit
_____ No Preference