{"id":235746,"date":"2026-06-08T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=235746"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T01:52:25","slug":"ctahr-shares-agriculture-at-maui-agfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/08\/ctahr-shares-agriculture-at-maui-agfest\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> shares agriculture, wellness, and youth programs at Maui Agfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_4.jpg\" alt=\"woman talking to two people at an Agfest booth\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-235773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_4.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_4-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a> (<abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>) connected with hundreds of community members at the 17th annual Maui AgFest &#38; 4-H Livestock Fair on May 30, sharing resources focused on agriculture, food security, youth development and community resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the War Memorial Special Events Field, the event brought together farmers, families and agricultural organizations from across Maui County. <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> faculty and extension agents showcased programs that support local food production, health and education throughout <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_3-214x300.png\" alt=\"a pig sleeping \" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-235772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_3-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_3-93x130.png 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_3.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Hands-on resources promote resilience<\/h2>\n<p>At the <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> Community Resilience booth, Extension Agent Heather Greenwood shared resources to the Sage Heart program, an initiative funded by the Maui County Department of Agriculture that promotes wellness through growing kitchen herbs and encourages healthier eating habits for keiki.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Extension Agent Gwen Morinaga-Kama shared a collection of limu (seaweed) gathered from Maui shorelines and discussed efforts to restore a traditional limu fishery in partnership with the <span lang=\"haw\">K&#275;&#333;kea<\/span> Farm Lots Association.<\/p>\n<p>Edible Crops Extension Agent Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite provided information on local turmeric production and distributed planting materials for four turmeric varieties, along with virus-free banana seedlings to help combat banana bunchy top virus.<\/p>\n<p>Maui County Youth Development Extension Agent Nancy Ooki highlighted opportunities through the <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> 4-H program, including sustainable gardening activities, cultural food education and the upcoming teen disaster preparedness training.<\/p>\n<p>Maui AgFest 2026 was co-presented by the Maui County Farm Bureau and the County of Maui Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> connected with hundreds of community members highlighting programs that support agriculture and youth development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":235773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[212,9],"class_list":["post-235746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Maui_AgFest_4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235746"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235797,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235746\/revisions\/235797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}