{"id":28532,"date":"2014-10-20T10:22:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=28532"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:31:19","slug":"first-master-food-preserver-cohort-graduates-from-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/20\/first-master-food-preserver-cohort-graduates-from-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"First master food preserver cohort graduates from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_28545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28545\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/master-food-preserver-training.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/master-food-preserver-training.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/master-food-preserver-training-260x193.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master food preserver students showcase their skills and products to instructor Ken Love (in blue apron). (photo courtesy of Luisa Castro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first ever cohort of 13 students in the <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/ccecs\/MasterFoodPreserverCertificateProgramHilo.php\">master food preserver certificate program<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> graduated in October. The celebration included students showcasing their newly learned skills and the products they created during the two-week course.<\/p>\n<p>The certificate program is a collaboration between <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Tropical Fruit Growers<\/a>. Ken Love, a tropical fruit grower and executive director of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Tropical Fruit Growers, was the primary trainer for the certificate program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The potential interest in increasing food processing is growing, especially after Tropical Storm Iselle and the lava flow that threatens to cut off lower Puna,&rdquo; says <strong>Luisa Castro<\/strong>, a program instructor and coordinator with <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/ccecs\/\">College of Continuing Education and Community Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The program was funded by a $70,000 grant from the <a href=\"http:\/\/labor.hawaii.gov\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations<\/a> to the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Tropical Fruit Growers to teach small agribusinesses how to develop and safely preserve products from undersold and underutilized produce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The information was comprehensive and important,&rdquo; shares one student in an exit report. &ldquo;The hands-on aspect was invaluable. The camaraderie among the members of the class was priceless. Before this class, I was hesitant about eating or sharing anything I preserved. Now, I am fully confident in the safety of the food I make.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the year, 48 students from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island-based small agricultural businesses will be trained in Kona and Hilo.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/news\/stories\/2014\/10\/13\/master-food-preserver\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Food Preserver certificate program provides hands-on training in food preservation techniques<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[222,498,14],"class_list":["post-28532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-agriculture","tag-business","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28532","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=28532"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150352,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28532\/revisions\/150352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}