Day 2: April 28, 2021
Q&A with Faculty and Students: A free consultation with CAFNRM faculty and students
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Questions regarding classes? advising? volunteering? a garden pest? Come chat with us!
Attendees include:
Dr. Norman Arancon (Horticulture)
Dr. Lorna Tsutsumi (Entomology)
Dr. Sharadchandra Marahatta (Horticulture)
Dr. Lissa Tsutsumi (Animal Science)
Dr. Michael Shintaku (Plant Pathology)
Join us in person in the CAFNRM breezeway or join the zoom link below:
ZOOM LINK:
https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/95010462051
Meeting ID: 950 1046 2051
Passcode: cafnrm
Ag Product Samples: College of Ag Breezeway
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Honey samples
Observation hives
Produce giveaways
Virtual Tours
Macnut Orchard
Citrus Farm Orchard
The Bee Garden
Animals
Farm Supported Programs
Animal Science:
This track of study provides students with a variety of animal science courses related to health and management. All of the courses are aimed at giving students hands-on experiences working with livestock through farm laboratory activities. The courses emphasize safe and confident animal handling and good animal husbandry practices.
The Animal Science areas at the UH Hilo farm consists of:
1. Horse arena and barns
2. Goat and cattle barns
3. Swine facility
Selected course: ANSC 351, Swine Production
Highlight hands-on activity: Piglet processing
Selected course: ANSC 353, Horse Production
Highlight hands-on activity: Lameness observation and evaluation
Selected course: ANSC 357, Ruminant Production Systems
Highlight hands-on activity: Cattle artificial insemination
Beekeeping:
UH Hilo has been recognized by the media, public, and state Senate for its efforts to bring greater awareness to the honey bee, an important and vital pollinator of many crops. The Beekeeping Certificate helps to recognize the level of achievement in beekeeping gained by UH Hilo students and will assist them in future career positions.
The bee areas at the UH Hilo farm consists of:
1. a one-acre bee garden, Mapuhonehone
2. a giant hive that visitors can enter with all the basic parts of a hive to experience being a bee
3. a honey bucket that contains a colony of bees. Visitors can observe a honey colony at work or a beekeeper tending to the colony
4. two apiaries (collection of hives)
Selected course: ENTO 262, Introduction to Beekeeping
Highlight hands-on activity: Honey extraction
Selected course: ENTO 350, Advanced Beekeeping
Highlight hands-on activity: Inspecting a hive for diseases and pests
Selected course: AG 205, Value Added Agricultural Products
Highlight hands-on activity: Mystery Ingredient Challenge; harvesting a commodity from the farm and developing it into a value-added product
Horticulture:
The undergraduate Tropical Agroecology specialization is designed to provide an opportunity for students interested in tropical crop science or a plant-related field to have access to selected courses or topics in their area of interest. The curriculum is structured to offer a well-rounded undergraduate education emphasizing the long-term sustainability of our managed crop production systems and the surrounding ecosystems.
The Horticulture areas at the UH Hilo farm consists of:
1. 3 Greenhouses
2. Fields
3. Orchards
4. Gardens and raised bed plots
Selected course: HORT 262, Principles of Horticulture
Highlight hands-on activity: Poinsettia production and vegetable garden management
Selected course: HORT 263, Hydroponics and Vegetable Crop Production
Highlight hands-on activity: Continuous leafy greens production in non-circulating systems
Selected course: AG 263, Composting and Vermicomposting
Highlight hands-on activity: Building compost pile from organic wastes from farm
Selected course: HORT 264, Plant Propagation
Highlight hands-on activity: Production of anthuriums and orchids
Selected course: HORT 266, Nursery Management
Highlight hands-on activity: Management of greenhouses and shade houses raising ornamentals and fruit trees
