WOW- Limu Identification and Uses and Dry Box Food Prepration Workshop

Uncle Henry Chang Wo, co-founder of the Ewa Limu Project, and Wally Ito came to share their passion and knowledge of Limu with us for our July WOW Workshop presented on July 2, 2011.

We learned about the importance of limu within the food chain, in the traditional Hawaiian diet and culture and in our daily nutrition. We got to sample some different types of limu and observe a variety of delicious tastes and textures!

We were also joined by Eric Enos from Ka'ala Farm who brought dried fish to taste and taught us how to prepare food to be dried in a dry box. Many of the participants built dry boxes in our WOW Workshop in April.

July's WOW Workshop offered new "old ways" to appreciate and enjoy our ocean foods.
Mahalo to all the presenters and participants for making this workshop a success!

WOW- Bucket Painting Workshop

 Na Pualani Learning Ohana held a workshop on June 25, 2011 for families to come together and create gardens in beautiful decorated buckets. These bucket gardens can be used for growing kale, chard, bush beans, tomatoes, eggplant or even large herbs like basil or rosemary.

Using recycled buckets and recycled paint, participants decorated their own bucket gardens to take home with them.  These portable gardens are are a fun and creative way to decorate any home and grow your own food.

Mahalo Educator Pualani Ramos for sharing your bucket gardens, your experience in both working with children and training other educators,  in addition to making this a fun, family experience!

Pudding Painting with Back to Earth

Malama Learning Center partnered with Back to Earth on May 21, 2011 hosting painting with pudding at Wai'anae Farmers Market!

WOW- Vermicomposting Workshop

Wai'anae High School presented a Vermicomposting workshop on May 7, 2011 for families to learn about worms and create worms bins. Worms help us by eating our kitchen food scraps, diverting waste from our landfills while making "black gold" fertilizer for our garden vegetables. Win-Win!!

Dry Box Workshop

The Cultural Learning Center at Ka'ala held a workshop on April 16, 2011 for families to come together and create dry boxes. These boxes can be used for drying fish, beef, and preserving all kinds of fruits and vegetables using the sun's energy!

Exploring Colors in Nature: a Keiki and Family Workshop

Alyce Dodge from the Honolulu Academy of Arts shared simple techniques of art through color, texture, and inspiration from plants. We explored using different mediums to re-create the beautiful colors we see in nature every day.

Wai'anae Farmers Market with Mama T

MLC brought "Mama T" from Down to Earth Health Food Store to give a free cooking demo using locally grown foods at the Wai'anae Farmers Market at Wai'anae High School on February 26 (8:00 - 11:30 am). She taught folks how to make Manoa Lettuce Tacos with seasoned veggie meat, pineapple salsa, local avocado guacamole with sweet Maui onions, and Hau`ula tomato salsa fresca!