Day 2 of Facilitative Skills Workshop — Training for Collaborative Leadership

Building on Day 1 of our workshop with Donna Ching, we continued learning and practicing techniques for working productively with individuals and groups that have divergent views on important issues.  At the end of our day together, we joined forces with youth leaders from the Future Farmers of America (along with their teachers, parents, siblings, … Read more

Facilitative Skills Workshop Day 1

“Legitimize immediately and often.” A mantra and must-do for every successful meeting. We started off Friday morning off with just this by everyone introducing ourselves and sharing the best advice we have been given on leading: Keep composure in spite of impatience Best way–> role model behavior Learn to be happy with partial success Active listening– … Read more

Seminar 2 Kick-Off on O‘ahu!

The ALP Class XV cohort is together again and we dove right into another informative Agricultural Leadership Program Seminar today! Our second seminar, focused on Oahu’s urban agricultural scene, kicked off with field trips highlighting soilless agriculture facilities as well as interactive panel discussions and presentations with Oahu ag professionals. We started our first day … Read more

Field Trip: A visit to a rare plant nursery

On our last seminar to Hawai‘i Island, we had the special privilege to visit a rare plant nursery on Hawai‘i Island — the location is strictly kept a secret because of vandalism and theft — to see the efforts of horticulturalist extraordinaire Patty Moriyasu and her staff to save plants native to the island. This … Read more

Field Trip: How KTA supports local farmers, ranchers

Everyone who shops at KTA Super Stores in Hilo knows Derek Kurisu. That’s apparent just following the executive vice president through the flagship grocery store in Puainako. He smiles at every shopper, waves and shakes hands like he’s running for office. But there’s no hidden agenda here. Kurisu truly loves what he does — and it … Read more

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