The fair celebrated the bounty of students’ work and the presence of horticulture and agriculture in the community.
By Claire Kinley.
In April the College of Agriculture Forestry and Natural Resource Management at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo held an Agricultural Fair on the grounds of the College of Agriculture building. The fair highlighted student projects from different courses of the college ranging from value-added products, vegetable harvests from the campus gardens, and animals from the UH Hilo farm. The fair was open to the public to come and celebrate the bounty of the students’ work and give appreciation for the presence of horticulture and agriculture in the community.
All around the College of Agriculture building tables were set up as booths displaying numerous fields of study and plentiful harvests. One booth hosted a homemade aquaponics system where people could see how fish waste can be used for nutrients to grow produce. Another booth was filled with small cups of fresh honeycomb that came from local hives. The booth run by students from the course Sustainable Agriculture 230 was packed with harvested tumeric root and cacti cuttings for the taking as well as prepared packages stuffed with mint.
