Hoomahuahua project: sustainable molokai's HO'OM?huahua project willtake place in the county of maui on the island of molokai, hawaii, which has a population of approximately 7,500 people, with 62% of…

Hoomahuahua project: sustainable molokai's HO'OM?huahua project willtake place in the county of maui on the island of molokai, hawaii, which has a population of approximately 7,500 people, with 62% of nativehawaiian ancestry. The goal of the project is to grow the number ofsocially disadvantaged (SD) beginning farmers on the island as well asprovide tools to SD farmers and SD beginning farmers to enhance theirsuccesses and financial viability. Sustainable molokai aims to addressthe needs of our community through collaborate with community partnersto offer 4 different agricultural education/training programs as well astechnical assistance and USDA program coordination in order to fosterthe development and expansion of SD farmers and SD beginning farmers.they include: (1) EGG production workshops, (2) a university of hawaiicollege of tropical agriculture and human resources (UH ctahr) chickencrop foraging workshop, (3) agricultural internships (4) gofarm hawaiiagbusiness workshops, and (5) USDA program coordination.