Eat Local Challenge

Posted On: Oct 03, 11

Kanu Hawaii’s Eat Local Challenge was a tremendous success! Building upon the success of the previous two years’ Eat Local Challenge, the 2011 challenge was extended from one week to one month, with each week featuring a different focus: Education, Grow Your Own, Choose Local and Eat Strictly Local. There were lots of wonderful events, including the “Big, Hairy, Audacious Ideas for a Hawai’i Food Revolution” held at Kapi’olani Community College on September 20. The forum featured high-impact talks and an open table for discussions about how to make healthy, locally grown food accessible to everyone.

Speakers included, Kokua Hawaii Foundation’s School Food Coordinator Dexter Kishida, KHF Board Member Chef Ed Kenney, Mark Noguchi, Lisa Asagi, Ashley Lukens and Kamuela Enos. Check out Chef Ed Kenney’s presentation as well as the rest of the presentations.

Interested in the “Politics of Food”? Check out Marion Nestle speaking about the entire food system and the links between agriculture, food, nutrition and public health. Nestle is chair of the Council on Nutrition Policy of the National Association for Public Health Policy, she writes the Food Matters column for The San Francisco Chronicle, and also writes for www.foodpolitics.com.