Seminar 3 - Good Morning last day on Kauai!

View from the lovely Waimea apartments we got to stay at. Thank you Judith and Pioneer Hi-Bred!

The iconic Ishihara's was right next door! Great poke and other local goodies

Ashley helping pack up the days goodies.

The always lovely and vivacious Judith ready to drive us to Pioneer Hi-Bred headquarters.

Starting off our day with Peter where we had our leadership workshop at the Pioneer Hi-Bred headquarters in Waimea. 

Sydney taking down notes as we delve in to the communication challenges.

First group exercise time! Listing all the possible ways communication can go wrong in a particular scenario.

James and Elton listening to Kirby

Tyler, Ashley and Chris deep in discussion

 Derrick and Miki having a laugh (well at least Derrick is :)

Diving into the finer points of similarity and differences between apple, oranges, and tomatoes. I know the botanist in me couldn't wait to get to this one but my favorites were: All three can be thrown at someone, all three can be made into cocktails, and only one is in the name of a BCS bowl game.  

"The Thinker", aka Captain Kirby.

Sweet Sara giving an excellent presentation on plant breeding. I liked the geographic metaphor she gave to explain DNA and location of genes.

Alas, our thinker has reverted to his more primitive self.

Judith's show and tell on all the different corn traits and her 'baby', Super Sorghum.

A plant breeder's mantra.

Sara showing us the lab where all the magic happens.

Final day wrap-up at the brand new BASF base yard. Overall assessment? Great seminar and we all loved Kauai! Mahalo to everyone!

Seminar 3 - Kaua'i alumni dinner at NTBG

There was a great turnout of people and delicious food at the ALP alumni networking dinner at the beautiful facilities of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawa'i.  We were joined by members of the Kaua'i Farm Bureau and other supporters of agriculture.  Mahalo nui loa to Laurie Ho and her crew for organizing the event and to NTBG for allowing us to use its facilities.  Imua Kaua'i!

Seminar 3 - FWS refuge and Koga Farms

Kim Uyehara showed us FWS efforts toward protecting endangered waterfowl. Mark  Koga took time from harvesting taro to talk story about his 3rd generation taro farm. There were 3 generations working today!

Seminar 3 - Kauai Day 2

After an amazing lunch from Hanalei Taro and Juice, we continued on to learn about the Hui Maka'ainana O Makana community organization. We learned so much about the history of this special place, by having the chance to just sit and talk story.

Kawika Winter, alumni of Class XI gave us a tour through Limahuli Botanical Garden. The beauty of the gardens and the connection to land and culture was moving for us all. The garden is trying to ensure that the biology and culture of Hawaii is cultivated and nurtured so no more will be lost and it can flourish!

Seminar 3 Kauai, Day 2

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