Field Trip!

OK CLASS! LET'S GET OUT OF OUR CHAIRS AND OUT INTO THE OPEN AIR!

Check out the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association website:
http://www.hawaiiorganic.org/

Watch the video about the Hilo Farmers Market:

Check out where we are going!
http://www.localharvest.org/laiku-organic-fruit-M40881

We are going to visit the Laiku Organic Farm in Kurtistown! 

Schedule:

Day: Wed. Feb. 15th
Leave school: 8:00am
Arrive at Farm: 9:00am
Tour of farm: 9:30-11:00am
Lunch: 11:30-12:30 (please pack a lunch, picnic style!)
-we will be sampling some of the produce as well
Leave Farm: 1:00pm
Stop by Hilo Farmers Market: 2:00-2:30pm (please bring some cash if you wish to purchase any items from the market)
Arrive back at school: 3:00pm

*Please bring: sunscreen, a hat, an umbrella, and bottled water

Permission form: for those of you who are under the age of 18, I must receive a signed permission slip, by a parent or legal guardian, in order to you to be able to participate in the field trip. 
*Those of you who fail to provide this slip, you will remain at school and do online research; producing a 5-page paper about organic farming on the Big Island.