Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Getting ready for warmth
These cold temperatures will soon be a thing of the past --- as we join others from the SDARL Alumni group for a fantastic tour of agriculture in Hawaii. This really is a wonderful benefit of being an alumni of SDARL. We've traveled with some of the people before and look forward to making new friends as well as learning a lot. Dr. Gee and Rajean make every trip an educational and fun experience.
Hawaii: SDARL Alumni Study Trip, January 4-10, 2015
Below is the itinerary of the SDARL Alumni Trip.
South Dakota Agriculture
& Rural Leadership Alumni Visit to Hawaii
Jan 2, 3, 4 Free time on Oahu, Schedule your own
Activities
Jan 7 Free time on Oahu or Big Island
Jan 11, 12 Free time
Monday, January 5, 2015
– Central Oahu/Honolulu
7:30 am Depart Waikiki
Marriott
8:00 am Hawaii Department of
Agriculture Plant Quarantine Division; overview of the state of agriculture
1849 Auiki Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
808-973-9550
· Scott Enright, Chairperson of the State Board of
Agriculture
· Ken Kakesako, Deputy to the Chairperson of the State
Board of Agriculture
· Diane Ley, USDA Farm Service Agency, Alumni and
board member of the Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii
9:00 am Depart
9:45 am Hawaii Agricultural
Research Center; agricultural research
94-340 Kunia Rd
(Across Kunia Road from Wendy’s Restaurant)
Waipahu, HI 96797
· Stevie Whalen; former board member of the
Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii
10:45 am Depart
11:00 Larry Jefts Farm
– Among the state’s largest vegetable and melon producers
94-877 Kunia Rd
Kunia, Hawaii 96759
12:00 pm Depart
12:15 pm Lunch hosted by
DuPont Pioneer, with Hawaii Ag Leadership Alumni
Kunia Village Agriculture Park
92-1770 Kunia Rd
Waipahu, HI 96759
·
Mark Stoutemyer,
lunch host with Pioneer, Ag Lead Alum & Current Board Member of the
Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii
1:30 pm Depart
1:45 pm Kunia Country Farms;
aquaponics, aquaculture, Hydroponics
92-1770B Kunia Road
Kunia, Hawaii 96759
·
Cary Takenaka,
owner; (808)
625-1456
2:45 pm Depart
3:00 pm Pa’ina Hawaii –
Commercial irradiator; http://www.painahawaii.com/home.html
92-1780 Kunia Rd. V
Kunia, HI 96759
3:45 pm Depart
4:00 pm DuPont Pioneer
46-880
Kunia Road ( while traveling makie on Kunia Road look for small sign,
‘Pioneer” just slightly makie of Anonui
street-turn right onto gravel road and follow road back to bulidings.
Kunia, HI 96759
Pioneer Kunia Research
Center, Site Manager; mark.stoutemyer@pioneer.com; Cell (808) 216-6254; Office (808) 688-1699 ext 24
5:00
pm Depart
6:15
pm Arrive at Marriott – Dinner individual choices, on your own
Lodging
Jan 4, 5, 6, 2015
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
2552 Kalakaua Av Honolulu
808.921.5116
Jan 7, 8, 9, 2015
Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
69-275 Waikoloa Beach Drive Waikoloa HI
808.886.8130
Tuesday, January 6,
2015 – Windward, North Shore & Central Oahu/Honolulu
7:30 am Depart Waikiki
Marriott
8:15 am Kako’o Oiwi;
restoration of Heeia Wetlands and food security through Loi Kalo (taro production in water) http://kakoooiwi.org/fullwidth-page
46-334 Kamehameha Highway (be sure to go to
Kaneohe – not He’eia or Laie)
Kaneohe, HI 96744
·
Koa Kukea-Shultz,
Ag Leadership Alum
Executive Director; admin@kakoooiwi.org
808-741-3403
9:30 am Depart
9:45 am Kualoa Ranch;
working ranch, tourism, filming location; Hawaiian Oysters; John Morgan was a
past NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award Winner www.kualoa.com
49-560 Kamehameha Hwy,
Kaneohe, HI 96744
(808) 237-7321
(808) 237-7321
Lunch @ ranch
1:00 pm Depart
1:30 pm Syngenta
94-880 Kunia Road
Kunia, HI 96759
808-688-1477 (Main Office); 808-639-4564 (Cell)
Steve Kai, Ag Lead Alum Class I & Former Board
Member of the Agricultural Leadership Foundation
of Hawaii. 35 years of activity in Ag sector in Hawaii
2:45 pm
Depart
3:00 pm Fat Law Farms –
Large producer of Thai basil, eggplant and Asian vegetables
4:00 pm Depart
5:15 pm
Gordon Biersch; restaurant and brewpub with interesting
views of Honolulu, the harbor and sunset; Wide sampling
of appetizers provided
Hawaii Ag Lead Alumni Gathering
Aloha Tower Market Place
Downtown Honolulu
Transportation on your own back to Marriott
Wednesday January 7, 2015
Inter-Island flight from
Honolulu to Kona on Big Island Hawaii
Thursday,
January 8, 2015 Big Island Hawaii
7:00 am
Depart Waikoloa Marriott
8:15 am
Kamehameha Schools Cattle Project at Pa’auhau, Hamakua
Tex Drive In – Meet Perry Kealoha
and drive to nearby ranch
45-690 Pakalana Street
Honokaa, HI
9:15 am
Depart
29-2070 Homestead Road
Honomu, HI
Lunch
provided
12:45 am
Depart
1:30 am
Hamakua Mushrooms; www.hamakuamushrooms.com
36-221 Manowaiopae Homestead Road
Laupahoehoe, HI
• Lani Weigert; agrotourism marketer
for Hamakua Mushrooms and Ag Lead Alumni;
lani@hiagtourism.org; 808-962-0017.
2:45pm
Depart
4:00 pm
Arrive at Ponoholo Ranch tour
Kohala Mountain Road, outside of
Hawi, HI
• Chris English, Vice President of
production, Worked in Beef Industry on mainland & returned to family owned operation @ Ponoholo Ag Lead Alumn;
• Sabrina White, Assistant manager,
3rd generation rancher on family owner commercial
cow/calf operation with Angus & Charolais Cattle Ag Lead Alumn; sabrina@ponoholo.com
Dinner
@ Ranch
7:00 pm
Depart
8:00 pm Arrive
at Waikoloa Marriott
South
Dakota Ag Leadership Alumni Friday, January 9, 2015
7:45am Depart Waikoloa Marriott
9:00
am Kona Queen Company
World’s largest producer of queen
bees
83-5311 Napoopoo Rd, Captain Cook, HI 96704
P.O. Box 768, Captain Cook, HI 96704
808-328-9016
P.O. Box 768, Captain Cook, HI 96704
808-328-9016
·
Gus Rouse, owner
9:45 am Depart
10:00
am Hawaiian Host Macadamia Nut Farm
& Factory
Macadamia nut orchards and
processing factory
83-5711 Middle Keei Road
Captain Cook, HI 96704
11:00
am Depart
11:40
am Pine Trees Café - Lunch
73-4040 Hulikoa Drive (at Queen Kaahumanu
Highway)
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 327-1234
(808) 327-1234
Lunch provided
·
Hawaii
Alumni may be able to join the group
Shopping
at the adjacent Mountain Thunder Store
12:40 pm
Depart
1:00
pm Mountain Thunder Coffee Farm
Coffee, cacao (chocolate) and
vanilla farm
73-1944 Hao Street (off of Kaloko
Drive)
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 345-6600
(808) 345-6600
·
Trent
Bateman, CEO and Founder
2:00
pm Depart
2:30 pm
Big Island Abalone
73-357 Makako Bay Dr
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 334-0034
(808) 334-0034
3:30 pm
Depart
3:30 pm
Blue Ocean Mariculture
74-429 Kealakehe
Parkway
Kailua-Kona, HI
96740
808.331.8222
4:30 pm
Wrap-up with pupus(poo-poos) (snacks) and drinks at beach park
Natural
Energy Laboratories Hawaii
73-4460 Queen Ka'ahumanu Hwy
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
6:00 pm
Depart for Waikoloa Marriott
6:45pm
Arrive at Waikoloa Marriott
South Dakota Agriculture & Rural
Leadership Alumni
Saturday January 10, 2015
Optional
Tour Volcanoes National Park via Van
$75 per
person plus tax includes lunch, snacks, bottled water and transportation via
vans
Tour
includes Coffee Mill, Orchid Gardens and Volcano winery
Optional
Tour Volcanoes National Park via Helicopter
Terry
Jaspers is working on details
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Day 15: last day in Peru
Our last day in Peru! The morning was spent in Cusco visiting the City Square. Some enjoyed people watching, the beautiful view, and the perfect weather. While others took in some museums and more shopping. The afternoon we spent touring some sights around Cusco to include, Inca Fortress of Sacsahuaman, Temple of Kenko, walking city tour of Plaza de Armas & the Cathedral. We wrapped up the day with overnight flights home.
The Inca Fortress of Sacsahuaman was a beautiful display of Inca will power and perfection! Large walls of perfectly shaped stone for what was mistakenly called a fortress is actually a temple. Architects today continue to study the Inca's designs and ingenuity. The largest stone is a 135 ton block. In building and sculpting of this formation the chips carved off the stone were placed inside the formation as a form of solar heat. A great display of Inca history was presented at this sight.
From this sight we traveled to an
underground cave and temple. The Temple of Kenko was used to bury the Inca ancestors
as mummies. The Inca's believed the main source of wisdom came from
communicating with their deceased ancestors. This included using some of
nature's hallucinogenic herbs and plants from the area's various environments.
Moving by bus to the City to start
our walking tour of the Basilica Cathedral and the Koricancha or the Sun Temple.
The Cathedral was built square and with brick. Since the Spanish had natives
build and design the church it is covered in numerous traditional Inca symbols.
When the Spanish realized there was earth quakes they had to add 2 large chapels
to each side of the church to support its magnitude during earth quakes. The
Koricancha was a monastery in the middle of Cusco. It was built into the Inca
ruins of the Sun Temple. Throughout the monastery there are ruins from the Inca
temple and since the church was built upon it we are able to see how the Inca's
built their structures.
Wrapping up our tour with a trip to
the airport. A bittersweet ending to our amazing adventure in Peru. We arrived in
Dallas and headed straight to the many amenities we as Americans take for granted:
ICE water palatable from the tap, seats on toilets that flush toilet paper, knowing
for sure you are going in the right restroom, easily reading a menu and communicating
freely, flights on time and schedules on
the board hours in advance, and turning on
our cell phones to freely call home.
Thank you all for following our amazing
travels abroad. HUGE THANK YOU to our loved ones that kept life on track while
we gallivanted around the world! We look forward to our last class seminar and auction
in April!
Submitted by Kristy Smith
Day 14 in Peru: a taste of Peruvian Agriculture
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During our visit to this farm we learned about some of the crops raised in Peru. There are over 5000 varieties of potatoes. These potatoes are dried down and can be kept for up to 20 years. To rehydrate them, they are placed in boiling water for three minutes.
As we were loading the bus, a few of us were sprayed by silly string by a passing car. Our tour guide informed us of the festival that takes place this time of year called Carnival. It is a competition between men and women that usually involves water. At the end of the festival there is a big meeting and a water competition.
We proceeded to Ollantaytambo -Sacred Valley of the Incas. This is an Incan military, religious, and agricultural center located on the top of the mountain.
Submitted by Tracey Walsh
Day 13 in Peru: Machu Picchu visit
The highlight of our extended stay in Peru began today as we departed
from the town of Aquas Calientes. This required us to board a small
bus that would take us on a 20 minute ride that would take us on a one
lane gravel road filled with 13 switchbacks and hairpin turns.
Our very efficient tour guide from Yampu Tours then gave us a walking
tour of this New 7 Wonders of the World Machu Picchu. This Inca
settlement was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. The city was
abandoned by the Inca's and fortunate for us was not discovered
by the Spanish in the 1550's because they were under orders to destroy
the Inca villages. It was estimated that this city was built in the
1400's over a time frame of about 70 years.
The engineer in the group Travis Bunde was always trying to figure
out how they cut and moved the stones. The cowboy in
the group Travis Johnson couldn't believe he was in a place like this.
The feat of taking a mountain top and transforming it into a city
with temples, terraces for raising crops, storehouses and buildings
was amazing to all of us.
After the main tour a group of us took the trail to the Sun Gate.
This was a grueling hour long hike up a steeper and rougher trail but
the views made it well worth the effort.
from the town of Aquas Calientes. This required us to board a small
bus that would take us on a 20 minute ride that would take us on a one
lane gravel road filled with 13 switchbacks and hairpin turns.
tour of this New 7 Wonders of the World Machu Picchu. This Inca
settlement was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. The city was
abandoned by the Inca's and fortunate for us was not discovered
by the Spanish in the 1550's because they were under orders to destroy
the Inca villages. It was estimated that this city was built in the
1400's over a time frame of about 70 years.
out how they cut and moved the stones. The cowboy in
the group Travis Johnson couldn't believe he was in a place like this.
The feat of taking a mountain top and transforming it into a city
with temples, terraces for raising crops, storehouses and buildings
was amazing to all of us.
After the main tour a group of us took the trail to the Sun Gate.
This was a grueling hour long hike up a steeper and rougher trail but
the views made it well worth the effort.
It was hard to leave this beautiful place in the clouds, but we were
all up to another adventure so it was back to the town of Aquas
Calientes for lunch via bus. Then Peru rail to Ollantayambo and a bus
to Cusco for our overnight stays there.
all up to another adventure so it was back to the town of Aquas
Calientes for lunch via bus. Then Peru rail to Ollantayambo and a bus
to Cusco for our overnight stays there.
Submitted by Jeff Thompson
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