Agriculture technology platform is topic at Kona Science Cafe
Michael Rogers will describe Smart Yields, an agriculture technology platform, at the next Kona Science Cafe from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority Hale Iako Incubation Center at the end of Makako Bay Drive. Note that this is a different day of the week and different location than usual.
Smart Yields gives farmers and gardeners real-time information, trends and forecasts and recommendations via an intuitive and customizable mobile app.
Rogers has lived in island communities where farming plays a major role in culture and lifestyle including Hawaii, Madagascar, Okinawa and the Philippines. At age 31, fueled by a passion for agriculture, sustainability and Third World development, Rogers returned to the University of Hawaii where he earned his Bachelor of Science in tropical plants and soil sciences.
A potluck is included with the event. Bring pupu and non-alcoholic beverages to share; reusable plates and cups are encouraged.
Info: Rod Hinman, rod@auroraresearch.com, 989-0977.
Read Shakespeare with other fans
The Read Aloud Shakespeare group meets once a month in Keauhou to read The Bard’s plays.
The group will resume Othello at Act 4 from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Shakespeare fans are invited to bring copies of the play and join in. Attendees take turns. Shakespeare or acting ability are not required.
Info: Call Joy Vogelgesang at 557-0694 by noon, Wednesday.
Kona coffee history talk planned
Kona Historical Society’s June Hanohano O Kona lecture will be a presentation about the history of Kona’s coffee industry and the stories of the people who shaped it.
The free talk is from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at the West Hawaii Civic Center. Kona Historical Society Curator Mina Elison will give context to historical photographs that illustrate many coffee farmers’ journey of independence from sugar plantations to small family-operated coffee farms. Assistant Program Director Gavin Miculka will offer his knowledge of Kona’s historical coffee farms, and how Kona’s families would have lived and worked together on the sites in the early 20th century.
Many of these stories are reflected in the exhibit on display until January in the H.N. Greenwell Store Museum in Kealakekua, “The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawaii Belt Road.”
Info: 323-3222, www.konahistorical.org.
Kona library plans keiki activity
From 3-4 p.m. Wednesday at the Kailua-Kona Public Library presents the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Building Challenge for children ages 4-7. Participants will create models of each pig’s home and will test their structural integrity.
The program is limited to the first 20 children and their adult caregivers. Reservations will close Tuesday.
Info: 327-4327.
Kiwanis Club of Kailua-Kona meets
Kiwanis Club of Kailua-Kona will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Makalei Golf Club, 72-3890 Hawaii Belt Road, Kailua-Kona, 325-6625.
All visiting and prospective members are invited. Catherine Theriault, director of Adoption and Family Support for Chosen and Dearly Loved will speak.
Kiwanis looks to serve the community by conducting service projects that respond to identified needs, especially related to children.
Info: Linda, lktakai49@gmail.com, 325-6724.