Candidates: commit to advocate for a State Farmer?

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Barbara asks:

"And what would you plant in your Victory Garden?
What varieties of vegetables are best in the drier regions of HPP?"

An excellent question which underscores the practical utility of such leadership by example. The master gardeners on each island already know so much about which cultivars grow well in which combinations, planting patterns, and rotations. Sharing that knowledge via demonstration garden plots in places commonly accessible to the public could be so useful.

Metaphorically --along with the diverse vegetables, fruits, herbs, and medicinal plants being seeded and cultivated in these demonstration gardens-- such an initiative would be seeding and cultivating the vital knowledge and ethos of local self-sufficiency, cultural resourcefulness, and community spirit.




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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

Pres. John Adams, Scholar and Statesman


"There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair."

NASA climate analyst Gavin Schmidt

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