{"id":220058,"date":"2025-08-12T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=220058"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:40:36","slug":"500-pounds-cabbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/12\/500-pounds-cabbage\/","title":{"rendered":"500 pounds of cabbage donated by CTAHR<\/abbr> to feed local families"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Many of the volunteers were first-time harvesters who learned how to pick and clean cabbage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At a time when a growing number of Oʻahu<\/span> families don\u2019t know where their next meal is coming from, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Urban Garden Center<\/a> (UGC<\/abbr>) is stepping up to help.<\/p>\n

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More than 500 pounds of fresh cabbage was harvested at the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Urban Garden Center to help feed families struggling with the high cost of food in Hawaiʻi.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Volunteers and students recently harvested more than 500 pounds of cabbage from the center, donating the fresh produce to The Pantry<\/a> to help families struggling with the state\u2019s high cost of living.<\/p>\n

The cultivation and harvest were led by Jensen Uyeda, extension agent at the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>), with help from volunteers with The Pantry and UGC<\/abbr>, students at Leeward Community College<\/a>, and Hele Imua volunteers.<\/p>\n

A leafy green experience<\/h2>\n

Many volunteers had never picked cabbage before and learned how to clean the leafy green vegetable with a harvest knife. “It was rewarding to see folks getting that type of experience, which you probably wouldn’t get anywhere else without working on a farm,” Uyeda said.<\/p>\n

With the cabbage harvest now complete, Uyeda plans to rotate crops of kalo, Komahana grape tomato and Hiroyama Kai choy in the same fields at UGC<\/abbr>. This will keep supplying fresh food to local food organizations and allow volunteers to experience the satisfaction and knowledge of a harvest.<\/p>\n

This donation follows another community initiative in July, when UGC<\/abbr> gave away hundreds of green onion plants to families, encouraging them to grow their own food at home.<\/p>\n

Since 2019, UGC<\/abbr> has donated more than 30 tons of fresh produce—including fruits, vegetables and herbs—to The Pantry, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Foodbank and Aloha Harvest to help feed local families.<\/p>\n

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Cabbage harvesters came from The Pantry, CTAHR<\/abbr>, students at Leeward Community College, and Hele Imua volunteers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volunteers and students recently harvested more than 500 pounds of cabbage from the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Urban Garden Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":220007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,212,951,1314,73,9],"class_list":["post-220058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-food","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t