May 28, 2013
Contributed by ksinfo
A group of 30 U.S. and international food and travel writers are attending the IFWTWA 2013 Annual Conference on O'ahu from May 23-27, which will be followed by a post-conference media trip to Hawai'i island from May 27-30.
While on O'ahu, KS will host a visit to Punalu'u Ahupua'a Farms where writers will meet with land asset managers and KS farmers to learn about Kamehameha's Farm-to-Table initiative and the KS Strategic Agriculture Plan, which holds increasing Hawaii's sustainable food production as one of its primary objectives. The Punalu'u experience will also provide context for all post-conference Farm- to-Table hands-on activities hosted by KS on Hawai'i island the following week.
Annual IFWTWA media trips - steeped in food, wine, culture and history - are coordinated around the globe to provide association members with access to story opportunities that help advance their career in culinary and travel journalism. In return, hosts are given direct access to an audience of qualified journalists who have been hand-picked to share and expose local, national and international audiences to their culinary experiences.
The Hawai'i Island post-conference media trip includes a 4-day/3-night stay at the Sheraton Kona, and a variety of cultural and local culinary experiences throughout West Hawai'i.
Jill Andrade Mattos speaks to IFWTWA members of the beef that will be prepared for them that evening.
Pipi kaula (dried meat – short ribs)dried, prepared and served by Sam Choy's, a commercial lessee of Kamehameha Schools.
KS lessee farmer, Kelsey Tsuchiyama with his family, shares his family's sheep-farming practices
Oriental braised lamb shanks. The lamb was provided by Tsuchiyama farms and prepared for travel writers' dinner by Sam Choy.
Ho'io, tomato, mushroom salad prepared by Sam Choy's. Ho'io gathered by writers from river of Tsuchiayama's sheep farm; tomatoes gathered by writers from Hamakua Springs farm. Mushrooms previously gathered by writers at Hamakua Mushrooms, a mushroom farm on the slopes of Laupāhoehoe.
Kamehameha Schools’ policy is to give preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law.
