Recipe Good for Your Heart! – No Added Salt Chili

No Added Salt Chili ½ pound lean ground turkey or chicken 1 clove garlic (or more!), minced 1 small onion, chopped 1 can (8 ounce) tomato sauce 1 can (12 ½ oz) whole tomatoes, drained, rinsed, and chopped 1 can (15 oz) kidney or small red beans, drained and rinsed 1 can (15 oz) black

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Upcoming Grow Your Own Laʻau Classes

Grow Your Own Laʻau Are you interested in learning how to grow your own laʻau? Wondering where to start? Come join Hui Mālama Ola Nā ʻŌiwi for the upcoming Grow Your Own Laʻau classes. Participants will learn about propagation, cultivation, pest and disease, harvesting, agroforestry, and health properties of five local plants: kaukama, koʻo koʻolau,

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Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)

Source: State of Hawaii, Office of Community Services Visit the SFMNP site for more information. http://labor.hawaii.gov/ocs/service-programs-index/federal-food-assistance-programs/sfmnp/ In 2000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) created the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) to provide low-income seniors with eligible foods through farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture (CSA) programs. SFMNP

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National TAKE-BACK Initiative – Saturday, April 28, 2018

National TAKE-BACK Initiative Saturday, April 28, 2018  10:00am-2:00pm in Hilo and Kona Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe, anonymous disposal. Locations: Hilo – Ka Waena Lapa‘au Medical Complex (Upper Parking Lot), 670 Ponohawai St. Kona – Hawai‘i Police Department Kealakehe Police Station Parking Lot, 74-0611 Hale Māka‘i Pl. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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