Ep 21. Pacific Gateway Center with En Young

09/29/22 • 47 min

In this episode we speak with En Young from The Pacific Gateway Center on Oahu whose mission is to empower low-income residents, immigrants, refugees and other vulnerable populations to achieve self-sufficiency through skill-building and access to opportunities while respecting cultural heritages.. En has recently taken the role of Executive Director and shares details about their programs and some stressors

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Ep 20. Ag Legislative Issues and Solutions

In this episode we speak with Georgia Pinsky who is both farmer and a farmer resource on the island of Maui, and Representative Amy Perruso from District 46 of Hawaiʻiʻs state legislature and a member of the Ag, Finance, and Energy & Environmental Protection committees. We talk about stressors ag producers have voiced related to legislative issues, and also some possible ways we can all help move forward changes.
Brought to you by University of Hawaii College of Tropical Ag. and Human Resources, and the Seeds of Well-being (SOW) Project. This podcast is supported by the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
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Amy’s web page: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=perruso
Georgia’s website: https://www.mauifamilyfarmertrainingnetwork.com/
Farmers' Union: https://hfuuhi.org/
Hawaii Farm Bureau: https://hfbf.org
Find your legislator: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/findleg.aspx

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Ep 22. Ag Stress Management with Dr. Lew Abrams

In this episode we speak with Dr. Lew Abrams, clinical psychologist and farmer on the island of Maui. We talk about his struggles as a farmer, but also about what he sees in his work with ag producers related to their mental health and talk about ways of effectively dealing with the stress.
This podcast is brought to you by University of Hawaii College of Tropical Ag. and Human Resources (CTAHR), and the Seeds of Wellbeing or SOW Project. This podcast is supported by the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
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Seeds Of Wellbeing - SOW - Ep 21. Pacific Gateway Center with En Young

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Please know that the views expressed in this episode and all our SOW podcast episodes are those of the interviewee, and not necessarily those of the University of Hawaii, CTAHR or the Seeds of Wellbeing projects, as well as our funders. Welcome to the Seeds of Wellbeing podcasts, "Experts in the Field" series, featuring people working in their field of expertise to provide support for agriculture producers, in Hawaii, in the United States, and in some