Kalo Field Technician

E kūpaku ka ʻāina is seeking 2 half-time Field Technicians (one each on Maui and Hawai’i Islands). This position is an opportunity for someone interested in traditional Hawaiian food crops and production methods to participate in a project focused on the application of the Hawaiian lunar/celestial planting calendar and traditional practices on traditional Hawaiian food crops and their effects on yield and quality (in the case of this position, kalo); and, to assist Native Hawaiian farmers to increase Hawaiian crop cultivar diversity on-farm. It is part of a larger project, Recovering Hawaiian kalo and ʻuala cultivar diversity and indigenous cropping systems knowledge: Indigenous approaches to climate resilience in agriculture and Hawaiian food sovereignty, engaged in expanding on lunar planting practice knowledge and crop cultivar diversity for kalo and ʻuala on Molokai, Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Islands. This position will be primarily based at the island of hire.

The Field Technician is a half-time position (20hrs/wk) continual for up to three years contigent upon satisfactory performance. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and should have access to a vehicle.