# Resources

## Local Organizations

- **Kauai County Farm Bureau** — local ag network
- **University of Hawai'i CTAHR** — Cooperative Extension, research, soil testing
- **Breadfruit Institute (NTBG)** — National Tropical Botanical Garden in Kalaheo, Kauai — leading breadfruit research
- **Hawaii Vanilla Company** — potential mentor/model, Paauilo, Big Island
- **Kauai Community College** — sustainable agriculture program

## Grants and Funding

- **USDA NRCS EQIP** — Environmental Quality Incentives Program (agroforestry practices)
- **USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher** — loans and grants
- **Hawaii Dept of Agriculture** — various grant programs
- **SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education)** — grants for sustainable farming

## Suppliers

> TODO: Local nurseries, vanilla cutting sources, breadfruit variety sources (NTBG), soil amendment suppliers.

## References

> TODO: Key books, papers, and online resources for Hawaiian agroforestry, vanilla cultivation, breadfruit processing.