--- title: Dale Bonar Affordable Farming Land Trust Concept date: 2013-02-02T00:34:23Z modified: 2013-02-02T07:22:26Z permalink: "https://nko.org/dale-bonar/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 5280 categories: - Education - Environment tags: - Education - Environment - affordable farming - concept - Dale Bonar - David Fisher - environment - hawaii - land trust - Maui - Maui Venture Forum - Paul G. Hugel - Tropical Plantation - video author: Paul Garrett Hugel timestamp: 2013-02-02T07:22:26Z --- ##### Dale Bonar Introduces Affordable Farming Land Trust Concept The following is the lecture/presentation Dale Bonar gave for The Maui Venture Forum at Maui Tropical Plantation January 31, 2013. This video segment does not include the followup question and answer period following his presentation but hope an edited version may be available in the future. This is an fairly unedited version shot on an iPhone 5 output at 720P resolution [vimeo.com](http://vimeo.com/paulhugel/dalebonar "source vimeo video link") [](http://vimeo.com/paulhugel/dalebonar "source vimeo video link") [Affordable Farming Land Trust Concept – Dale Bonar](http://vimeo.com/58739306) from [paul hugel](http://vimeo.com/paulhugel) on [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com). Also available in 720P resolution on [youtube](http://youtu.be/sbsHg3FmQII "youtube video link") ![Dale Bonar](http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/shrink_200_200/p/1/000/00d/14d/3141381.jpg) Dale BonarDale Bonar has been [Executive Director](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Executive+Director&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-title "Find others with this title") for [Hawaiian Islands Land Trust](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Hawaiian+Islands+Land+Trust&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-company-name "Find others who have worked at this company") from May 2002 – September 2012 Preserving and protecting significant conservation lands of Hawaii for the benefit of the natural environment and of current and future generations. Dale is a [Consultant](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Consultant&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-title "Find others with this title") at [Solid Ground Consulting](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Solid+Ground+Consulting&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-company-name "Find others who have worked at this company") September 2012 – Present Dale received his PhD, [Zoology](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Zoology&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-edu-field_of_study "Find users with this keyword"), [Marine Science](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Marine+Science&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-edu-field_of_study "Find users with this keyword") at [University of Hawaii at Manoa](http://www.linkedin.com/college/?eduSchool=18205&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-edu-school-name "Find other members who attended University of Hawaii at Manoa") Dale has been a [Member](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Member&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-title "Find others with this title") of [Maui Conservation Alliance](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=Maui+Conservation+Alliance&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-company-name "Find others who have worked at this company") 2007 – 2012 (5 years) Dale served as [Assistant, Associate Professor](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&title=Assistant%2C+Associate+Professor&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true¤tTitle=CP&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-title "Find others with this title") at The **[University of Maryland, College Park](http://www.linkedin.com/company/3638?goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-exp-company-name) from** 1974 – 1992 (18 years) Professor in the Department of Zoology and Research Professor in the Center of Marine Biotechnology. Research focused on cellular and molecular biology of invertebrate development ### HONORS & AWARDS Hawai`i Community Foundation Ho`okele Leadership Award, 2007 ### ORGANIZATIONS [Hawaii Natural Areas Reserve System Commission](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Hawaii+Natural+Areas+Reserve+System+Commission&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link "Find users with this keyword"), [Hawaii Legacy Land Commission](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Hawaii+Legacy+Land+Commission&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link "Find users with this keyword"), [Maui Nui Marine Resources Council](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Maui+Nui+Marine+Resources+Council&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-org-additonal_orgs-link "Find users with this keyword") Interests - [Environmental Conservation especially of marine systems](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=Environmental+Conservation+especially+of+marine+systems&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-addl_info-interests "Find users with this keyword"), - [snorkling and scuba diving](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=snorkling+and+scuba+diving&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-addl_info-interests "Find users with this keyword"), - [fine woodworking](http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=fine+woodworking&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&goback=%2Enpp_%2Fdale*5bonar*5hilt%2F4%2F94a%2F41b&trk=prof-addl_info-interests "Find users with this keyword") ## Topics **Categories:** [Education](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/education.md), [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md) **Tags:** [affordable farming](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/affordable-farming.md), [concept](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/concept.md), [Dale Bonar](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/dale-bonar.md), [David Fisher](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/david-fisher.md), [environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/environment.md), [hawaii](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/hawaii.md), [land trust](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/land-trust.md), [Maui](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/maui.md), [Maui Venture Forum](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/maui-venture-forum.md), [Paul G. 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