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May 2009

May 8, 2009 - Land Grant-CNR Opens its Demonstration Piggeries
by CNR Staff

In 2006, the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) conducted a territorial-wide piggery survey to identify each and every piggery. The survey documented 1,017 illegal piggeries operating in American Samoa , including the piggery at the ASCC Community and Natural Resources Division (CNR), which did not have a Land Use Permit or, according to ASEPA, an adequate animal waste system. Striving to create an example of a compliant piggery, CNR entered into an agreement with ASEPA whereby the existing piggery would be renovated to demonstrate the options available to pig farmers. This demonstration would serve as an educational facility which farmers could visit and ask questions about. Read More...

May 29, 2009 - ASCC/SSI Publications Combine Research and Community Service
by James Kneubuhl, ASCC Press Officer

Thanks to a combination of research initiatives and community service, the staff and students of the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) recently published two books created with the Samoan speaking audience in mind. As SSI Director Okenaisa Fauolo-Manila explained, "We hope these two new books will reach all Samoans who have an interest in Tutuila 's oral histories, and also in Samoan medicine, healers and alternative medicine. Both publications also include translations to help people with limited Samoan speaking skills." Read More...