Alluvion exemplifies the true meaning of business-education partnership.
Alluvion operates an innovative Growers Program with more than 110 participating minority small-farm growers, according to Kohan. In 1990, Alluvion management designed a Growers Program in partnership with Waipahu High School. Alluvion employees provided technical assistance to help students organize their greenhouse and get their planting started. Mature plants are sold to Alluvion, and proceeds from the sales help fund the school's education programs. Even though the Growers Program now attracts only a handful of students to enter agricultural careers, it is a new beginning for the industry, which we hope will grow even more in the future.