update 12/18/2010 by Melanie Bondera Thank you for all your feedback and input! We’ve sent the fungus off to several labs for identification. Farmers should go out and collect any b. bassiana fungus from their own farms before the harvest season ends and there are no more coffee cherries. Here’s my suggested collection procedure. Find…
WHEREAS, the recent identification of CBB on farms in the Kona coffee growing region presents new economic, management and marketing challenges for Kona coffee farmers; WHEREAS, CBB threatens to negatively impact Kona coffee production that annually brings millions of dollars (more than half of the coffee revenue for the entire State) into Hawaii in the…
LIVE Auction Items Date: November 14, 2010 Sunday, King Kamehameha Hotel, 5 pm for our 4th Annual KCFA Benefit Dinner and Auction (Snappy new credit card machine this year – ought to make checking out far speedier!) Blue Hawaii Helicopter Adventure Kohala Coast Adventure @ $554.50 45-50 minutes Helicopter tour for 2 Jim Keenan’s Wood…
Melanie Bondera- November 2010 Beauvaria bassiana fungus and Coffee Borer Beetle I went to the CBB Farmer meeting at Yano Hall on Tuesday, 11/8/10. I was not satisfied with the material being presented, but was very curious about a comment by another coffee farmer. He suggested that we’ve actually had Coffee Borer Beetle for a…
Hawaii County Council Resolution 397 10 introduced by Council Member Kelly Greenwell and passed unanimously by the entire Council on November 4, 2010 A RESOLUTION TO SEEK MONETARY ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING AND CONTROLLING THE COFFEE BEAN BORER. WHEREAS, coffee is the leading agricultural field crop on Hawai’i Island; and WHEREAS, the coffee bean borer has…
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 30, 2010 Email: info@KonaCoffeeFarmers.org website: www.KonaCoffeeFarmers.org Farmers Asking For Immediate Suspension of Green Coffee Imports The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has passed a Resolution (entire text may be found here: Resolution Calling for the Immediate Suspension of Green Coffee Imports Into Hawai’i) calling for an immediate suspension…
KCFA represents the farmer’s voice to our legislators. 10 Percent Blend Law – Position Statement and Resolution REVISION OF HAWAII’S 10% KONA COFFEE BLEND LAW Kona Coffee Farmers Association’s POSITION STATEMENT AND RESOLUTION CALLING FOR REVISION OF HAWAII’S 10% KONA COFFEE BLEND LAW Adopted by KCFA Board of Directors, April 19, 2006 It is the…