from Peter Young-© 2025 Ho‘okuleana LLC 03/15/2025 Mr Takashiba When we were kids, during the summers, we used to load the jeep and trailer on a Young Brothers’ barge and head to different neighbor islands to camp. After a while, we ended up repeatedly coming to Kona. On one of those Kona trips, sixty years…
From Dr. Melissa Johnson’s CBB and CLR research presentation at the Symposium last Tuesday. We ran out of these handouts at the table and they can be found below. Here they all are. below 1. Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) Spray Calendar by Elevation 2. Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR)-IPM 3. Spray Calendar for Coffee Leaf Rust…
Message from President Petersen, KCFA 2025 Symposium, Kona Coffee Industry Hit By Funding Freeze and USDA Layoffs, Research Project on Effect of Physical Deficits in Green Coffee Beans, Bloomberg on Fertilizer Tariffs, The Controversy over Co-Fermentation of Coffee, Coffee-related Research and Management Update-Webinar, Study: Medium Roast Coffee contains more Caffeine than Dark Roast, Why Roasters Shouldn’t Buy Coffee Farms, and What Color is your Coffee? and more!
Come to a free Roasting Workshop as part of our Symposium! 10 am on Wednesday the 26th, at Lions Gate Farm, Honaunau. email davehart@ashellc.com or suzanne@coffeeofkona.com to reserve your spot today!
KCFA Coffee Symposium Feb. 25, 2025, Coffee Orchard Tasks, Warning: Coffee Sales Fraud, KCFA Position on a Sustainable Work Force & Immigration,
Workers’ Rights and Immigration, Coffee Related Webinar Series, Parasitic Wasps to Combat CBB, KCFA at Kokua Kailua, Fungicide Use and Your Health,
Grow Hawai’ian Festival, Study: Morning Coffee vs All-Day Coffee, Canoe Crops, How Sweet Coffee Tastes, CTAHR Workshop and Field Day Schedule
Are Dark Roast Profiles Unwelcome in Specialty Coffee?, Study: Coffee May Improve Cognitive Performance in Patients with High Incidence for Stroke
Farms with a distinct harvest season: Note your first flowering on a calendar as other activities such as BotaniGard applications and the early season removal of CBB-infested coffee are timed from the first bloom. During the winter through late spring months, coffee flowers bloom about 8-10 days after rain or heavy irrigation preceded by a (slight…
Message from President Petersen, KCFA Coffee Symposium February 25, 2025, Scheduling Coffee Production Activities, CLR & CBB Subsidy Update, Why do Genetically Similar Arabica Coffee beans Taste Different?, 2025 Coffee Webinar Series,, The Story of the Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union
Burlap Bags & T-Shirts now Available at KCFA, Study: How Roasting Affects the Perfect Brew, Daily Coffee Consumption Can Augment Your Life Expectancy, Benefits and Risks of Caffeine, Price of Arabica Coffee Beans at Record Level, Cell-Cultured Coffee Movement is Advancing, Basic Coffee Production Classes, UH Hilo Lab Closed from 12/1/2024 and Reopening on 3/25/2024
Message from President Petersen, Coffee Consumption in the US – Trends and Statistics, How Specialty Coffee has Raised the Bar in the Hospitality Industry,
Study: Regularly Drinking Coffee Reduces the Risk of COVID-19, Caffeine Content as a Function of Degree of Roast and Extraction Yield, Check your Property for Little Fire Ants, Study: Coffee may Reduce the Risk of Dementia in Hypertensive People,, HDOA’s Compost Reimbursement Program for 2025
USDA Farm Loan Program Changes Now in Effect, Are Washed Coffees Becoming More Popular Again?, SCA Officially Adopts New Cupping Forms and Standards, Pacific Coffee Research Class in January, UH Hilo Analytical Lab Closed from 12/1/2024 and Reopening 3/1/2025, Guava Moth, Best Budget Coffee Grinders for 2024 and Recipe: Homemade Coffee Liqueur
Hawaiʻi Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program Pre-register Now! Online Pre-registration is required to participate in the in-person payment registration events. click>> Thursday, November 21 in KONA The Hawai‘i Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered by the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA), offers a one-time $600…
Message from President Petersen, Microscope View of Caffeine, Exporting Coffee With Confidence, Kona Coffee Cultural Festival- November 1-10,
KCFA Burlap Bags are ALMOST here!, Double Roasting, Should We Treat Infused & Co-Fermented Coffees Differently?, Crop Insurance Webinar – November 19th, La Nina Forecast, CBB/CLR Subsidy, Recipe: Lilikoi Posset
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