The annual informational EXPO is KCFA’s largest educational event of the year and you are invited!Â
Theme:Â Â Growing Smarter!
WHERE: Old Airport, Makaeo Pavilion (pls. use mauka entrance)
WHY: An Informational Exposition for Small Farmers, Home Based Businesses and really Something for Everyone Come cruise the aisles of more than 40 Displays,Speak to the Experts and Gather Helpful Information! Â Everyone is invited.
Schedule…
10 am Opening and Welcome-Tom Butler, KCFA President
10:15 am Brenda Ford Certificate of Appreciation- T. Butler
10:30-11 am- HI Board of Agriculture Deputy Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser and Ken KakesakoÂ
11:15– Workshops (All held Kau side of Pavilion, outside in tent. Starts promptly! Question & Answer Forums.)
   11:15-11:45 “ Effective Websites”
1:35 pm Representative Nicole Lowen-C. Bondera
2 pm Presentation of Chef Certificates- A. Kelleher
2:15-3:15 pm Dr. Lisa Keith Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center- CBB Update Discussion with PowerPoint presentation-S. Shriner
 (Food will be available for Sale on site from thefeedingleaf.com and will offer sandwich/salad boxes, bento boxes, hamburgers, hot dogs etc.)
Sponsored by Kona Coffee Farmers Association, the Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union and Weston Yap.
Below is the list of confirmed participants- Something for Everyone!
Resources, Â Vendors and Displays:
All Tool Inc.
Agrilogic Insurance
Aloha Insurance
Bacon Universal
Beyond Organic Consulting
Big Island Goat Dozer/Chris Willcox
Big Island Invasive Species Outreach Specialists
Bokashi Microbes
Captain Cook Trading/Emmerich Grosch
Daylight Mind/Shawn Steiman
Complete Art Service Hawaii
Copy Post Plus
CPS Fertilizer
CTAHR/Andrea Kawabata
Golden State Crop Insurance/Weston Yap
Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture/Rob Curtiss
Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture/Sharon Hurd
Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union/Nellie Medeiros
Hawaii Island Workforce/ Gayle Ishimaru
Hawaii Small Business Network/Jackie Muller
Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers/Ken Love
Hawaiian Earth Products/David Hare
Independent Norwex Sales/Chris Hafner
INOVI- Green/Vincent Kimura
Kona Coffee Farmers Association
-Legislative
-Pest and Disease
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival/Malia Bolton
Kona Property Real Estate/Arnold Rabin
Little Fire Ant/Heather Forester
Bob MacDonald
Master Gardner/Celeste Makrevis
Natural Resource Conservation/Jessica Schmelz
Nutriplant Hawaii- David Donald
P A Harris Plumbing/Katherine Kent
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center/Lisa Keith,PhD
Produce to Product Marketing/Nancy Miller
Roastar/Christie Gill
Tax Specialist/Cliff Handy
US Postal Service/Tom McCarthy
USDA Rural Development/Denise Oda
USDA Farm Service/Linda Kow