Aloha KCFA Members: We are proud to offer our first outreach/education event, since farmers need to get up to speed with a new topic. As most, if not all coffee farmers in Hawaii have heard, we are now faced with a new pest: Coffee Leaf rust (CLR). This fungus, which has had devastating effects on…
CTAHR: Soil Health and Sustainable IPM Mini Conference Tuesday, August 4th, 4:30 – 6:30 pm For All Information click here>>> Soil Health Mini conference flyer
Kudos to Event Chair Kay Dixon and Board Member Armando Rodriguez and his wife Karina and Board member/musician Chet Gardiner for giving us the good time! We were enjoying the beautiful panoramic view of Puuhonua o Honaunau below and the music and the company of fellow farmers and the delicious food as well as the…
The KCFA held a successful event at the Made in Hawaii Festival on Oahu, from August 17-19, 2018 with over 40,000 attendees. The KCFA booth was beautifully decorated with lots of handouts, displays and bags of coffee. Big Mahalo to Chris Coleman KCFA Board member, for generously donating the entire Booth cost to the KCFA.…
BUY HAWAII FOR Hawaii Held at: Neal Blaisdell-Exhibition Hall & Arena in Honolulu Hours: Friday , August 17 from 10 am-9pm Saturday, August 18 from 10 am-9pm Sunday, August 19 from 10 am-5pm $6.00 admission Don’t miss out if you are on Oahu this weekend! Look for the Kona Coffee Farmers Association’s Booth #437! Selling…
Slow Food Nations Festival Aloha KCFA Members: For the second year in a row, KCFA will be an Exhibitor in mid-July at the Slow Food Nations festival in Denver, CO. Take a look at the website: https://slowfoodnations.org/festival-2018/. See KCFA listed as a participant in the Taste Marketplace section. Remember that Slow Food USA has granted Pure…
We need a “count” of what donations of pastries/cookies and pounds of ground 100% Kona coffee that we can expect to receive from you this Wednesday for our “Pahoa Help Event” to be held on Friday. (all info below). Would you please email us here… just click>>> info@konaCoffeeFarmers.org to confirm your intended donation? We want to meet our goals…
Coffee Berry Borer Conference 2018 DATE AND TIME Wed, April 25, 2018 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM HSTLOCATION Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel 75-5660 Palani Road Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION 7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration 8:00 am – 4:00 pm ConferenceThe USDA-Agricultural Research Service and University of Hawaii-CTAHR invite you…
Listening Session The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is evaluating comprehensively the Hawaii Tropical Tree Pilot Crop Insurance Program. This evaluation is to determine whether the pilot crop insurance program for banana, coffee and papaya trees should be converted to permanent program, modified and continued as pilot, or terminated. We will present the results of our…