Category Archives: Newsletter

October 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen, October 23, Farmer Get Together, Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Symposium, Post-Harvest Handling to Preserve Quality in Coffee, What are Hawaii Farms Growing, Are We Still Freezing Coffee?, International Coffee Day- October 1st, Invasive Pest Webinar- October 13, From Our Readers, Pest Control Principles Meet Pure Chaos in New Coffee Farm Study, Hawaii Farmers Union United (HFUU) Annual Convention, Study: Moderate Coffee Drinking May Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults,  
Help a Fellow Farmer, Survey to Detect and Prevent Invasive Bacterial Strains on Hawaii Farms & Nurseries , Slow Foods Tierra Madre Americas, Study: Caffeine May Reduce Effectiveness of Some Bacterial Antibiotics, How Coffee Impacts Your Energy Level, and Study: Coffee Drinking Linked to Healthy Aging & Longevity in Women.

September 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen , Where does the industry Stand on Infused Coffee, Potassium and Kona Coffee Quality, The Undervaluation of Shade-Grown Coffee, Kokua Kailua,
Study: Farm Level Bacterial Communities Affect Coffee Flavor, Coffee Can Interfere with Your Medication, Study: Caffeine Keeps the Brain Buzzing During Sleep, Consumer Reports on Coffee, US Coffee Buyers Request Postponement of Brazil Imports, Salute to Sponsor- Simplot Turf & Horticulture and Recipe:  Coffee Macadamia Nut Cookies

August 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen, 51% At The Federal Level?, Ag Tax is changing. Learn more August 2nd-Webinair,Tariff and Hawaii-Grown Coffee, Transportation Cost Reimbursement, Meeting: Tree Health and Pests/Diseases, How Much Coffee is Too Much?, Kona Coffee: the Path Forward, Burlap Bags in Stock, Coffee Nutrition – From Flower to Fruit, HCA’s Annual Conference, Costa Rica’s Eco-Friendly Coffee Culture, and Building Equity on More than Just Coffee

July 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen, CLR Study Provides Valuable Insights, Rainfall and the Coffee Berry Borer, How Storytelling is Transforming the Coffee Industry, US Consumption of Specialty Coffee Beats Traditional Coffee, Sell Roasted Kona Coffee to DBET, Farmer Get Together – July 17th, Meet Two of Your KCFA Board Members, Request from Kealakekua Library to Coffee farmers, CLR Resistant Variety Tasting and Talk, Surprising and Dangerous Properties of Caffeine, Caffeine Flip-Flops a Switch to Slow Aging and Recipe: Cold Brew Coffee

May 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen, Successful Legislative Season Winds Down,, US Daily Coffee Consumption Hits 20 Year High, Coffee Consumption of the Average American in a Single Image, Holualoa Coffee Mill, Congressional Coffee Caucus to Promote Coffee Industry, Study Suggests How Color “Should” be Used to Market Specialty Coffees,, Hawai’i Farmers and Ranchers Face $46 Million in Federal Funding Cuts, , KCFA Members “Did You Know?”, How a Forgotten Bean Could Save Coffee from Extinction, Status of Reimbursement Applications for CBB/CLR Treatment Subsidies, Ka’u Coffee Festival: May 25 – May 31, HCA Coffee Cupping Competition Deadline Extended, La Nina is Dead – What to Expect Now,

April 2025 The Independent Voice

Message from President Petersen, Hawaii Farmers Want Protections For Poi, Congressional Coffee Caucus, Hawai’i Ag Meets with DC Agencies, Surge in Green Coffee Thefts,
Could Processing Innovation Be a Solution?, Mr. Takashiba by Peter Young, Why Brands Are Investing In Gen Z, First Indoor Coffee Farming Franchise Co-op, CSF Leading More Defects Research With UC Davis, $1 Million Raised for Biochar Production on Coffee Farms

“Mr. Takashiba” by Peter Young

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…

March 2025 The Independent Voice

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!

February 2025 The Independent Voice

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

January 1, 2025 The Independent Voice

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