2012 Candidates for Office- Questionnaire and Letter
July02,2012 Letter to Candidates– link 2012 Political Candidates Questionnaire – link Feldman Study – link
Donald Schoenholt, founding KCFA Member
DNS – 2012 CV Who Is Donald Schoenholt and why do we KCFA Members appreciate him so much? Letter to the Governor From: Donald Schoenholt <i840coffee@gilliescoffee.com> Date: Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:02 AM Subject: veto HB280 To: Gov.contact@hawaii.gov Dear Governor, The farmers of Kona coffee, and their roaster and consumer friends on the mainland have been working…
Celebrate! Abercrombie to veto HB280
Read the whole story here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/47956342 Please help insure that Governor Abercrombie knows we appreciate his efforts on our behalf, by sending a Mahalo email today, to: gov.contact@hawaii.gov expressing your enthusiastic agreement with his VETO of HB280. It’s a happy day for 100% Kona Coffee Farmers because the integrity and reputation of 100% Kona Coffee will…
Voter Forum- Make your Voice Heard!
2012 State Races (click previous for all info) Hualalai Academy Auditorium Make agriculture a focus and attend these. Suggested questions below: Next Forum: STATE SENATE Districts 3 and 4 Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.; Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Suggested questions include: **In the almost 2 years since CBB was discovered in Kona,…
County Democratic Party Resolutions on Agriculture’s Fair Marketing Issues
The Hawaii County Democratic Party held its 2012 convention on May 5 in Honoka’a. Two of the resolutions adopted by the delegates are copied below: Resolution #12HCD/2012 “Calling for Truthful Marketing of Kona Coffee” and Resolution #16HCD/2012 “Relating to Protection of ‘Origin’ Products and Their Small Farm Economies”. These and other resolutions adopted at the…
HB280 – Letter to The Honorable Clarence K. Nishihara, Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee
E-MAILED—ORIGINAL TO FOLLOW March 17, 2012 The Honorable Clarence K. Nishihara Kona Coffee Farmers Association Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee Legislative Committee State Capitol, Room 204 P.O Box 5436 Kailua-Kona, HI 96745 415 South Beretania Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Dear Senator Nishihara: RE: HB280, HD1/SD1 (Relating to Agriculture) Thank you, for including us in the meeting yesterday…
KCFA vs. Safeway Class Action Suit
Latest regarding the Safeway Kona Select Brand Kona coffee dispute prompts class-action lawsuit September 15, 2011 – 10:08pm By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER | The Associated Press “HONOLULU — A spat involving Safeway and Hawaii coffee growers is still brewing, even after the supermarket giant agreed to change labeling on its Kona blend coffee…” read the…
KCFA Boycott Resolution
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT OF SAFEWAY STORES 1. WHEREAS Safeway is selling packages of coffee in its mainland stores called “Safeway Select Kona Blend”; and 2. WHEREAS the label of this product tells consumers to “Revel in the unmatched taste of savory beans from Hawaii’s Big Island”; and 3. WHEREAS the label does…
Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov’s Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less
Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov’s Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less by Lynn Nakagawa of CivilBeat.com Link to article: http://tinyurl.com/3hdardv – – – – – – – – Kona Farmers: Coffee Bill On Gov’s Desk Creates More Confusion, Not Less By Lynn Nakagawa 04/19/2011 A bill awaiting Gov. Neil Abercrombie‘s signature is intended to…
HDOA, Board of Agriculture Hearing in Kona – February 22, 2011
Testifiers were: Colehour Bondera-KCFA, Ben Dysart-KCFA, Una Greenaway-KCFA, Dexter Washburn-KCFA, Maria da Silva-KCFA, Paul Uster-KCFA, Suzanne Shriner-KCFA, Bruce Corker-KCFA, Stefanie Delmont-KCFA (also as President of the Kona Farm Bureau), Page Trygstad-KCFA, Tom Greenwell representing the HCA,HCGA,KCC and Greenwell Farms, Gus Rouse of Kona Queen, Lily Kong-KCFA and Dr. Robert Hollingsworth-PBARC. All were in support of…