from your Kona Coffee Farmers Association Immigration Enforcement and You Your workers have rights too. The large majority of our year-round workers are documented (90% by estimates from local experts in this issue), however, the effects of a raid are chilling on our workforce, regardless of status. As employers, we should know what their rights…
Dear Chair Gabbard and Members of the Senate AEN Committee: I am a Kona coffee farmer in the North Kona District of Hawaii Island and am a member of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association. I strongly support the passage of HB186. The threat of Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) creates a danger that Hawaii-grown coffee will…
(Please note the file below is 1.4 MB and will take time to download) click to view>>> Â Â 2016 CBB IPM Document Sent to Organizations
If you have not yet taken advantage of this Free PR Offer and would like to do so, please read the notice below and email a pick up request by clicking here: Info@konacoffeefarmers.org. Providing these items to your customers is a great way to get the “100% Kona Coffee” message to a receptive audience. This summer…
KCFA Comments and Suggestions on UH-CTAHR’s 2016 CBB Recommendations From Mike McMullen: Page 1. The first page of the document should be written as an executive summary. It should have an introductory paragraph and then include the specific recommendations to farmers. Page 1 should be able to stand alone and be detached and distributed. Department…
to encourage KCFA members who directly retail their coffee to provide KCFA’s Kona Coffee message to customers, we will be giving 50 Kona Coffee Brochures or 50 Bumper Stickers or 50 of the “Pretending to be Kona”” cards–without charge.
HDOA CBB Pesticide Subsidy for purchases of Beauvaria bassiana (Botanigard and Mycotrol) made between 7/1/2015 & 6/30/2016
QUICK STEPS (you might want to print out these steps before signing up with MailChimp for easy access) Â Open a blank Word document. Make a list of all of your customers emails, separated only by a comma. This is called a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. Save that CSV File. Go here: https://login.mailchimp.com/signup and sign…
2016 September Membership Drive Sponsorship Opportunity: Our annual September Membership Drive is a time to invite Slow Food USA’s nearly 1 million social media supporters and email list to engage with the Slow Food movement in a deeper way. This year’s campaign theme is “Come to the Table.” We are highlighting the ways Slow…