Immigration Enforcement on Kona Coffee farms

Farming

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…

HB186 Testimony Example

Legislative

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…

Reminder- Free PR Offer to KCFA Members

Marketing

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…

for KCFA Members only—Free PR Offer

Marketing

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.

MailChimp is our friend:)

Marketing

QUICK STEPS (you might want to print out these steps before signing up with MailChimp for easy access)  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…