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Upcoming Events
2026 Symposium
Save the Date! February 24th, 2026 will be the date of our next Coffee Symposium and Annual Meeting. Get ready for another fantastic day of networking, speakers, vendors, and catching up with old friends and new. Registration is now open. Sponsorship page is now open. Mahalo!
Invitation to AGM
KCFA’s 15th Annual General Membership Meeting! January 31, Sunday from 3pm – 4:30pm via ZOOM We invite all of you to join us for our 15th Annual General Membership Meeting. It will be held via Zoom which you need to have installed on your computer/phone (go here to download>>>) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85030902651, Alternatively you could call in…
Learning about Coffee Leaf Rust – Online Meeting November 5, 2020
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…
Harvest Fiesta 2018
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…
Made In Hawaii Festival photos
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.…
KCFA at the Made In Hawaii Festival August 17-19
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…
July 2018 Slow Food Nations Festival
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…
KCFA Wants to Help Evacuees
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…
Hawaii Tropical Tree – Listening Session Announcements
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…
Dr. Sarada Krishnan – Denver Botanic Gardens
Dr. Sarada Krishnan of the Denver Botanic Gardens will be the featured speaker at the annual general membership meeting of the Friends of Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden to be held in the Garden on Saturday, September 23. The public is invited to attend this free presentation which will be held beneath a tent…
March 7 Hearing-West Hawaii Civic Center 9 am-Your Help Needed
REMINDER–EXTENSION OF CURRENT HDOA COFFEE GRADE STANDARDS: On March 7, 2017, at 9:00 am at the West Hawaii Civic Center, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture will hold a public hearing on its proposal to extend the “sunset date” for the current grade standards. If the HDOA’s proposed amendments are not adopted, the current standards will…
Harvest Picnic and You are invited – August 14
Harvest Picnic! Aloha all KCFA members and families. You are all invited to attend the annual KCFA Harvest Picnic. It will be held Sunday, August 14th, from noon to 3:00 at the Church Lot Picnic area, across from the beautiful Honaunau Bay/Two Step beach, next to Puuhonua O Honaunau…
Coffee Talk Thursday with Kamehameha Schools’ Land Asset Managers
A casual and friendly environment for Kamehameha’s Land Mangers to learn about Kona Coffee farmers and for us to learn about them. Thursday 3 pm- CTAHR- across from the Aloha Theater
Annual Membership Meeting Friday January 8
WHERE: Kahaluu Beach Pavilion WHEN: 11:00 am – Friday, January 8, 2016 WHY: 9th Annual KCFA General Membership Meeting & Potluck Come and hear what your 100% Kona Farmers Association has done over the last accomplishing year. Hang out with your fellow farmers and cast your vote for the new KCFA Board Members to represent you. Also…
November 9, 2015 17th Annual Coffee and Art Stroll
Over 2,500 visitors and local folks enjoyed Saturday’s Coffee & Art Stroll in Holualoa Village as part of the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. During the 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. event in the historic, upcountry town, 650 people cast their votes for the “People’s Choice” award for their favorite Kona coffee. The top honors went…
Aloha Coffee Service-Monthly
ALOHA Coffee Service for MONTHLY Board Meetings 1 Pump Pot Brewed Coffee and Cups, please February____________________________________________________________________ March______________________________________________________________________ April________________________________________________________________________ May________________________________________________________________________ June________________________________________________________________________ July________________________________________________________________________ August______________________________________________________________________ September__________________________________________________________________ October_____________________________________________________________________ November___________________________________________________________________ December___________________________________________________________________ Mahalo
County Council Meetings July 23 & July 24 with Live Streaming
NOTE: LIVE STREAM VIEWING OF THE MEETINGS IS AVAILABLE VIA THE COUNTY WEBSITE AT: http://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1 from: Davelyn Barido, Council Aide Maile Medeiros David, Councilmember, District 6 For more information, please contact our office at (808) 323-4275 Aloha Everyone, The Agenda, Committee and Council Indexes for the July 23 & 24, 2015 meetings are HERE for…
July 23 & July 24 Committee and Council “Index”
Committee Index, July 23, 2015, Kona Chambers Council Index, July 24, 2015, Kona Chambers NOTE: LIVE STREAM VIEWING OF THE MEETINGS IS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA THE COUNTY WEBSITE AT: http://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1
July 1, 2015 – County Council Meeting and Live Streaming
The Agenda, Committee and Council Indexes for the July 1, 2015 meetings are listed for your information. You are welcome to attend and view the meetings, and/or testify on any agenda item at the following video conference location: West Hawaii Civic Center, Building A, 74-5044 Anekeohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; Click to view Indexes below: AGE…
The Giving Tree
THE GIVING TREE- written to Chris Coleman who is hosting our party and asked that we in turn, support The Giving Tree The Giving Tree Administrators thank you and the Kona Coffee Farmers for your interest in helping our Big Island Giving Tree project this year. We are focusing on our kupuna (senior citizens) this season and will…
Welcome New Members & Harvest BBQ 2014
The Welcome New Members & Harvest BBQ was held on September 28, 2014. It was another FUN Social Event provided by the Kona Coffee Farmers Association.
Coffee Festival-Celebrate Kona Day- Application
click to view> CKD_Craft_Food_Vendor_Application_2014MC Please direct all questions; and applications may be emailed to: Matt <mc296740@yahoo.com> or Wilfred <wyamasawa@aol.com> Remember the $25 fee is waived if you are a Coffee farmer!
Chefs Choice 5 Star Award Winners- December 2013
The 15th Annual Coffee & Art Stroll with KCFA’s own Mary Lou Moss as the Event Chair, added a Chefs’ Coffee Judging to its annual celebration of coffee and art. With more than 30 Kona coffee farms participating and serving coffee in the Coffee & Art Stroll, chefs from three of Kona’s restaurants were asked…
Kona Coffee Blossom Banquet- April 20, 2013
Very successful and really cheery time was had by all! And thank you to Bob Kraus for the wonderful array of photos at our Annual Fundraiser which was a warm and wonderful evening. Don’t miss it next year! The planning has already begun! Click on thumbnails below to enlarge the photo
Why support the KCFA’s Annual Fundraiser?
The KCFA is a non-profit, all volunteer organization of over 300 members, with only active Kona Coffee farmers having the ability to vote. Our annual Fundraiser allows us to continue our important work. What do we do? During the course of a year, proceeds from our annual fundraiser allow us to offer a Small Farmer Expo…