CTAHR Office, Kainaliu, mauka of Aloha Theater 3:30-5 pmApril 24, 2012- CTAHR (Kainaliu)- CBB Talk Story- 3:30-5pm. Led by Bob Smith and Andrea Kawabata and Suzanne Shriner. An informal gathering to exchange ideas on what is working, what is not working. What are farmers doing and what are your results? A time to see if…

It’s a date for our Annual and only Fundraiser!Kona Coffee Blossom BanquetSaturday, April 28, 2012 5 pm – 9pmKing Kamehameha Beach Hotel*5 pm no-host bar/registration/social timeSilent Auction is Open!6:15 Welcome Remarks6:30 Sumptuous Hawaii Buffet is ready7:00 Silent Auction Ends and Live Auction Begins

Little Fire Ant (LFA) was discovered in mauka Kona coffee land, at the 1200-1500 foot elevation in the last month. Learn the dire implications of this stinging tiny ant and how it may affect you, your coffee pickers, your pets and your property’s value. Entomologist Rob Curtiss of CTAHR and Cas Vanderwoude of Hawai`i Ant…

Bob Smith will lead a “refresher” and “newbie” course on coffee pruning both Traditional and Beaumont-Fukunaga methods will be shown. Free to KCFA members and other attendees will pay $10 which can be applied to the KCFA Membership of $25 annual dues. Signs will be placed on Mamalahoa Highway, south of Teshima’s to help guide…

with Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center Director, Ray Carruthers, scientists Robbie Hollingsworth, Tracie Matsumoto and others. Come hear the very latest. A KCFA and PBARC presentation followed by questions and answers. Everyone is welcome.

Suzanne Shriner will explain Dr. Luis Aristizabal’s 30 tree method for testing the percentage of CBB infestation on your farm. Everyone is welcome. 3-5 pm at CTAHR is Kainaliu. A presentation of KCFA and CTAHR Aristizabal’s presentation information of August 24, 2012 is available here.

The Kona Coffee Council and John Knorek, Torkildson Law Firm, Honolulu, are offering a lively, three-hour forum followed by a question and answer period on federal and state labor laws as they affect farmers and processors of farm products. This informational forum was originally publicized for coffee farmers and processors, but the Kona Chapter of…