KCFA Approved Budget FY 2018
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July 2017 – The Independent Voice
Governor Ige Signs HDOA Subsidy Bill, Chemistry of Coffee Roasting – Part 2, Help for Honduran Farm Workers, NYT Articles on Benefits of Drinking Coffee
Seats Available for Korea Trade Mission, Kona Road Construction in 1897, Preserving your Farm for the Future, Salute to Supporting Business Member: Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union and Recipe: Mocha Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze
June 2017 – The Independent Voice
Doing Business in China, Legislative Update, Q Trader Training and Exam, Thank You Volunteers, Growing Coffee in California, Chemistry of Coffee Roasting,
Local Inventors Attack Fire Ants, Interested in Export Markets?, Hawaii Farmers Exchange, The Price of Kona Coffee on the Mainland, Salute to Supporting Business Member: Kona Decaf Coffee Co.
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May 2017 – The Independent Voice
Vertical Selection Workshop, Made in Hawaii – Really?, 10th Annual EXPO, Report from the SCAA Show, Time to Fertilize, Coffee for the Troops, Salute to Supporting Business Member: Hawaiian Soil Therapeutics, Recipe: Coffee Sauce for Ice Cream
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Photos of a KCFA’s annual event EXPO! held April 28, 2017 (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
DetailsApril 2017 – The Independent Voice
10th Annual EXPO, Legislative Update, Coffee Country in Colombia, OZY Reports on Truth-in-Labeling for Kona Coffee, Immigration Crackdown Concerns, Coffee Production Up in the State, House Resolution Concerning Immigration, Luis Aristizabal Video, Learn the Kona Coffee Heritage, Combine Miracle-Gro with Botanigard? Salute to Supporting Business Member – Pooki’s Mahi, Recipe: Coffee Vinaigrette
DetailsCBB Survey 2016 compared to 2015
FROM: H.C. “Skip” Bittenbender, Ph.D., Extension Specialist for Coffee, Kava and Cacao, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences CTAHR- College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources ,University of Hawaii at Manoa “This year the survey was sent out by Gwen Hicks (HDOA) as part of the HDOA’s Beauvaria bassiana subsidy project. We- Andrea Kawabata, Stuart Nakamoto, Rob Curtiss,…
DetailsVideo of Luis Artizibal on Coffee Berry Borer-September 2015
Is now available on the right hand side of this HOME page as the “Featured Video”, thanks to Chet Gardiner!
Immigration Enforcement on Kona Coffee farms
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…
DetailsMarch 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…
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