2014-7th Annual Kona Coffee Expo & Trade Show

Friday, January 31, 2014 10 am – 4 pm   —   “Old Airport” Makaeo Pavilion Free Admission! please use mauka entrance to the Pavilion (Vendor set-up begins at 8 and doors will open for general admittance at 10) HDOA Chair, Scott Enright at 2 pm– “HDOA & Kona Coffee Farmers Working Together” Lisa Keith of PBARC- Keynote…

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01.25.14Consumer Fraud Protection and Meeting with US REP. Gabbard Press Releases

For your information. It has been busy!  Don’t forget we also have EXPO on Friday January 31, 2014 from 10-4 at Old Airport’s Makeo Pavilion. KCFA PR of January 23, 2014 TWO BILLS ADDRESS “CONSUMER FRAUD” IN HAWAII COFFEE LABELING Kona State Representative Nicole Lowen and Hawaii County State Senator Russell Ruderman, at the urging of the…

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December 19, 2013

In case you missed it,  the article from the December “Independent Voice” concerning Hawaii Coffee Company’s new 10% Ka’u Coffee Blend is here.  If you haven’t yet done so, we encourage you to send an email message to Chef Alan Wong expressing disappointment that he is lending his name to this deceptively labeled product! Don’t…

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January 2014 – The Independent Voice

The Independent Voice Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association      January 2014 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA    www.konacoffeefarmers.org info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents January Events! Legislative Update – Coffee Labeling Bill Annual Meeting Notice – Sunday January 12, 2014 What about Roy and Sam? Important Membership Renewal Information EXPO 2014 – January 31 State Auditor…

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10% COFFEE BLEND MIGRATES TO KA’U

excerpt below taken from the December 2013 edition of The Independent Voice 10% COFFEE BLEND MIGRATES TO KA’U For more than 20 years the Honolulu coffee blenders have been deceptively marketing 10% Kona blends—and in the process taken money from the pockets of Kona coffee farmers and sent excess profits to their Mainland corporate owners.…

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