‘Protecting the small farms’: Farmers, legislators seek conversation
(Back, left to right): Sen. Laura Acasio, Rep. Amy Perruso, Rep. Nicole Lowen, farm owners Jason Stith and Kathy Vass, Sen. Dru Kanuha and Rep. Jeanne Kapela join (front, left to right) rep. Mark Hashem and Kona Coffee Farmers Association president Colehour Bondera after touring Stith’s farm in South Kona.
As farmers throughout Hawaii learn how to deal with a wide range of issues — with pests ranging from coffee leaf rust to the coffee berry borer — Big Island farmers are hoping to create a more broad and diverse conversation with their state representatives as they learn to combat pests and climate change moving forward.
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