Attend the 2018 HiSTEP Kick-Off Seminar! Participate in HiSTEP and grow your international export business! Please join us to learn more about the 2018 Hawaii State Expansion Program, also known as HiSTEP. The program is designed to assist small businesses in Hawaii with growing their export business in markets around the world. The HiSTEP program…
If you have not yet taken advantage of this Free PR Offer and would like to do so, please read the notice below and email a pick up request by clicking here: Info@konacoffeefarmers.org. Providing these items to your customers is a great way to get the “100% Kona Coffee” message to a receptive audience. This summer…
to encourage KCFA members who directly retail their coffee to provide KCFAâs Kona Coffee message to customers, we will be giving 50 Kona Coffee Brochures or 50 Bumper Stickers or 50 of the âPretending to be Konaââ cards–without charge.
QUICK STEPS (you might want to print out these steps before signing up with MailChimp for easy access) Â Open a blank Word document. Make a list of all of your customers emails, separated only by a comma. This is called a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. Save that CSV File. Go here: https://login.mailchimp.com/signup and sign…
2016 September Membership Drive Sponsorship Opportunity: Our annual September Membership Drive is a time to invite Slow Food USAâs nearly 1 million social media supporters and email list to engage with the Slow Food movement in a deeper way. This year’s campaign theme is “Come to the Table.” We are highlighting the ways Slow…
 an Excel Spreadsheet file- click> 2015_grocery buyers Japan
Lots and lots of information but you need to persevere and have patience to get it. Sent by the Market Development Branch of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
In 2013 the Kona Coffee Farmers Association identified over 30 restaurants and cafes in West Hawaii that serve 100% Kona coffee and has presented each with a framed certificate honoring them. (We will be updating this Roster very soon) Kona coffee farmers are grateful for the support provided by our local businesses. Please consider supporting those who…
CONTACT PERSON â CLARE WILSONÂ (808) 322-7094 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KONA COFFEE FARMERS ASSOCIATION HONORS TRADER JOEâS FOR SUPPORT OF 100% KONA COFFEE KAILUA KONA, HAWAII, December 17, 2012 The Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA) has awarded an Honorary Membership to Trader Joeâs Company in recognition Trader Joeâs contribution to the âfair marketingâ of 100% Kona…
The Hawaii County Democratic Party held its 2012 convention on May 5 in Honoka’a. Two of the resolutions adopted by the delegates are copied below:Â Resolution #12HCD/2012 “Calling for Truthful Marketing of Kona Coffee” and Resolution #16HCD/2012 “Relating to Protection of ‘Origin’ Products and Their Small Farm Economies”. These and other resolutions adopted at the…
VETO HB 280 Repealing Mandatory Certification Hawaii-grown Green Coffee Please sign our Online Petiton to ask the Governor of Hawaii to REPEAL HB280 Sign the Petition Dear KCFA Members and Appreciators of 100% Kona Coffee: HB280 (Repeal of Mandatory Inspection and Certification of Green Coffee) appears almost certain to be adopted by the Hawaii Legislature…
KCFA Kona Coffee Label Shirt (Each shirt size will have a different visual of the labels as the cloth is 30 inches wide. So the less material on one vs. more material on larger sizes will create a different presentation.) The limited edition Kona Coffee Label shirt is now available! Custom designed by Debbie…
Feb 5, 2012 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Marketers misleading Public over Kona brand
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT OF SAFEWAY STORES 1. WHEREAS Safeway is selling packages of coffee in its mainland stores called âSafeway Select Kona Blendâ; and 2. WHEREAS the label of this product tells consumers to âRevel in the unmatched taste of savory beans from Hawaiiâs Big Islandâ; and 3. WHEREAS the label does…
from President Bruce Corker: For your information and review, below is a copy of an email and attachments (ed. note: at bottom of page) we received this week from Clayton Nagata of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture with information on the Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) green coffee quarantine for Kona. ———- Forwarded message ———- From:…
Many tourists come to the island of Hawaii because they are drawn to Agriculture Tourism and Kona Coffee. The annual Kona Coffee Festival is the oldest Food Festival in Hawaii and is held annually during early November. For more information, go to http://konacoffeefest.com/ A County of Hawaii sponsored Kona Coffee driving map  and coffee farm…
The KCFA is NOT against blending. Blending is a roaster’s art to produce just the flavor his customer wants. What the KCFA DOES object to is LABELING of a 90% foreign coffee in a bag as a “Kona blend”. It is inherently deceptive to use the âKonaâ name for 90% foreign-grown coffee. It is a…
Reputation of Kona Coffee  Kona Coffee is one of the 2 gran Cru coffees of the world. Its esteemed 180 year history of providing excellence in the cup is tarnished when a consumer picks out a Kona Blend assuming it is a blend of Kona Coffees. Target Market Kona is for the discerning coffee drinker…
Labeling:Â If a Hawaiian geographic origin is used in labeling or advertising roasted or instant coffee, the green coffee beans used in that roasted or instant coffee beans and coffee certification must meet the grade standard requirements of rules adopted under chapter 147. Font size: Â Provided that the quantity statement is in compliance with all…
The above terms are used in the coffee trade to describe coffees from third-world growing areas where farmers have changed from the old techniques of â slash and burnâ in order to plant coffee, and they are now planting coffee in a more environmentally-aware way, and receiving a fair farm-gate price for their crop. Kona…
Gary T.Ota, DVM, a 3rd Generation Kona Coffee Farmer. Note he is using a ladder as many did long ago. 2009 KCFA Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Ad (PDF)
On January 27, 2009 we were treated to an inspiring discussion with Professor Beth Barham from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri about the procedure of establishing geographical origin.