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Kona Coffee Farmers Association board member Bruce Corker has issued the following statement: A major accomplishment – Amendment of HB1552 Thank you for your written testimonies! Because of opposition to HB1552 from the KCFA, the Kona County Farm Bureau, and close to 200 written testimonies from Kona coffee farmers, the most objectionable provision of this […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Farmers helping Farmers. That is the kokua behind the fund being established by the Kona Coffee Farmers Association. The KCFA will collect money to send to farmer-organizations in Japan to directly help farmers and their families who are victims of the recent shocking events, many now without homes, land, and crops. Hawaii has […]

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MEDIA RELEASE WHO: HDOA Board of Agriculture WHEN: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22 WHERE: IMIN Center, Holualoa WHY: The Board will be deciding on whether to allow the general use and importation of Botanigard (Beauveria bassiana fungus) to assist in the control of CBB The bassiana fungus is one of the primary weapons used in […]

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Rep. Mazie Hirono attended the 2011 expo of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association on Friday, Jan. 28 at the Old Airport in Kailua-Kona.

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MEDIA RELEASE The 4th Annual Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA) Expo specifically for small farms and farmers is 9:30 am.-2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 at the Old Kona Airport Pavilion, followed by the KCFA’s Annual Meeting at 3 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and admission is free. Highlighting the 4th Annual Expo will be […]

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The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has posted information about the Beauvaria bassiana fungus killing Coffee Berry Borer beetle. The association asserts this confirms the theory CBB has been in Kona for some time, and the presence of the B. bassiana fungus has kept it in check. However, after the worst drought in memory earlier this […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Coffee Farmers Association will hold its monthly Coffee Talk, 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Yano Hall, in Captain Cook. Colehour and Melanie Bondera will give an exciting PowerPoint Presentation and discuss the imortance of the Reggiano-Parmigiano Prize that was awarded to Kona Coffee in late October. The prize is awarded […]

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The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has adopted the following resolution: RESOLUTION Requesting the Hawaii Legislature to Provide Emergency Funding to Mitigate Damage from Coffee Berry Borer (CBB) to Kona Coffee WHEREAS, the recent identification of CBB on farms in the Kona coffee growing region presents new economic, management and marketing challenges for Kona coffee farmers; […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kona Coffee Farmers Association will share the rare Parmigiano-Reggiano International Recognition Award with the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival at Makaeo County Pavilion (Old Airport) around 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. This honor to 100% Kona coffee comes to us on the 40th anniversary of the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival. Last Sunday evening, at […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Coffee Farmers Association has passed a Resolution calling for an immediate suspension of green coffee imports into the state. The decision was made by a Board vote Oct. 19, shortly after the discovery of Coffee Berry Borer in Kona’s coffee trees, and follows more than five years of requests to the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Colehour Bondera, vice president of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association, has been appointed to the National Organic Standards Board. With endorsements from Sen. Dan Inouye and former US Congressman and current candidate for Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie, Bondera was selected to be one of 15 board members who set the National Standards for […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Responses to questionnaires sent by the Legislative Committee of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association to candidates for Hawaii Governor, Lt. Governor, U.S. Congressional District 2, State Rep. Districts 5 and 6, and County Council Districts 6, 7, and 8 show overwhelming support from candidates for: * Reform of the state law which permits […]

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The following items were included in the June issue of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association newsletter ‘The Independent Voice’: Hawaii Farmers Union Group Starts Contributed by Colehour Bondera The Hawaii chapter of the national organization the Farmers Union is in formation, and I have become involved since there really is not a State level organization […]

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The Kona Coffee Farmers Association news sheet for April 2010.

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