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MEDIA RELEASE At its August board meeting, the Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA) passed a resolution supporting California Ballot Proposition 37 which if passed will make California the first state in the U.S. to require labeling of most foods made with genetically modified organisms. Genetically engineered (GE) labeling is already law in nearly 50 countries, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has decided to allow HB280 (the repeal of mandatory certification of coffee) to become law without his signature rather than follow through on his announced intent to veto the bill. This failure of political will represents the abandonment of consumer protection, the “Hawaii” brand and hundreds of small-scale Hawaiian farmers. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has included House Bill 280 in his Intent to Veto List. This bill would eliminate the state required Department of Agriculture certification of the grade and origin of wholesale quantities of green coffee. Instead it would allow companies to prepare their own “documentation” of origination without any required grade certification. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE County deputy prosecutor Mitchell Roth will speak on agricultural crime and preventing theft 2-4 p.m. Thursday, May 24. This presentation, to be held at the CTAHR Office, 79-7384 Mamalahoa Highway in Kealakekua, will cover theft cases, criminal property damage cases, and trespass cases. Roth will also cover landowner liability, sales and transfer documentation […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kona Coffee Farmers Association is urging the governor to veto HB280 (Repeal of Mandatory Inspection and Certification of Green Coffee), which appears likely to be adopted by the Hawaii Legislature at the request of the blenders/processors. The KCFA legislative committee contends the bill would be disastrous for growers of Kona and other […]

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MEDIA RELEASE April 28 is the date for Kona Coffee Farmers Association’s fundraiser banquet to be held at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel. The event is 5-9 p.m. and includes a no-host cocktail hour, sumptuous island buffet, and both silent and live auctions. Many exciting items are being donated for the auctions. Everyone is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A new farmer-to-farmer video about Integrated Beetle Management is available online to help farmers manage the coffee berry borer beetle (CBB). The beetle has spread at an alarming rate through Kona, threatening the survival of Hawaii’s premier specialty crop. “With some Kona coffee farmers still discovering the beetle infestation and others reporting a […]

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From the Kona Coffee Farmers Association Legislative Committee regarding support of SB 2097: On Jan. 19, Sen. Josh Green introduced the Coffee Origin Disclosure Bill in a form similar to that requested by KCFA. The bill has been designated as SB No. 2097 and has been referred to the Senate Commerce & Consumer Protection Committee. […]

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From Colehour Bondera, president of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association: The Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA) has drafted a “Coffee Origin Disclosure Bill” for consideration by the Hawaii State Legislature in its 2012 session. Sen. Josh Green, of Kona, has committed to introduce and support enactment of the bill when the legislative session opens later […]

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Association says company has not revealed how much Kona coffee is in house blend

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MEDIA RELEASE Paul Uster, Kona Coffee Farmers Association board member, met Aug. 4 with representatives of Safeway Corp. in Pleasanton, Calif. to discuss the concerns of Kona coffee farmers about Safeway’s labeling of Kona coffee in its stores. Safeway’s response was that they would look into the situation and get back to KCFA by Sept. […]

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 Nobuyuki Sekimoto, a fruit farmer, has received the funds collected by the Kona Coffee Farmers Association to assist Japanese farmers harmed by the devastating tsunami and subsequent nuclear plant failures that struck Fukushima Prefecture in March. Radiation from the Dai-ichi nuclear plant contaminated the soil of Sekimoto’s large fruit farm in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE By a resolution passed this week, the Kona Coffee Farmers Association is calling for a nationwide boycott of all Safeway stores in response to Safeway’s total disregard of concerns about the sale of deceptively labeled “Safeway Select Kona Blend.” Safeway’s mainland stores are selling coffee labeled as “Safeway Select Kona Blend,” complete with […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KFCA) is urging coffee buying customers not to associate the good name of 100% Kona Coffee with the charges of abuse of Thai workers that have been brought against the Captain Cook Coffee Company, among others. Although the Captain Cook Coffee Company is based in Kona, it is […]

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