QUESTIONS from Members 03/26/2014 Q–<Testifying in Person>”? A-Means you will be at the Legislature.  Select <No> if you do not plan to be there and are instead sending in Testimony Q-<May we put our testimony into the comments section of page instead of uploading a doc and still be effective?> A- Yes. (For April 2014)- The…
Subject:  GOOD NEWS—SB111 was Deferred! Many thanks to all KCFA members who took time to submit written testimony to the House Agriculture Committee in opposition to SB111, the bill that would have given broad authority to the Board of Agriculture to re-write “Made-in-Hawaii/Labeling” laws. After Monday’s hearing, the Committee “deferred” the measure. Strong testimony from…
Testimony to the Legislature needed: Please send in by 10:40 am Sunday! We need (again) KCFA members and supporters to send email testimony in opposition to SB111/SD2.  At the last minute, the Senate Agriculture Committee inserted new language into what had been introduced as a “blank bill”. On February 26 the Senate Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Ways…
The Independent Voice Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association   March 2014 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org        info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents President’s Message Legislative Update Mahalo to Hawaiian Airlines Important Workshops in March Coffee Farming & Ohi’a Forests The Kamehameha Butterfly Coffee for APAC Tickets Recipe – Irish Coffee Editor- Clare Wilson …