December 2020 The Independent Voice

           The Independent Voice “Best Agricultural Newsletter in Hawaii” Newsletter of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association                                          December 2020 PO Box 5436 Kailua Kona Hawaii 96745 USA www.konacoffeefarmers.org  info@konacoffeefarmers.org Contents Annual Meeting and Board Election KCFA Presents – Information Panels Discussing Coffee Leaf Rust…

CLR Found in Holualoa-Zoom Tomorrow

ZOOM Meeting on Coffee Leaf Rust(CLR) Reminder-Tomorrow! Thursday from 4-5 pm (complete Zoom Meeting information at very bottom of this email)  COFFEE LEAF RUST CONFIRMED ON HAWAI`I ISLAND Posted on Nov 10, 2020 in Main HONOLULU – Coffee leaf rust (CLR) has been confirmed on coffee plants on Hawai`i Island by the U.S. Department of…

Coffee Leaf Rust Confirmed on Hawaii

Aloha all, Here is an alert (click to open>>>) Coffee Leaf Rust Alert 11.10.20 concerning the confirmed identification of coffee leaf rust (CLR) on Hawaii Island.  In summary, a sample of a rust fungus collected by a grower on a farm in the Holualoa area, Hawai`i Island, has been confirmed by the United States Department…

Coffee Leaf Rust Zoom Meeting – November 12, 2020

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm Aloha fellow coffee growers, As you are by now hopefully aware, Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) has been found on Hawaiian Islands.  This is probably the worst thing a coffee farmer wants to hear, but if you don’t want to be blindsided by this pest, you…