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A Big Island County Council resolution is asking state lawmakers to restrict the use of Hawaiʻi location names on coffee packaging. The resolution calls for laws that would require coffee blends to be at least 51% Hawaiʻi-grown to use local geographic names such as Kona on their labeling.
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Hawaiʻi has fewer coffee farmers these days and the biological threats, from the coffee berry borer beetle to the coffee leaf rust, loom large. To many who think coffee is vital, it's hard to imagine mornings without coffee.
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Lt. Gov. Josh Green is asking the U.S. Surgeon General for help to avoid resorting to rationed care in our hospitals. Climate change and biological threats stand to impact your morning cup of coffee. And a new film adaptation of Macbeth has a local connection.
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One of the latest hits with Wall Street investors is a Chinese coffee company. It’s giving some competition to Starbucks, but with a very different…
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Hawaii’s coffee farmers have failed again to gain additional protections for their crop. It is a recurring issue during each year’s legislative session,…
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Hawaii is already spending tens of millions of dollars per year dealing with the effects of invasive species and without coordinated action that number…
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Coffee farmers on the Kona Coast are seeing harvests with as much as a 40% reduction in crop yields. It's been a year filled with natural disasters and…
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China can be a challenging market for U.S. products. Government figures show a trade deficit of nearly $350 billion last year when it comes to goods. But…
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The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture says the coffee berry borer has been spotted on Maui at a farm in K?pahulu. The larvae of the small beetle feeds on…
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The price of coffee can be a moving target. For local producers, considerations include everything from weather conditions to the state of the coffee…