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Educational Seminars
Cupping Competition
Board Elections
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Remember to register for Day 2 to be among the first to
find out the winners of the cupping competition!
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Aloha HCA Friends and Supporters,
The HCA will host our annual conference via a two-day webinar this week featuring some of the industry’s most prominent leaders, researchers and educators. In conjunction with the webinar, we will be hosting Board Elections and our 12th Annual Statewide Cupping Competition and a Virtual Awards Ceremony. Please register today!
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Webinar Schedule
Please join us for these informative sessions in which we will share the most current information on each featured topic. The industry and the conditions in which we operate are changing rapidly. 2020 was the year of COVID and CLR. 2021 represents the year in which we have an opportunity to successfully emerge from these multilayered crises.
Thursday, June 24
8-8:30 Message from HCA President Chris Manfredi
8:45-10:15 Keynote: Living with Coffee Leaf Rust — Emilio Lopez, Topeca Coffee Roasters
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Hawaii Department of Agriculture Update
- Support for SB855, Pesticides Subsidies and Responding to Coffee Requests to the Board of Agriculture by Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser
- Update on proposed changes to Hawaii coffee grading standards by Randall DeAguiar
- Pesticides Updates for Hawaii Coffee Growers by Greg Takeshima
11:45-12:30 University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources Update:
- UH-CTAHR Coffee Research and Extension Update - 2020-2021 by Andrea Kawabata
- Supporting Hawaiian Agriculture: The IR-4 Project’s Impact by Julie Coughlin
Friday, June 25
9-10 US Department of Agriculture/Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center Panel Update:
- CLR on Hawaii Island: Initial Insights from Six Months of Field Monitoring by Melissa Johnson
- Coffee Leaf Rust in Hawaii: Fungal Attacker Revealed by Lisa Keith
- Coffee Leaf Rust Resistant Variety Trials in Hawai by Tracie Matsumoto
10:15-11:15 Hawaii Agriculture Research Center and Hawaii Coffee Growers Association Panel Update:
- Regional Rust Report, and Coffee Leaf Rust Resistant Varietals by Kimo Falconer
- Field Grafting to Control Coffee Leaf Rust by Tyler Jones
11:30-12:15 Social Media Marketing Tips by Vanessa Goncalves of Anthology Marketing Group
12:15-12:45 Break
12:45-1:30 Get To Know Us: The Hawaii Coffee Association Cafe Collective by Madeleine Longoria-Garcia and David Hall
1:45 HCA Board of Directors Election Results by Tom Greenwell
5:00 Hawaii Coffee Association Cupping Competition Award Ceremony by Brittany Horn of Pacific Coffee Research
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Our virtual conference is co-sponsored with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, whose 240 employees statewide work to support, enhance, promote, and protect Hawaii’s agriculture and aquaculture industries. Among other things, they work to create and maximize opportunities for exporting; and facilitate growth of existing and new agricultural commodities and by-products.
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Monarch Coffee is located on the cool slopes of Hualālai, a twenty-mile stretch of land in Hawaii that grows and cultivates authentic, gourmet Kona coffee. This innovative farm uses sustainable farming practices in everything they do, as well as being one of the first growers that brought Geisha to Hawaii.
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Savor Brands is a specialty printer offering highly customized, premium packaging for high-value products. They can collaborate with you and your design team, sharing insights that bring your ideas to life. For more than a decade, they've been combining the best of design and package functionality to help execute the vision of their clients.
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TricorBraun Flex is a global leader in stock and custom printed flexible packaging, serving over 4,500 customers in more than 50+ countries. Their products include side-gusseted bags, stand-up pouches, Biotre, paper tin-tie bags, flat pouches, & more.
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As one of the largest and oldest coffee producers in Kona, Greenwell Farms celebrates its history and spreads the spirit of aloha with every cup.
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Thank you to our Gold Sponsors — Satake, a company which manufactures and supplies machinery and systems which are used in every stage of agriculture processing, Rural Community Insurance Services, a company that understands farming and ranching, along with risk management, Kona Hills, a coffee farm in Kealakekua that sells 100% green Kona coffee, and Silver Sponsor — Green Flash Coffee, a family owned coffee shop and cafe in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.
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Become a Member
If you would like to support and benefit from our mission and goals, please consider becoming a member.
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Thank you for your support of Hawaii Coffee!
Christopher A. Manfredi
President
Hawaii Coffee Association
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