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“This initiative is about protecting Kona’s world-renowned coffee and ensuring that local farmers receive the prices they deserve for their products, and that dollars stay in Hawaiʻi’s economy,” said Big Island state Rep. Nicole Lowen
Entering the 52nd annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival that runs through Nov. 12, farmers are celebrating higher yields and healthier crops throughout the Kona region due to more rain and better management of the killer fungus.
Climate change poses a huge threat to the coffee business and to farmers.
Climate change poses a huge threat to the coffee business and to farmers.
Climate change poses a big risk to coffee. So Starbucks is developing new varietals that will hold up better on a warming planet.