tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895385465918321072024-02-20T18:38:10.022-08:00Ka'u Coffee NewsKa'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-79667659523989564462013-07-22T17:19:00.000-07:002013-09-19T17:20:22.165-07:00OK Farms Takes 2nd at Hawai'i Coffee Association 2013 Cupping Competition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Connected Ka'u coffee was the second place win at the Hawai'i Coffee Association 2013 Cupping Competition by OK Farms in the statewide Commercial Division. Troy Keolanui said this morning that he is very pleased with OK Farms coffee taking second. OK Farms, which stands for Olson-Keolanui, is located in Hilo and is a sister company to Ka'u Coffee Mill, which took OK’s winning coffee from cherry to the green beans entered in the contest. Keolanui is manager and partner in OK Farms and a partner in Ka'u Coffee Mill. “We are one in the same," he said. "We operate with a lot of the same practices and are under the same management team, including Ed Olson and John Cross. The Ka'u Coffee Mill equipment and expertise helped make OK a winning coffee.” In addition to growing coffee, Keolanui grows a variety of fruit trees and other crops and often leads visitors and local residents on tours of the farms. Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-18257461091627750092013-05-20T19:02:00.001-07:002013-05-20T19:02:54.014-07:00Ka'u Coffee Festival Ho'olaule'a<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The Ka'u Coffee Festival Ho'olaule'a drew more than a thousand people to the grounds of the Pahala Community Center on Saturday, May 4, 2013, in celebration of 17 years of Ka'u coffee becoming a new industry for the district, with small businesses and small farms creating a worldwide reputation. <br />
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A cultural exchange based around the festival was further forged between the small community of Lana`i and halau members in Pahala and from Japan. <br /><br />
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The many labels of Ka'u coffee were shared with visitors and local residents who also visited farms and the Ka'u Coffee Mill and tasted coffees brewed using various methods at the Ka'u Coffee Experience.<br /><br />
Craft, food and entertainment vendors added to the collection of community members present at the festival.<br /><br />Jeanette Howard was awarded a $1,000 check for winning the Buy Local, It Matters raffle.<br /><br />Mahalo for your support. Check back soon for next year's dates!Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-27549874163963579462013-05-20T18:38:00.000-07:002013-05-20T18:38:09.744-07:00Ka'u Star Gazing from Makanau<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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'Imiloa astronomer Shawn Laatsch gave a lecture on stars from Makanau as the sun set. While the clouds, which brought much needed rain to the coffee farms, prevented many stars from being seen that night, the astronomer used the sky as a backdrop for teaching the group about Ka'u’s night skies. <br /><br />
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Before dark, the group was able to see the view from Makanau over ranch lands and onto a long stretch of undeveloped coastline. <br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/8721282511_6b3de31c7f_b.jpg"></a>The name of the tabletop mountain, Makanau, incorporates the Hawaiian word for eyes, “maka.” <br />
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Participants paid $35 per person in advance and received Ka'u Coffee, wine, beer and snacks. <br /><br />This event might be held again next year so check back later for a date!Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-68945286675275960552013-05-03T18:19:00.002-07:002013-05-03T18:20:50.761-07:00Ka'u Mountain Water Hike To Become A Regular Ka'u Coffee Mill Event<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The Ka'u Mountain Water Systems Hike on Wednesday led walkers from 25 to 75 years of age onto old plantation trails, into the rainforest above Wood Valley Road and to old tunnels and water systems once used to carry sugar cane to the Pahala sugar mill.<br />
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The event, one of many during the ten days of the Ka'u Coffee Festival sold out, and we hope to offer it on a more regular basis to our visitors.<br />
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During the trek, Olson Trust land manager John Cross explained plans to use the plantation water sources for a new hydroelectric plant that will run Ka'u Coffee Mill and other farm enterprises as well as provide irrigation water for crops like taro and watercress.<br />
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Shalan Crysdale, Hawai'i Island Director for The Nature Conservancy, talked about the rainforest and the preservation of the watershed and endangered species, as well as a partnership with the Edmund C. Olson Trust II to eradicate invasive species such as kahili ginger from the native forest. <br />
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Tonight's event is Ka'u Star Gazing on Makanau Mountain at 5:30 p.m., meeting at the Edmund C. Olson Trust II building on the corner of Maile St. and Pikake St. in Pahala. The $35 per person event is sold out and includes a talk from an 'Imiloa astronomer, as well as Ka'u Coffee and snacks.<br />
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<br />Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-91941736506774637282013-05-03T18:07:00.002-07:002013-05-03T18:07:59.591-07:00Triple C Recipe Contest 2nd Annual Results<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Our 2nd Annual Triple C Recipe Contest, which also celebrated the Visitor Center's first year open, brought many contestants and onlookers to the mill. Contestants used Ka'u Coffee to make cookies, candies and crackers. Our Grand Prize winner, Gwen Edwards, took home $500 for her Coca Mocha Roca, plus $150 for winning the Amateur Candy category. <br />
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The event was held April 28 at Ka'u Coffee Mill with five judges, the third event in ten days of the Ka'u Coffee Festival. Judges for the recipe contest were Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya, Chef Brad Hirata, Na'alehu Market and Wiki Wiki Mart owner Carl Okuyama, Ka'u Coffee Mill Chief Roaster Kalikoweo Keolanui-Daniele and Lou Daniele, also of Ka'u Coffee Mill. </div>
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In the Amateur Candy category, where Edwards also took first, she was followed by second-place winner Rosaria Chelsea-Lynn taking home $100 for her Ka'u Coffee Honu Crunch, and Nadine Ebert taking home $50 for her Chocolate Frosted Coffee Candy. <br />
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In the Amateur Cookie category, Masako Sakata took first and $150 for her Ka'u Coffee Cookie Delights, second place and $100 went to Angelica Kawewehi for her Ka'u Coffee Doodles and third place and $50 went to Nadine Ebert for her Mocha Biscotti Frosted with Chocolate.</div>
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In the Amateur Cracker category, Lisa Dacalio took first and $100 with her Ka'u Bull Quakers. Masako Sakata took second and $100 with her Ka'u Coffee Icing on Crackers. Mrs. Sakata donated both of her awards to next years Miss Ka'u Coffee Pageant as a $250 scholarship. <br />
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In the Professional Cookie category, Aikane Plantation Coffee and Kapolei High Schools Culinary Program took home $150 and first place for Ka'u Coffee Brownies. Trini Marques took home second and $100 for Ka'u Coffee Chocolate Dipped Pleasures. </div>
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In the Professional Cracker category, Trini Marques took first and earned $150 for her Ka'u Coffee Melts.<br />
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In the Student Candy category, Lorilee Lokenani Lorenzo took first and $100 with her Coffee Macnut Candy.<br />
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Tiare-Lee Shibuya, daughter of police officer Dane and Terry-Lee Shibuya, of Wai'ohinu, became Miss Ka'u Coffee Friday night, April 26, during the pageant that kicked off ten days of Ka'u Coffee Festival events. Tiare-Lee is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, attends Hawai'i Community College and plans to be a nurse. Her talent was hula. She won a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Edmund C. Olson Trust II.</div>
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First Princess is Seneca Lee Oleyte, of Pahala. She is 22 and the daughter of Ernest and Lenora Lorenzo-Oleyte. She attends University of Hawai'i in Hilo and studies communications. She is a graduate of Ka'u High School. Her talent was singing. She won a $500 scholarship presented by Ka'u Coffee Festival chair Chis Manfredi. <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Second Princess is Rachel Ornelas, of Wai'ohinu. She is the daughter of Mia Ornelas and resides with her grandparents, Mario and Memmy Ornelas. She is 19, graduated from Ka'u High School and attends University of Hawai'i at Hilo, studying to be a nurse. Her talent was singing. She won a $400 scholarship presented on behalf of Sen. Russell Ruderman donating $250 and Rep. Richard Onishi donating $150.<br /><div>
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Third Princess is Kawailani Houvener, of Ocean View. She is 17 and the daughter of Michelle and Kenneth Houvener. She is a senior at Ka'u High School and plans to sign up for the Army and study mechanics. Her talent was hula. She won a $300 scholarship with Punalu'u Bake Shop donating $250 and Miss Bobby Tucker donating $50.</div>
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The reigning Miss Peaberry, Rebecca Lynn Kailiawa-Escobar, wowed the crowd with a dance, a speech and gown presentation. The reigning Miss Ka'u Coffee performed a beautiful hula dance and welcomed her sister as her successor.</div>
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Emcees Bobby and Phoebe Gomes entertained, with Phoebe singing and playing 'ukulele. Before announcing the judges’ decisions, Bobby said about the candidates, “They are all winners.” </div>
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The queen and her court will attend many festival events through May 5. Upcoming events include Ka'u Star Gazing tonight at Makanau, and the day-long ho'olaule'a at Pahala Community Center on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. <div>
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Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-40184516563162266072013-04-17T18:31:00.000-07:002013-04-17T18:38:22.992-07:00Ka'u Coffee Mill Honored in Top 10 Worldwide Roaster's Choice Awards for 2013<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: auto; padding: 6px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><tbody>
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Ka'u Coffee Mill founder Edmund C. Olson, coffee farmer Sammie Stanbro, Ka'u Coffee Mill general manager John Cross, chief roaster Kalikoweo Keolanui-Daniele, harvest manager Lou Daniele,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Ka`u Calendar</i> publisher Julia Neal and interns William Neal and Lee Neal. Front and center is multiple SCAA Coffees of the Year competition top 10 winner Bull Kailiawa.</div>
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Ka'u Coffee Mill team returned from the Specialty Coffee Association of America's Expo. in Boston, MA, this weekend with an award in hand. Ka'u Coffee Mill Chief Roasters Kalikoweo Keolanui-Daniele and Lee Segawa co-roasted an entry that placed in the top ten worldwide in the coveted Roasters Choice awards for 2013. Rusty's Hawaiian - a fellow Ka'u Coffee producer - was placed alongside the Ka'u Coffee Mill in the top ten.<br />
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Roasters Choice is sponsored by the Roasters Guild, which is the trade guild of the Specialty Coffee Association of America. The SCAA considers itself the world’s coffee knowledge leader and largest coffee trade association. <br />
The top 10 coffees were showcased with two mornings of tasting at the Brew Bar in the convention center on Saturday and Sunday. Winning coffees were three from Colombia, two from Ka'u (as mentioned above) and one each from El Salvador, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Ecuador.<br />
Chief roaster Kalikoweo Keolanui -Daniele represented Ka'u Coffee Mill at the event. Daniele said the win, which she shares with Lee Segawa, another chief roaster, confirms that Ka'u has incredible coffee. It shows that the mill, which was built by Edmund C. Olson to help farmers save time and distance for processing their coffee, is also gaining a reputation as a fine roaster.</div>
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The tasting notes for the competition described the Ka'u Coffee Mill entry as coming from typica beans. The notes call it "rich in flavor with piquant acidity and intriguing hints of sweetness and spice. Citrus and jasmine aroma. Fresh butter undertones, hints of lime, currant, bergamot and a long spiced finish.” The roast philosophy reported by Ka'u Coffee Mill is: “Delicate Hawaiian coffees are required to be lightly roasted to enhance their exquisite taste profiles. Therefore, our preference is to roast at the lower end of the roast spectrum to ensure our customers taste our crop in each cup!”<br />
Also attending the SCAA convention for the fourth year was Bull Kailiawa. His coffee is a multiple winner of SCAA awards and is a feature product at the Ka'u Coffee Mill Visitor Center in Wood Valley.<br />
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We invite you to come celebrate the Ka‘u Coffee industry
with us at our mill’s coffee drying pad on Friday, April 26, as four
contestants compete to become the reigning queen of the Ka'u Coffee Festival. As
official representatives of the Ka'u Coffee industry, the new queen and her
court (three princesses) will attend several of the Ka'u Coffee Festival events
over the following week - see kaucoffeefest.com for more on these events.<br />
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Miss Ka‘u Coffee Pageant 2013 will begin 6:30 p.m. at the
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are $10; buy them from contestants or from pageant chair Gloria Camba at
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On April 6, the Ka'u Coffee Growers Cooperative put together
a float on a Ka'u Coffee Mill truck decorated with McCall’s flowers, branches
of red coffee cherries and other foliage. The four 2013 Miss Ka'u Coffee
contestants, Kawailani Houvener, Seneca Lee Oleyte, Rachel Ornelas and
Tiare-Lee Shibuya, represented the coffee industry in Ka'u along with Ka'u
Coffee Growers Cooperative president and past-president, Gloria Camba and Lorie
Obra. Also on the float were pageant artistic director Nalani Parlin and
award-winning Ka'u Coffee farmer Willie Tabios. Assisting with the float were
Efren Abellera and his daughters, Layla, Elisa and Erica, Bong Aquino and
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Kawailani Houvener, of Ocean View, daughter of Michelle and
Kenneth Houvener. She is 17 years of age and a senior at Ka'u High School. She
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Seneca Lee Oleyte, of Pahala, daughter of Ernest and Lenora
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Rachel Ornelas, of Wai`ohinu, daughter of Mia Ornelas and
resides with her grandparents Mario and Memmy Ornelas. She is 19 years of age,
graduated from Ka'u High School and attends University of Hawai'i at Hilo,
studying to be a registered nurse. Her talent will be singing.</div>
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Tiare-Lee Shibuya, of Wai'ohinu, daughter of Dane and
Terry-Lee Shibuya. She is 19 years of age, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and
attends Hawai'i Community College and plans to become a registered nurse. Her
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Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-56260049636890049552013-01-17T16:22:00.000-08:002013-01-17T16:23:27.444-08:00Our 2013 Ka'u Coffee Festival Events<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the past five years, the people of Ka'u have celebrated the district's ever-growing coffee industry with a Ho'olaule'a (celebration) known as the Ka'u Coffee Festival and a half day of coffee education to help the local coffee businesses flourish. Over the years the festival has grown and expanded to include several activities over the course of eight days. This year, the Ka'u Coffee Mill will be hosting three official Ka'u Coffee Festival events.<br />
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As last year, we will host the Triple C Recipe Contest, in which individuals will compete with their original cookie, candy and cracker recipes. The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m., at our Visitor Center. Once the recipes have been judged we will invite the public in to sample the delicacies. We will be offering free coffee tastings and invite you to tour our facility! To enter the competition or for more details, check out of main website: <a href="http://kaucoffeemill.com/">kaucoffeemill.com</a>.</div>
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Our first new event for the year, Ka'u Mountain Water System Hike, takes participants on a journey across the slope behind our mill from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, to explore flumes systems of the sugarcane era and development of hydroelectric power. The hike is limited to 30 people and includes a fee. Lunch will be provided. To sign-up, call our Visitor Center at (808) 928-0550.</div>
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On Friday night, May 3, from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. we invite the public to enjoy the awe-inspiring starry skies from Makanau, one of the most beautiful hill tops in Ka'u. Fee. To sign-up for Ka'u Star Gazing, call our Visitor Center at (808) 928-0550.<br />
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During the Ho'olaule'a of Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. we will be hosting a vendor booth on the Festival grounds at the Pahala Community Center. Our Visitor Center will also be open and all who opt to take a $20 Farm and Mill Tour from the Festival will be shown around our facility and coffee farms.<br />
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For more Festival events, see <a href="http://kaucoffeefest.com/">kaucoffeefest.com</a>.</div>
Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-46688216878590721002012-05-07T19:41:00.000-07:002012-05-30T19:41:58.863-07:00Grand Opening & Recipe Contest<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ka'u Coffee Mill Visitor Center celebrated its Grand Opening on May 6 and is now open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday. Visitors are invited to tour the mill and surrounding farms, view the beautiful original artwork and murals by Kathleen Kam, taste Ka'u Coffee, learn more about how coffee makes it from the field to your cup and purchase merchandise supporting the Ka'u Coffee Mill. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ka'u Coffee Brigadeiros</i>, 1st place Amateur Candy, <br />
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Being active supporters of the Ka'u Coffee Festival, the mill celebrated its opening with a Triple C Recipe Contest for the community. The contest, an official event of the 2012 Ka'u Coffee Festival, called community members to create cookies, crackers and candies using Ka'u Coffee. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contest judge Brad Hirata (left) and <br />
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award Ka'u Coffee grower Trinidad Marques <br />
first place in the Professional Cookie Category <br />
for her <i>Ka'u Kope Mocha Cookies. <br />Photo by Julia Neal</i></td></tr>
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Participants received an 8 ounce bag of medium roasted coffee from the mill upon turning in their application forms.To balance the competition, professional, amateur and student entries were judged separately. Each first place winner in each category (i.e. professional cookie) took home $150, while second place winners took home $100, and third place winners took home $50. Local chef Brad Hirata of Ka'u Hospital; foodie Carl Okuyama, owner of Wiki-Wiki Mart and Island Market in Na'alehu, and Ka'u Coffee Mill founder Edmund C. Olson served as judges. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edmund Olson awards the Grand Prize to Chealsea Lynn Kauionalani Rosario for her <i>Biscotti</i>.<br />
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Edmund C. Olson and his Land Manager John Cross announced the winners and handed out awards at the event. The overall top scorer, Chelsea Lynn Kauionalani Rosario of Ocean View, HI, received the Grand Prize of $500 for her Amateur Cracker entry titled <i>Biscotti</i>. The recipe incorporated five Ka'u grown ingredients, for which it was awarded bonus points.<br />
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As of yet, the mill is trying to create a Ka'u Coffee Mill signature product from the top winners, which will be sold at the Ka'u Coffee Mill Visitor Center once the final product is ready.</div>
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<b>Amateur Division, Candy Category</b><br />
1st place - Gwen Edwards with "Ka'u Coffee Brigadeiros"<br />
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2nd place - Cathy Behrens with "Ka'u Coffee Ball Cookies"<br />
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3rd place - Raylyne Welker with "Coffee Caramel Candy"<br />
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1st place - Lisa Dacalio with "Ka'u John Bull Cookies"<br />
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2nd place - Shawn Marques with "Keoua's Ka'u Coffee Coco/Mac Attack Cookies"<br />
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1st place - Chelsea Lynn Kauionalani Rosario with "Biscotti"<br />
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2nd place - Tammie Nelson Ewers with "Ka'u Biscotti"<br />
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3rd place - Raylyne K. Welker with "Ka'u Coffee Crackers"</div>
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1st place - Trinidad Marques with "Ka'u Kope Mocha Cookies"<br />
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2nd place - Carol Barr with "Welfare Bits"<br />
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1st place - Malie Ibarra with "Ka'u Coffee Toffee"</div>
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<br /></div>Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-20762038284090441722012-02-23T18:49:00.000-08:002012-02-23T18:49:20.859-08:002012 SCAA Exposition in Portland, ORJoin Ka'u Coffee grower Bull Kailiawa, who placed top in the U.S. last year, and the Ka'u Coffee Mill team at the international Specialty Coffee Association of America Exposition in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 22. Our booth is number 9097.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bull Kailiawa, winner of the top coffee in U.S. at 2011 SCAA, with Pete Licata, who employed Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee, also grown in Ka'u, to win the U.S. Barista Championship. <i>Photo by Julia Neal </i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ka'u Coffee farmers have placed in the top ten at SCAA during the last five years, with Ka'u establishing itself as a growing region of excellence.<br />
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Over the past 29 years, the SCAA has built a reputation as the industry's standard setter. The expo will have everything from growers, roasters, retailers and food and beverage service professionals to coffee enthusiasts of all professional backgrounds. Attendees also have the opportunity to learn more about the art of roasting, brewing and cupping.<br />
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We invite you to meet us at the Portland Convention Center at booth # 9097. For more on the SCAA Expo, see: <a href="http://www.scaaevent.org/">http://www.scaaevent.org/</a>Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-59826095641033243012012-01-22T08:09:00.000-08:002012-01-31T19:09:54.658-08:00Ka'u Coffee Mill Blessed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">Father Joel blessed Ka`u Coffee Mill, with owner Edmund C. Olson following. <i>Photos by Geneveve Fyvie</i></td></tr>
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The blessing of the Ka‘ū Coffee Mill brought some 300 people to Keaiwa along Wood Valley Road above Pāhala in January to celebrate the new mill, agricultural park and hydroelectric project. John Cross, who manages both the Edmund C. Olson Trust lands and the Ka‘ū Coffee Mill, said the visitor center and mill were built for all the Ka‘ū Coffee farmers. Not only the Ka‘ū Coffee Mill coffee will be sold at the visitor center, but boutique and award-winning coffee from individual farmers will be sold there, with the first brands displayed being those of Bull and Jamie Kailiawa, Leo Norberte and the Ka‘ū Coffee Growers Cooperative.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">Visitor center at Ka`u Coffee Mill<br />
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</tbody></table><div> Cross pointed to the Ka‘ū Coffee Mill staff, mill supervisor Lee Segawa, administrative assistant Brenda Iokepa-Moses, coffee consultant Richard Loero, contractor Bob Taylor and others who helped put the operation together. Demetrius Oliveira gave the opening prayer. Father Joel sprinkled holy water around the facility. The band Keaiwa and Keoki Kahumoku provided music. Miss Ka‘ū Coffee Brandy Shibuya performed hula.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">Bull and Jamie Kailiawa serve free homemade food at the blessing. </td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div> Attendees enjoyed Hawaiian food by the Kailiawa family and fresh vegetables all grown on Olson Trust and Hester lands in Ka‘ū.<br />
“Not too often do you find me speechless, but this finds me close to that,” said state Rep. Bob Herkes during the ceremonies. He praised the Olson Trust for building the mill for local coffee farmers to process their beans and save the time and cost of driving them to Kona and Hilo mills. Herkes descends from a great-grandfather who came to Hawai‘i from Scotland in 1898 and built the first water pipe in Ka‘ū. “Not a flume, a water pipe, and it was made of wood,” he said. Herkes applauded Edmund C. Olson for “taking abandoned sugar cane lands and putting the people back on the ground, working in agriculture.”<br />
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</tbody></table><div> Sen. Gil Kahele told the people attending the event that he promotes Ka‘ū Coffee every chance he can, serving it at his office in the state Legislature and displaying a Ka‘ū Coffee Mill bag on the wall for everyone to see when they enter his office. He said he has followed the plight of displaced sugar workers from the closing of the sugar company to their journey starting their small coffee farms.<br />
He said Ka‘ū is a special place to him, that his uncle was a fisherman and his grandmother was from Hīlea and Honu‘apo and that he spent summers in Ka‘ū as a child and became good friends with Thomas Kailiawa. He said he is so proud to see the success of Kailiawa’s son Bull and noted that Ka‘ū has the top-rated coffee in the United States. Kahele described Olson as a “good guy” for investing capital in the economic development of Ka‘ū.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div> Ka‘ū Coffee Mill is also a place of art, and Kathleen Kam was noted for her original murals of the land, the wildlife and the people of Ka‘ū. Two murals are completed in the visitor center, and another one is in progress. Four paintings of native birds are on display. A giclee print of Ka‘ū Coffee with nēnē, the Hawaiian state bird, was presented to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando to be placed in the regional headquarters of the National Park Service in San Francisco. Graphic artist Tanya Ibarra was recognized for developing the Ka‘ū Coffee Mill logo. The Pāhala Plantation House crew, under the direction of artist Kathleen Kam, created a sculpture of locally grown vegetables for display. Local woodworker Michael Worthington created koa cabinetry for the visitor center, and the crew from sister company Hāmākua Macadamia Nuts designed the retail space. Until the grand opening later this year, the visitor center will remained closed to the public but all Ka'u Coffee Mill coffee and products can still be purchased online at <a href="http://www.kaucoffeemill.com/">www.kaucoffeemill.com</a>.</div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-12950131821139278312011-12-15T15:14:00.000-08:002011-12-15T15:14:42.903-08:00Christmas Parade in Pahala<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"> <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Ka`u Coffee farmers and beauty queens joined the annual Christmas Parade in Pahala, Dec. 11.</span></h6><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"> <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">2011 Young Miss Ka'u Coffee First Princess Shailei-Marie Penera, 2010 Miss Ka'u Peaberry, 2011 Young Miss Ka'u Coffee Second Princess Malia Corpuz.</span></h6></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"> <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">2011 Young Miss Ka'u Coffee Queen Dayse Andrade</span></h6></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">The 2012 Ka`u Coffee Festival has been set for Saturday, May 12, and Ka`u Coffee Cooperative members and other supporters are welcoming the entire community to get involved and volunteer. This will be the fourth Ka`u Coffee Festival for the growing industry. Those interested in helping can call Ka`u Coffee Co-op president Gloria Camba at 928-8558. </div>Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-90656441600717790942011-11-08T18:08:00.000-08:002011-11-08T18:31:55.700-08:00Congratulations!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEa1XyuWcnN0PfxzVftXbw6w7RqcX_doyG93tePnx2o7_QBdX2wOJ_q249FFuZEmaEOk5CKB4LDo2AD0a6RoJcCpRC_ScKqEb5vOSAOedJXP2RymGhLPBOyCW1K40fmmgp2WJxJQ6m968/s1600/kona+coffee+top+three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEa1XyuWcnN0PfxzVftXbw6w7RqcX_doyG93tePnx2o7_QBdX2wOJ_q249FFuZEmaEOk5CKB4LDo2AD0a6RoJcCpRC_ScKqEb5vOSAOedJXP2RymGhLPBOyCW1K40fmmgp2WJxJQ6m968/s320/kona+coffee+top+three.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Miss Aloha Hawai`i Brandy Shibuya (left), with Miss Kona Coffee Corinne Quinajon and first runner-up Kapuahi`ilani Lapera. <i> </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Photo by Nalani Parlin</i> </span><i> </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Congratulations from </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Ka`u Coffee Mill to </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Miss Ka`u Coffee, Brandy Shibuya, on winning Miss Aloha Hawai`i!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> The islandwide pageant was held at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa on November 5<sup>th</sup>. Shibuya, the daughter of Terry-Lee and Dane Shibuya, danced hula for talent and won Miss Congeniality. Next step for the West Hawai`i Community College student is the Miss Hawai`i Pageant to be held next year in Honolulu. The winner of Miss Hawai`i goes on to Miss America. Shibuya will be welcomed at the Veterans Day Concert this Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House where she will be performing hula. Also on stage will be One Journey; the Ka`u High School Ensemble; the Rev. Dennis Kamakahi; David Kamakahi; George Kahumoku, Jr.; Moses Kahumoku; John and Hope Keawe; James Hill; Anne Davison and more. Plate lunches and bottled water will be on sale as a fundraiser for the Ka`u High Ensemble.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Ka`u Coffee Mill</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> also congratulates</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span>Miss Aloha Hawaii first runner-up Kapuahi`ilani Lapera. Lapera is a 2007 graduate of Ka`u High, and daughter of Hi`ilani and Thomas Lapera, Jr.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ka`u </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Coffee Mill and the Edmund C. Olson Trust were honored to fund the 2011 Miss </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ka`u</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Coffee scholarship and to underwrite the participation of Miss </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Ka`u</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Coffee, Brandy Shibuya, and many community and promotional events. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNp3ldCm9gLbBbYmAZ7VPyo8n5U7vePUK3WdMdnCNvLk-fLeXn-BJ1_-JA4ARL7fsJ9rsV3EFWseqnJCWrTEdYNvifJevakdp_93YUHT5mJwchOMalmg-dQSvbh6Vrvnr6kCoLP2tUagG/s1600/KahumokuConcertPROOF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNp3ldCm9gLbBbYmAZ7VPyo8n5U7vePUK3WdMdnCNvLk-fLeXn-BJ1_-JA4ARL7fsJ9rsV3EFWseqnJCWrTEdYNvifJevakdp_93YUHT5mJwchOMalmg-dQSvbh6Vrvnr6kCoLP2tUagG/s320/KahumokuConcertPROOF.jpg" width="194" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sugar plantation's old water system came down the mountain in wooden flumes to transport cane to the mill. Now in pipes, it is used for irrigation and will be used to produce energy. <i>Photo by Julia Neal.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Olson Trust is using abandoned sugar plantation water resources and Keaiwa Reservoir to produce hydroelectric energy for farms along Wood Valley Road. Olson Trust workers recently laid pipe, drained the reservoir to repair it and set a course down the hillside to give the water the drop it needs to make electricity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keaiwa Reservoir drained for repair. <i>Photo by Julia Neal.</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>Olson land manager John Cross said the goal is to make the new Ka`u Coffee Mill and macadamia husking plant totally “green and using only renewable energy.” Cross said that Olson also plans to use the excess water for additional agricultural projects such as growing watercress and a loi system to grow kalo – taro – and perhaps make poi. The irrigation water is already used for coffee trees, taro, and truck crops grown by farmers leasing the Olson Trust land.</div><div></div>Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-56402111683547842812011-10-07T16:54:00.000-07:002011-10-07T17:11:45.879-07:00Kathleen Kam Wins Cover Art Contest<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Detail of <i>Akebono Ka`u</i>, Kathleen Kam's winning<br />
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</tbody></table>Kathleen Kam, a local artist who was recently commissioned to paint two large murals at the Ka'u Coffee Mill, has won the cover contest for the 2012 Ka'u Directory, the community and resource guide and phone book for the district. Kathleen recently taught art at Na`alehu School and painted the murals at Punalu`u Bake Shop in Na`alehu, Kilauea General Store in Volcano, the Keauhou Bird Sanctuary in Volcano, KTA in Hilo and Kamehameha Schools on O`ahu. She has also provided artwork for signage and displays at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. The selection of The Directory artwork was made through public voting at the Ka`u Federal Credit Union.Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-22795260313400840862011-09-26T18:37:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:37:49.693-07:00Accolades for Our Founder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpy9BxaoL9LU-d-qQGEoLNCBuwmSTjmf8OK4k5nyXw2DgpoZm_xyrR1A5gvfLU8C0R8UffCSUQi3JGycNGZ1OzOt0L9sdIHzZv_-KmPjg2OWccOyd75vF-vmN7f_faOBejPLtvlvOrunFx/s320/IMG_0775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpy9BxaoL9LU-d-qQGEoLNCBuwmSTjmf8OK4k5nyXw2DgpoZm_xyrR1A5gvfLU8C0R8UffCSUQi3JGycNGZ1OzOt0L9sdIHzZv_-KmPjg2OWccOyd75vF-vmN7f_faOBejPLtvlvOrunFx/s400/IMG_0775.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><style>
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</style> When speaking about Edmund C. Olson, Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co. President and Partner Richard Schnitzler told Pacific Business News, “there are people out there, they touch things and they turn to gold, and I would put him in that category. It’s not all about the buck for him.” But Olson didn’t begin life as a wealthy man; his hard work, intuition and good investments have helped him become the self-made millionaire he is today. A man who, according to Schnitzler, “actually cares.” <br />
Olson has helped several local organizations and businesses; he revived Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co. which was in danger of going bankrupt, helped Hawai’i County buy 230 acres of oceanfront land in Ka‘u, and is selling another 500 acres to the county, which plans to use it for a public park. He also donated $500 thousand to The Nature Conservancy this year. <br />
After discovering that Ka’u coffee farmers were driving some 70 miles to mill coffee cherries in Hilo or Kona coffee mills, Olson began seeking out ways to help them. Olson began construction on the Ka’u Coffee Mill in 2010. Since then he has meticulously overseen every detail of the project, making sure everything is as he envisioned it.Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-15386135802736632752011-08-21T10:06:00.000-07:002011-09-01T14:13:02.066-07:00Ed Olson, Honored by The Nature Conservancy<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edmund C. Olson</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ka'u Landowner, Philanthropist, and Ka'u Coffee Mill Founder Ed Olson has donated $500,000 to The Nature Conservancy to protect native forests of Ka'u and South Kona, which provide critical habitat for many of the island’s endangered forest birds. The Nature Conservancy hailed Olson as “quietly becoming one of the state’s leading conservationists.” In 2009, Olson helped acquire 6,500 acres in the Waianae Mountains on O`ahu from the James Campbell Company to keep the land in agricultural and preservation. Olson gave part of this land to the state to create the Honouliuli Forest Reserve.<br />
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He also put more than 900 acres mauka of Honu'apo into permanent conservation easements to prevent development, including multiple residences, commercial structures, roads or power lines, The Nature Conservancy statement says. The easements also safeguard the property’s numerous cultural sites and pockets of healthy wildlife habitats. They are managed by the Hawai'i Islands Land Trust.<br />
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This was the second time Olson has helped preservation interests in the Honu'apo ahupua'a. In 2006, he donated $50,000 through the Trust for Public Land to protect the area’s historic fishponds and acquire lands around Honu'apo to be put into public ownership.<br />
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Olson also supports the macadamia and coffee industries and leases out land to farmers for diversified agriculture. Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489538546591832107.post-71936338568724645552011-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:002011-09-01T14:11:45.022-07:00Remembering the Plantation Days<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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open Ka'u Plantation Days. <i>Photo by Michael Neal</i> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i></i></td></tr>
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Ka'u Coffee Mill welcomes visitors from Plantation Days to enjoy a free tour of the coffee mill.<br />
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Ka'u Plantation Days, in Pahala, brings together not only many people from many communities with stories of the past, but many maps, books, photos, charts and other documents from the many ethnic communities who settled here. One special request is for people to bring in any old photos of school gardens of Pahala and Na'alehu.<br />
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An old sugar cane truck will be fired up and on display. Displaced sugar worker Manuel Marques, who operated a crane at the sugar mill, will show off his new business, growing and selling Ka'u Coffee. He will serve it to the public and talk about his transition from sugar to award-winning Ka'u Coffee.<br />
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</tbody></table>The event will be held at Pahala Plantation House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
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2011 marks the 15th anniversary of the closing of the Ka'u sugar mill. The anniversary will celebrate history of the plantation and the evolution of agriculture in Ka'u. Lunch will celebrate the town’s diversity with Filipino, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Japanese food. Displays of Chinese life and the other ethnic groups form the town will be at stations around the yard and in the house. There will be Portuguese and Filipino dancing and singing throughout the day, a video on the last cane harvest in Pahala and a slide show of old photos from plantation days.<br />
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Visitors to Plantation Days will also be able to take a tour of the new Ka'u Coffee Mill during the afternoon.Ka'u Coffee Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305596553630691439noreply@blogger.com0