06-19-2014, 02:52 AM
Hey that 700k seems like some money.. but the way it's written it also sounds like it's gross revenue.. i.e. it has to be balanced out against the costs to make it.. of which the trib's version of the story there's the 6 acres in production.. and the 13 employees and the mortgage taxes etc.. which when you figure it has that place running pretty slim.. that is assuming the 700k is gross.. i.e. not net. If it's net that's an entirely different story.. though I think that would have been highlighted in the story if it was.
Then there's the uncertainty of the entire coffee industry here because of the borer... that frickin bug alone could screw the whole deal up.
And why did they abandon efforts to grow coffee in Puna in the past? I know there was some mention of that in the Shipman's history but I forget what it was. Anyone remember?
Then there's the uncertainty of the entire coffee industry here because of the borer... that frickin bug alone could screw the whole deal up.
And why did they abandon efforts to grow coffee in Puna in the past? I know there was some mention of that in the Shipman's history but I forget what it was. Anyone remember?