11-24-2025, 01:07 PM
Here’s an update on the Big Island coffee crop this year. Unfortunately ICE had an impact, leaving farms without enough workers and coffee cherries unpicked:
As the coffee harvesting season comes to a close, some small Kona farmers say they have experienced an impact to their farm production due to fear and concern stemming from reported arrests of immigrant workers on the Big Island.
The evidence can be seen.
“Just driving down the road, there’s a lot of overripe cherries on the trees,” said Ryson Nakamasu, operations manager of Honolulu Coffee in Hōlualoa.
https://bigislandnow.com/2025/11/03/busi...fee-farms/
As the coffee harvesting season comes to a close, some small Kona farmers say they have experienced an impact to their farm production due to fear and concern stemming from reported arrests of immigrant workers on the Big Island.
The evidence can be seen.
“Just driving down the road, there’s a lot of overripe cherries on the trees,” said Ryson Nakamasu, operations manager of Honolulu Coffee in Hōlualoa.
https://bigislandnow.com/2025/11/03/busi...fee-farms/