Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest

The farmer walked between the lines of coffee trees, their branches heavy with bright red, yellow and green cherries glimmering through emerald green leaves.  “Look, every single tree is full,” said Berta Miranda, co-founder of Miranda’s Farms, in Hawaiʻi island’s Kaʻū coffee district, spread along Mauna Loa’s southern flanks. “It’s so gorgeous.” In the same … Continue reading Immigration Raids Throw Long Shadow Over Big Island Coffee Harvest