News from the Farm
Sharwil Avocado Update
A new packing operation in Kona has shipped more than 70,000 lbs of Sharwil avocados to the mainland this year.
Rancho Aloha’s Chilled Hawaii Sharwil Avocado Soup
For a wonderful addition to a summer dinner menu, we pass along this recipe for Rancho Aloha’s “Chilled Hawaii Sharwil Avocado Soup.”
Volcano Update
Madam Pele, the Hawaiian Volcano Goddess, continues to be restless and is sending lava down the slopes into the ocean...
‘10% Kona Blends’ are NOT Kona Coffee
Rancho Aloha customers do not need this warning about ‘10% Kona Blends’.
But we encourage you, nonetheless, to take a...
Live Long and Drink Coffee
For years many viewed coffee drinking as an unhealthy addiction. Children were warned that drinking coffee – or consu...
Return Visitors from the ‘True North’
In 2014 Sheila How and George Lee from the Canadian province of Ontario visited Rancho Aloha with their sons Richard ...
Lulo Growing in Oregon
Debi McGuire of West Linn, OR recently sent us the following report and photos on her successful cultivation of the f...
100% Kona Coffee Recognized by Slow Food USA
Earlier this summer New York-based Slow Food USA nominated Kona Coffee for inclusion in its Ark of Taste.
In August t...
First Shipments of Hawaii Sharwil Avocados to the US Mainland in 25 Years
In March of 2016, the first two shipments of Hawaii Sharwil avocados in over 25 years were sent to the US mainland. O...
And the Rains Came
August 2015 brought our wettest month ever to Rancho Aloha — 21.09 inches of rain. For Holualoa, which averages about...
Lonely Planet reviews Rancho Aloha
We here at Rancho Aloha were excited for our inclusion in Lonely Planet’s most recent Hawaii guidebook.
The short but...
Trader Joe’s Features 100% Kona Coffee
On the Big Island of Hawaii we do not have a Trader Joe’s. So we have a favor to ask from those of you on the Mainlan...