Other Ag News: A Family Brew – Celebrating Mother-Daughter Coffee Farmer on International Women’s Day

When people think of farmers or ranchers in rural America, what image comes to mind? It probably isn’t a mother-daughter duo in Hawaii. Lorie and Joan Obra exhibit the essence of women in agriculture. Together, they are continuing the dream of Rusty Obra, the late founder of Rusty’s Hawaiian – a specialty coffee farm, mill and roastery in the Ka'u District of Hawaii Island.