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Editorial: An eye on agribusiness

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Twelve-hundred acres of former Del Monte pineapple fields in Wahiawa were acquired by the state Agribusiness Development Corp. in 2012 with a plan to open up small plots to local farmers. Now the state agency is being sued by a small farmer who claims the agency didn’t follow through on its promises.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Twelve-hundred acres of former Del Monte pineapple fields in Wahiawa were acquired by the state Agribusiness Development Corp. in 2012 with a plan to open up small plots to local farmers. Now the state agency is being sued by a small farmer who claims the agency didn’t follow through on its promises.