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How Centuries of Extractive Agriculture Helped Set the Stage for the Maui Fires

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Meanwhile, local communities are engaged in an ongoing battle for water rights as the residents of Hawaii look toward rebuilding. Civil Eats spoke with Noa Lincoln , an assistant professor of Indigenous crops and cropping systems at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, about water diversion, deforestation, and Big Ag’s impact on Maui.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

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Some of the most pristine farmland in California can be yours, at least by proxy, in just a matter of minutes. farmland, makes to prospective financiers. AcreTrader is just one of many companies launched in the past decade that facilitate the sale of farmland, which has increasingly become a staple in investor portfolios.

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