Mahi Pono, the island’s newest and largest landowner, has acquired some Maui employees. Former Hawai‘i Lt. Governor Shan Tsutsui and longtime island activist Sean Lester have signed on with the subsidiary of California-based Pomona Farming, which acquired more than 41,000 acres of former sugarcane land from Alexander & Baldwin last month. Currently a vice … [Read more...] about Two Activists and a Lt. Governor: Mahi Pono’s first hires seem long on charm and short on farm
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Who Are These Guys? Enthusiasm over the new owners of A&B’s agricultural lands runs high, though almost nothing is known about them
[Editor's note: This story has been updated since its first posting. This is the version that ran in our Jan. 3 print edition.] To hear the hosannas from members of Maui’s progressive community, Christmas came early this year with Alexander & Baldwin’s sale of some 41,000 acres of former sugarcane lands to a mainland company for $262 million, or about $6,400 an … [Read more...] about Who Are These Guys? Enthusiasm over the new owners of A&B’s agricultural lands runs high, though almost nothing is known about them
Massive Alexander and Baldwin Agricultural Land Sale Finalized: ‘Conventional’ growing plans announced for most of the former sugar cane fields
Alexander and Baldwin today announced the sale of some 41,000 acres of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company land – an action first reported last month by MauiTime. The land was sold for $262 million to Mahi Pono, LLC – a farming venture between California-based agriculture group Pomona Farming, LLC, and Canadian pension investment managers Public Sector Pension Investment … [Read more...] about Massive Alexander and Baldwin Agricultural Land Sale Finalized: ‘Conventional’ growing plans announced for most of the former sugar cane fields
A&B ‘pursuing’ California partner to farm ‘nearly the whole footprint’ of former sugarcane lands, BLNR still grants water diversion permits
Alexander and Baldwin has a farming partner out of California who wants to grow various crops on Maui, company representatives told a state panel on O‘ahu. “We’re pursuing and have had inquiry from a farming partner out of California, and they have an interest in farming nearly the whole footprint of land. We’re in discussions with them looking at growing a whole variety of … [Read more...] about A&B ‘pursuing’ California partner to farm ‘nearly the whole footprint’ of former sugarcane lands, BLNR still grants water diversion permits
Alexander and Baldwin in final stages of land sale, high-ranking state official told farmer group
A Canadian pension fund is completing the due diligence process in the final stages of a 55,000-acre purchase of Alexander and Baldwin’s Maui land holdings, a high-ranking State of Hawai‘i official told a group of farmers at the Hawai‘i Farmers Union Convention in October. Individuals who overheard the comment told MauiTime Friday that the state official said the … [Read more...] about Alexander and Baldwin in final stages of land sale, high-ranking state official told farmer group