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Maui coffee farmers: How did Mahi Pono obtain disease-resistant plants while they could not?

January 10, 2025 · 5:00 PM UTC
Chairperson Sharon Hurd said the Hawaiʻi State Department of Agriculture is investigating a complaint by Maui coffee farmer Gerry Ross that big company Mahi Pono was able to obtain coffee leaf rust-resistant cultivars that small companies could not.