Company Halts Plans for Pasture-Based Dairy on Kauai

MAHAULEPU, HAWAII – Hawaii Dairy Farms says it is discontinuing plans for a pasture-based dairy operation on Kauai.

The Garden Island reports that the company will explore alternatives for food production on the land.

Amy Hennessey, director of communications for investor Ulupono Initiative, said in a statement that Hawaii’s environmental regulations “seem to unfairly” place dairy farms in the same category as wastewater treatment plants.

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