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Senators defer bill that would add customary Native Hawaiian subsistence farming to Right to Farm protections
Summary
A joint hearing of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony Jan. 24 on SB 240, which would add customary Native Hawaiian subsistence farming to the state’s Right to Farm Act and exclude concentrated animal feeding operations and entities with unclear ownership structures; committee leadership recommended deferring the bill indefinitely.
A joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment and the Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs on Jan. 24 considered SB 240, a bill that would amend the Hawaii Right to Farm Act (chapter 165) to include customary and traditional subsistence farming conducted by Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and to exclude concentrated animal feeding operations and business entities with unclear ownership structures from Right to Farm protections. Senator Gabbard, chair of the Agriculture and Environment Committee, recommended deferring the bill indefinitely.
The bill’s sponsor and multiple testifiers described the measure as an attempt to clarify the intent of the Right to Farm Act and to explicitly protect customary…
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