MK controversy thread

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DLNR is transferring land to Dept of Ag for ranching and other food production leases.  They won’t say where the parcels are located other than mostly on Big Island.  Since ranching is considered a desecration
of the aina (see page one of this thread) will the new Mauna Kea authority step in?

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...nr-to-doa/

Desecration aside, there isn't a slaughterhouse to process the cattle.  Most of the cattle raised on the island is auctioned off to feed lots on the mainland.  So I don't see how this meets  “The success of ranchers and farmers is a key component to the state’s agriculture goals, such as doubling food production, farm-to-school and the many other goals that we want — food sustainability, food security. We need production on agricultural lands,”  This might make some select ranchers richer off of state resources, but how is it going to affect our food "sustainability" if the food is sent to the mainland?  Years ago some grant money paid for a mobile slaughterhouse, but the bureaucracy drove it to bankruptcy.  I wonder what happened to the equipment?  Sold for scrap?