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Winners Announced for Mahi'ai Match-Up Ag Contest

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Molly Solomon

Published January 15, 2014 at 3:15 PM HST

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Winners from a local farming contest will receive a five year land lease … for free! Three agricultural business plans were selected from the nearly 150 applications submitted last year. HPR’s Molly Solomon spoke with one of the winners and has this report.

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Molly Solomon joined HPR in May 2012 as an intern for the morning talk show The Conversation. She has since worn a variety of hats around the station, doing everything from board operator to producer.

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