"New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture provides a fresh snapshot of who owns Hawaiʻi’s agricultural lands.
"Foreign ownership of Hawaiʻiʻs farmland has spiked over the past five years from 166,000 acres to 278,000 acres — a 65% increase — according to a USDA Farm Service Agency report released last month.
"Maine has the highest proportion of its private farmland under foreign ownership, 21%, but the new numbers put Hawaiʻi in second place nationally after a jump from 9.8% in 2021 to 17.1% as of December 2023."
-Matthew Leonard, Data Dive: Records Show Steep Rise In Foreign Ownership Of Hawai'i Farmland, Honolulu Civil Beat
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