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The Associated Press HONOLULU—For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for fri
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The Associated Press HONOLULU—For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for fri
It's the latest tussle over labels for agricultural products from a specific geographic area, a topic familiar to Hawaii due to disputes over Kona coffee.
Hundreds of small Hawaii farmers rely on the lucrative macadamia crop. But, like maple syrup producers in Vermont and distilleries in Champagne, France, they’re starting to face the imposition of nuts grown off the islands and sold with Hawaiian branding.
Growers want measures to protect their crops and farms, while commercial nut brands say what Hawaii needs is more capacity to process mac nuts locally
For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family. But these days many of the kernels in the