Everglades, farmers squabble over Long Pond lands

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Everglades, farmers squabble over Long Pond lands

Everglades Farms, the Hussey-owned operator of Long Pond and Hampden sugar estates, has locked horns with the All Island Cane Farmers Association (AICFA) over the latter’s move to lease parcels of former sugar cane lands to small farmers. With the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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