One real estate developer is working to put lands once owned by Dole Food Company — and used to produce sugarcane and pineapple — back in the hands of small farmers. His name? Peter Savio.
On Feb. 18, Savio sold 120 acres of land in Waialua to about 60 buyers as part of the Orchard Planation project. Each acre sold for $130,000, but the commercial price for the same land would be $200,000–$275,000, Savio said.
“This is what I do,” Savio told Pacific Business News. “I am strictly an…
