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Photo Of The Day: Drought Hit's Hawaii's Beef Industry

National interest in locally grown food and grass-fed beef has caught on in Hawaii — offering ranchers plenty of reason to escape this paradox. But the opportunity comes as crushing drought has made it difficult to keep enough cattle here to capitalize on the demand.

(AP) — Derek Maeda, meat manager at the Foodland Farms Aina Haina store, puts Hawaii grass fed beef through a meat grinder in Honolulu on Sept. 28, 2012.

National trends in locally grown foods and grass-fed beef have caught on in Hawaii, but crushing drought has made it difficult for ranchers to keep enough cattle in Hawaii to capitalize on the demand. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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