Hundreds show up to help flood-damged Kealia farms

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Dale Rosenfeld, back to camera, accepts a load of food from Sean Chun Sunday during the cleanup at Kealia Farms.

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Marcos Rodriguez unloads some of the food and water donated for the Kealia Farms cleanup Sunday.

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Adam Asquith, left, of Kealia Farms outlines the scope of work needing attention Sunday during the cleanup for farmers in the Kealia Farms valley.

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Johnny Gordines, president of the Kauai County Farm Bureau, center, and Brian Miyamoto, executive director of the Hawaii Farm Bureau, right, talk with Fletcher Parker about his damages at Kealia Farms Sunday.

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Hawaii Farm Bureau Executive Director Brian Miyamoto, right, is among the volunteers waiting at the Kealia Farms farmers market site for instructions for helping farmers cleanup Sunday.

KEALIA — Several hundred people of all ages gathered at the site of the Kealia Farms farmers market Sunday to caravan up to help the farmers and tenants of the Kealia Valley dig out following last weekend’s record-breaking rains.

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