Fruit farm.

Fruit Farm: Dole Food Co. Inc. opened a new organic banana facility in the La Guajira La Guajira (lä gwähē`rä), peninsula, c.100 mi (160 km) long, N Colombia, extending into the Caribbean Sea. Punta Gallinas, at the tip, is the northernmost point of South America. region of Colombia called "Don Pedro Don Pedro consists of a honorific title Don and the Spanish and Portuguese version of the name Peter – Pedro.

Don Pedro may refer to different people, places or things: People

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," as part of an ongoing effort to expand its organic operations. Don Pedro is an $8 million growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping facility. It includes a suspending cableway ca·ble·way
n.
A suspended cable used as a track typically for a cable car. harvesting system that transports bananas directly from the farm to the packaging plant. The new facility will employ 1,000 residents of Colombia.

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Title Annotation:	Westlake Village
Author:	Filus, Sarah
Publication:	Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:	Nov 13, 2006
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