Agriculture in Hawaii is part of our history and culture and has provided the foundation on which our island state was built. When sugar and pineapple were dominant economic forces, corporate agriculture provided the “big business” infrastructure for agriculture and communities. However, with the decline of plantation agriculture, we also experienced the decline of communities, which depended on this structure.
Agriculture is important to each individual in the state and provides a lush backdrop for visitors coming to Hawaii. It provides all our needs: food, fiber, and clothing and we are all searching the quality of life which agriculture helps to provide. Tourist and consumers today, want the freshest and best food which local agriculture can provide from the land or from the ocean.
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board along with our County of Hawaii, Hawaii Nursery Association, Hawaii Tropical Flowers, Hawaii Cooperation Extension Service, and Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service collaborated on four (4) agricultural tourism maps.
Hawaii Bounty - The Marketplace
- Here are a couple of links to purchase wonderful products right online that are made in Hawaii
- Hawaii Marketplace
- Hamakua Springs
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