02-06-2019, 07:54 AM
My question was can you name an island where the inhabitants grow a majority of their food? I can’t.
Nope, I can not. Not that I can say there aren't any, and I imagine there are plenty that do, at least at the family/ohana level if not island wide, just that my exposure is limited.
I find Hawaiians, and other cultures here besides Europeans, to be very productive generating a lot of food. Sheesh the Filipino family next door can turn out an amazing amount of food from a speck of dirt, whereas the mainlanders on the other side have a really nice lawn. And admittedly they come from a culture more interested in using indentured, practically slave, labor for their farming while they build us all the fancy machines someone listed as their contribution to our nourishment.
The original question was would Hawaiians be able to grow their own food if the haoles were gone. And, still, my answer is yes.
Nope, I can not. Not that I can say there aren't any, and I imagine there are plenty that do, at least at the family/ohana level if not island wide, just that my exposure is limited.
I find Hawaiians, and other cultures here besides Europeans, to be very productive generating a lot of food. Sheesh the Filipino family next door can turn out an amazing amount of food from a speck of dirt, whereas the mainlanders on the other side have a really nice lawn. And admittedly they come from a culture more interested in using indentured, practically slave, labor for their farming while they build us all the fancy machines someone listed as their contribution to our nourishment.
The original question was would Hawaiians be able to grow their own food if the haoles were gone. And, still, my answer is yes.