01-26-2008, 05:17 AM
Carey - wow...thanks for all the info. I'll spend some time going through the links. I have found a guy north of Hilo on the Hamakua Coast doing vanilla farming, which sounds interesting as well. It's an incredibly labor-intense crop (the flowers only open for 1 day nd must be hand-pollinated), but also maintains a high price for the beans produced. Again, thanks for the info - i'll check out the links! Mahalo.