02-16-2008, 02:09 AM
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"Growing crops in hawaii, although it looks so easy, there are so many problems with bugs, rot flooding etc, and with the restrictions on spraying and other necessary controls on growing, food cropping is nearly impossible(or it would be common)!"
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Nearly impossible?
I've never had a problem growing here. It has a lot to do with the right crop in the right location. Where do you think hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians got their food before Young Brothers started delivering?
Pests, poisons, rot and other agricultural problems can be easily overcome by practicing time honored permiculture techniques (Again, as practiced by ancient cultures).
As far as what killed the sugar industry; It was the simple fact that growing cane became more profitable elsewhere. After their rape and pillage of the Island's environment, they deserted the people that labored for them. Now their land lies fallow or developed specifically for profit.
This is the "Agricultural Island", after all. It's just that most of the agriculture now is exported, and is ornamental rather than edible.
As fuel prices rise, I see the export market diminishing, home grown food increasing in value, and hopefully a return to the sustainable methods of farming practiced successfully for centuries.
"Growing crops in hawaii, although it looks so easy, there are so many problems with bugs, rot flooding etc, and with the restrictions on spraying and other necessary controls on growing, food cropping is nearly impossible(or it would be common)!"
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Nearly impossible?
I've never had a problem growing here. It has a lot to do with the right crop in the right location. Where do you think hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians got their food before Young Brothers started delivering?
Pests, poisons, rot and other agricultural problems can be easily overcome by practicing time honored permiculture techniques (Again, as practiced by ancient cultures).
As far as what killed the sugar industry; It was the simple fact that growing cane became more profitable elsewhere. After their rape and pillage of the Island's environment, they deserted the people that labored for them. Now their land lies fallow or developed specifically for profit.
This is the "Agricultural Island", after all. It's just that most of the agriculture now is exported, and is ornamental rather than edible.
As fuel prices rise, I see the export market diminishing, home grown food increasing in value, and hopefully a return to the sustainable methods of farming practiced successfully for centuries.