Foods That Grow in Hawaii
Thanks to its mild climate all year round, Hawaii is an agricultural paradise that can support many different types of crops. In fact, farmland makes up about 40% of the land on the islands, and at the time of USDA's 2017 Census of Agriculture, there were 7,328 farms in the state. Scroll through the slideshow to learn more about eight foods that grow in Hawaii.
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Coffee
Did you know that Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee commercially? The first coffee plant was introduced to the state in 1813, although commercial production didn’t begin until the 1930s. Today, coffee ranks as Hawaii’s No. 4 top commodity with a production value of $43.8 million.