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The coffee industry in Hawaii is well supported by organizations such as the Hawaii Coffee Association, the Hawaii Agriculture Resource Center and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa and the state's Department of Agriculture.
Hawaiian Agriculture Research Center (HARC) is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Aiea, Hawaii. [1] Established in 1996, it took over the operations of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station and increased the scope of services beyond sugarcane. [2]
The Planters' Labor and Supply Company disincorporated in 1895, and the HSPA, a voluntary organization of persons and corporations interested in the sugar Industry, was formed. This association and its predecessor had for their objects and purposes the improvement of the sugar industry, the support of an experiment station, the maintenance of a ...
Hawaii is one of the few U.S. states where coffee production is a significant economic industry – coffee is the second largest crop produced there. The 2019–2020 coffee harvest in Hawaii was valued at $102.9 million. [1] As of the 2019-2020 harvest, coffee production in Hawaii accounted for 6,900 acres of land. [2]
The industry was tightly controlled by descendants of missionary families and other businessmen, concentrated in corporations known in Hawaiʻi as "The Big Five". [2] These included Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, C. Brewer & Co., H. Hackfeld & Co. (later named American Factors (now Amfac)) and Theo H. Davies & Co., [11] which together eventually gained control over other aspects of the ...
Agricultural buildings and structures in Hawaii (5 C, 2 P) H. Hawaii wine (1 C, 1 P) S. Sugar industry of Hawaii (2 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Agriculture in Hawaii"
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The unions brought their demands to the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association on December 4, 1919. The demands were pay raises from $0.77 to a $1.25 for males and $0.58 to $0.90 per day and paid maternal leave for females (With inflation $1 in 1920 is about $15 in 2025). Initially the planters refused demands and expected to outlast the strike. [1]