Hawaii Has A Lot Of Agricultural Land. Very Little Of It Is Used For Growing Food.The amount of land used for farming in Hawaii has shrunk dramatically since the 1930s.
Nearly half of Hawaii’s lands are designated for agriculture, but only a fraction of the state’s 4.1 million acres are used for farming.
Federal data shows that in 2017 — when the most recent agricultural census was conducted — only 8% of the state’s agricultural lands were used for growing crops. Another 18.5% was used for grazing animals, 8% was woodlands and another 8% was categorized as “other,” which includes farmsteads, homes, buildings and livestock facilities.
