The State Does A Lot To Help Farmers In Hawaii. But It’s Not Enough … Farmers need better technology, data and transportation subsidies if Hawaii’s agricultural industry is going to grow substantially in the coming decades.
When Max Bowman graduated from college in 2008, he struggled to find a job that would let him move back home to the Big Island. It was the midst of the Great Recession, affordable housing was scarce, and there weren’t many openings that made use of his English degree.
So Bowman decided to do something unusual for his generation of workers in Hawaii: He partnered with his brother and started a farm.
Bowman got a lot of help from the state in getting ‘Ano‘ano Farms up and running.
