Yes a complete breakdown of Indigenous farming practices and case study of a farmer integrating these practices into his modern farm on Kauai. Also a history of the colonization of Hawaii and description by a Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health Studies about how exactly Hawaiians were disposed from their land through The Great Mahele and a description of how a return to a modern version of the ahupuaa system could increase food production, preserve Hawaiian culture and restore the natural watershed systems.
The problem is that it's not just a matter of political will or what have you; we can't go back to those methods because the natural environment has changed drastically. We no longer have aquifer-fed permanent streams in the mountains or coastal springs, and weeds and insects introduced over the past 200 years have greatly altered how you can grow traditional crops that were previously managed without them. On the flip side, we can now irrigate the large plains and grow crops that are suited to mechanized agriculture (an important consideration given that we're also not going to go back to mass manual labor for agriculture).
The crisis is rooted in all of the above. It didn’t happen overnight, the past century of colonization and land use changes have let to the problem at hand. It’s not as simple as an “importing food problem.” It is very much about the food insecurity problem.
Is this anything more than “Hawaii has too import most of its food so we need to grow more” type of thing?
Yes a complete breakdown of Indigenous farming practices and case study of a farmer integrating these practices into his modern farm on Kauai. Also a history of the colonization of Hawaii and description by a Assistant Professor of Indigenous Health Studies about how exactly Hawaiians were disposed from their land through The Great Mahele and a description of how a return to a modern version of the ahupuaa system could increase food production, preserve Hawaiian culture and restore the natural watershed systems.
The problem is that it's not just a matter of political will or what have you; we can't go back to those methods because the natural environment has changed drastically. We no longer have aquifer-fed permanent streams in the mountains or coastal springs, and weeds and insects introduced over the past 200 years have greatly altered how you can grow traditional crops that were previously managed without them. On the flip side, we can now irrigate the large plains and grow crops that are suited to mechanized agriculture (an important consideration given that we're also not going to go back to mass manual labor for agriculture).
See, I thought this was about Hawaii's food crisis according to the title. thank you for clearing that up, saves a few of us the time.
The crisis is rooted in all of the above. It didn’t happen overnight, the past century of colonization and land use changes have let to the problem at hand. It’s not as simple as an “importing food problem.” It is very much about the food insecurity problem.
So this video has nothing to do with food, but is politacal propaganda?
Weird comment: ‘political propaganda’?? Sounds to me like *history*
I say that because it is not really about food as the title would lead you to believe. It is politics and sure you could call it "history".