The Maui Land & Pineapple company, the last exporter of canned Hawaiian pineapple, is ending its operations on June 30. This marks the end of 100 years of canned pineapple exports from the state of Hawaii. The loss of the cannery is, "is a victim of cheaper overseas producers" like Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador. Moreover, it marks the decidely necessary, but disappointingly bitter shift from Hawaii's agriculutural heritage to one of land developers and tourist dollars. Aloha, canned pineapples!
Don't worry, though, Hawaii still exports fresh pineapples! For now, anyways.
Read more at the Honolulu Adverstiser.
p.s. Did you know pineapples grew on the ground in these crazy agave-like configurations? I always thought they grew on trees until I moved here!
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Sometime will you please hollow out a couple of pineapples and drink cocktails out of them. I would prefer if you you do this in flip flops and around sunset. This is my hawaiian dream.
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