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February 5, 2016

Here's why Hawaii's sugar plantations once flourished — but are now gone

  • Sugar was farmed on a relatively small scale in the islands until the U.S. Civil War when the North was cut off from sugar grown in Louisiana.
    • By AUDREY McAVOY
    Associated Press

    HONOLULU — The owners of Hawaii's last sugar plantation say they're getting out of the sugar-growing business. Miles of sugar cane fields once spread across the islands, providing work to thousands of immigrants and shaping Hawaii life. Soon, they'll be gone.

    Here's an explanation of why sugar grew to dominate Hawaii and why it faded.


     
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