(11) **State of Hawaii Tropical Fruits Brochure
(Under Construction)
(12) Tropical Fruits(Marilyn Rittenhouse Harris)
Welcome to the World of Hawaii's common and exotic tropical fruits! A highly-rated site
chock full of information, delicious recipes, and links to the tropical fruit industry
worldwide.
(13)Uncommon Tropical Fruits(Marilyn Rittenhouse Harris)
An introduction to Hawaii's exotic tropical fruits:breadfruit, coffee, guava, moya,
passion fruit and rambutan.
(14) Bank of Hawaii - Annual Economic Report Industry Profiles-Agriculture
"Investment in an irradiation facility on the Big Island will, it is hoped, unlock
the export potential of crops suffering from fruit fly infestations and other
pathogens."
(15) Hawaii Farm Facts(Hawaii Department of Agriculture)
"Hawaii ranks #1 nationally in cash receipts from pineapple, coffee, macadamia nuts,
papayas, guava, tropical cut flowers, bananas"
(16) Agriculture on Kauai(H&S Publishing, 1997)
"There is much interest in other exotic fruit crops such as lychee, rambutan,
jakfruit, durian, chiku, mangosteen, carambola and pomelo ... The Department of
Agriculture is aggressively moving to assist private establishment of a centralized
commercial irradiation facility ... various tropical fruits are being shipped to Chicago
for cobalt irradiation, then marketed on the mainland with very good reception and
success."
(17) Big Island Agriculture(H&S Publishing, 1997)
"The spectrum of produce grown on the Big Island keeps right on expanding: citrus,
exotic tropical fruits (such as mango, carambola, rambutan, cherimoya, lychee),
watercress, sprouts, common and exotic herbs and spices, cacao (for chocolate) and
tropical nuts. The feeling in the agricultural community today is that one can grow just
about anything on the Big Island."
(18) Focus on the Economy(Hawaii Island Economic Development Board)
Focus on the Economyis a weekly column written by K.T. Cannon-Eger on science,
technology, business and agriculture provided by the Hawaii Island Economic Development
Board with funding from the Hawaii County Department of Research & Development and GTE
Hawaiian Tel.
(19) Framework for Implementation for the Nineties and Beyond (Hawaii
Department of Agriculture)
A vision statement from the State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture: "It is
important to convince landowners, government and the general population of the
significance and value of agriculture in Hawaii."
(20) Hawaii Department of Agriculture(DOA)
"Nowadays, a farmer must rely on the skills of microbiologists, entomologists,
veterinary scientists, plant pathologists, marketers, and even engineers and chemists to
help grow the crop and get it to market."
(21)CTAHR - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
(University of Hawaii)
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/
The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources was established with the founding
of the University of Hawaii in 1907. CTAHR is a leading academic institution in tropical
agriculture, food science and human nutrition, and human resources.
American Council on Science and Health
www.acsh.org/publications/booklets/irradiated.html
Institute of Food Technologists
www.ift.org
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