Honolulu Fresh Produce
Ham Produce and Seafood provides Honolulu fresh produce year round. Our main focus is on building the better relationships with local growers for fresh produce and organic produce. Though we cannot supply all of our clients need with only local produce, we strive to support the farmers as much as possible to help build a larger supply of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables.
Both fresh fruits and fresh vegetables very in supply whether local or mainland through out the year, but this commitment to the local produce is helps to increase the demand for local farmers. Having local farmers in the supply chain helps us to keep a better variety of super fresh produce and has allowed us to keep the supply chain moving through all of these years.
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Local Produce
Though the local per ca pita consumption of local produce has dropped over the past 50 years, it is difficult to measure the real production changes considering the statistics over the past 50 years have included things like sugar or pineapple which were high volume crops and have all but disappeared . Tourism has gone up over 50 years and the large volume agriculture crops has dwindled. Through awareness and support of local farmers and crops, the we can all do our best to support Hawaii’s security and our own health by buying local produce as much as possible.
Locally Grown
Most people do not know beyond Mangoes, bananas, papayas, and pineapples really what all fresh produce Hawaii grows.
There are many vegetables which grow in Hawaii. The nice thing with Hawaii is, vegetables like so many other plants will grow and produce year round. Many visitors would never know the variety of onions, eggplant, corn, celery, carrots, cabbage, lettuce and herbs we grow here in the island. Even spinach, squash, radishes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and never forget the Taro are part of the local crop.
Sometimes tourists drive by and see a fruit stand where there are farm fresh local produce, but usually they are looking for the typical Hawaiian produce- pineapple, papayas, and mangoes. But, even many local people do not know the variety of fresh vegetables which are available on island. Besides the typical fruits Hawaii is known for producing, the melons, oranges, tangerines, and strawberries aren’t in really big production, but are still a very tasty local treat.
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