Maui Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Agriculture=== Maui's primary agriculture products are corn and other seeds, fruits, cattle, and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Hawaii/cp15009.pdf |title=20121 Census of Agriculture β Maui County |last=US Department of Agriculture |date=2013 |access-date=2018-03-14 |archive-date=2017-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503175631/https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/County_Profiles/Hawaii/cp15009.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Specific products include [[coffee]], [[macadamia]] nuts, [[papaya]], [[flower]]s and fresh [[pineapple]]. Historically, Maui's primary products were sugar and pineapple. [[Maui Land & Pineapple Company]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mauiland.com/ |title=Maui Land & Pineapple Company homepage |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422161656/https://www.mauiland.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hcsugar.com/ |title=Commercial and Sugar Company |access-date=8 December 2010 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415040241/http://www.hcsugar.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (HC&S, a subsidiary of Alexander and Baldwin Company) dominated agricultural activity. In 2016, sugar production ended.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bittersweet End to Cane Plantation Days |url=http://hpr2.org/post/bittersweet-end-cane-plantation-days |website=hpr2.org |access-date=2016-01-07 |archive-date=2016-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121053119/http://hpr2.org/post/bittersweet-end-cane-plantation-days |url-status=live }}</ref> Haliimaile Pineapple Co. grows pineapple on former Maui Land & Pineapple Co. land.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maui Pine assets sold for quarter of worth β Pacific Business News |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2010/01/04/daily44.html?ana=yfcpc |website=Pacific Business News |access-date=2016-01-15 |archive-date=2017-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620093528/http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2010/01/04/daily44.html?ana=yfcpc |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2014, a Maui County referendum enacted a moratorium on [[Genetic engineering in Hawaii|genetically engineered crops]].<ref>{{cite news |access-date=16 November 2014 |url=http://khon2.com/2014/11/05/election-results-show-money-doesnt-guarantee-votes/ |title=Election results show money doesn't guarantee votes |date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216180355/http://khon2.com/2014/11/05/election-results-show-money-doesnt-guarantee-votes/ |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Shortly thereafter Monsanto and other agribusinesses obtained a court injunction suspending the moratorium.{{R|monsanto}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page