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<br /> Key factors in Kaua`i's economic success include: <br /> • preservation of Kaua`i's special environment and culture. <br /> • ~xpandang local a~naxl~ets far local products and reducing iri~ports, resulting iic <br /> amore money remaining in the local ecanoany. <br /> • 11~dore jobs with higher wages, reflecting a variety of profitable businesses <br /> seeking qualified employees. <br /> • A strong education system which prepares Kaua`i's children, teens, college <br /> students and adults to work in the diversified economy. <br /> <br /> Carrying on community traditions, some Kauai residents provide a substantial pogtion of <br /> <br /> their own food and subsistence through hunting, fishing, gatheria~g acrd cultivating. 'T`hese <br /> activities support the traditions of fancily and community working together, sh~riaag the <br /> <br /> bounty of land and ocean. <br /> Agr#~ul~rr~ a AaT~~arulture <br /> Agricultural etaterpri~ helps to keep Kauai green and econamically healthy threugh a <br /> variety of crops sold locally d exported. Aquaculture is also a strong and meowing industry <br /> contribacting to local markets and experts. Agriculture and aquaculture businesses employ <br /> five to seven percent of our workforce, up from three percent two decades age. <br /> Kauai is exporting coffer, seed. crops, papaya and exotic fruits, and seafood, as well as <br /> refined sugar and otheg value-added food products. Tn addition, sm:~il f~ers w a variety <br /> of ~?acique crops such as kava, hemp, herbs, rautraceuticals, exotic flowers, and pcrfume <br /> ingredits. ~ taro industry is dae largest in the state and a a~~j€?a° ~~€ppliar to C`aht~ and to <br /> tlar mainland markets.. Many taro products aa~ preduced trtc Kau~`i, incla€aling ch€.ps ~n€~ poi. <br /> Kauai residents support the farmers by buying locally-grown fruits, vegetables, tare and <br /> other basic foods. Thy market for organically-grown crops is increasing. Tn place of iarzported <br /> meat, Kauai residents enjay grass-frd bref frean rattly raised in Kaua`i's pastrel~ads and <br /> prepared in local processing facilities. Kauai new produces 50 percent of its own food, <br /> reducing food ianports and keeping more money within the conlarauraity. <br /> Small fanners on Kauai are thriving and profitable. They are known for their high-quality <br /> products, including rxotic fruits not available elsewhere. They are supported by high local <br /> den~a~cd and rxparts to Asia ~iacd thr 1Viainland.~any fararcers work. directly with restaurants <br /> and the visitor industry. local agricultural products a€c an impasrtant attraction: for visitors. <br /> `T`he visitor industry showcases Kauai agricultural and aquacultural products, and <br /> collaborates in the 1?romatiora of exports. <br /> Small fanners work together in co-ops, collaborating to control costs and effectively anarket <br /> their products. 13y developing strong local demand, they aninin~ize their vulnerability to <br /> transportation probleans and fluctuation in overseas markets. <br /> Ka`i's aquaculture businesses p€~aduce shrimp, frog legs, bout, and fish for local <br /> consuarcption and export to Asia and the mainland. located aacostly on tlcr Z'6'est Side, <br /> aquaculture farans continua; to be a growing industry. State and county government support <br /> Vis3a•e for lK~a~'i . 2-5 <br /> _ <br /> <br />