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umi La bread, rice, and milk also required a shift in diversified agriculture production and processing. The plantations and output of the sugar industry commonly overshadow these historical agricultural achievements, but it is important to recognize that the island community produced all of its own food prior to the days of scheduled shipping routes to the U.S. Mainland or Asia and prior to the invention and commercialization of refrigerated containers for moving fresh produce. Nevertheless, what conclusions can be drawn about diversified agriculture and market share once shipping became established? An interesting compilation of historical statistics published by the University of Hawaii includes the annual reports of the Hawai'i Crop and Livestock Reporting Service for the period immediately after the Second World War and extending into the mid-1970s. These reports state that in 1946, when shipping was well established, 61.4% of the red meat, 24.4% of the poultry, 55.2% of fresh market vegetables, 39.3% of the eggs, and 100% of the milk marketed in Hawaii was produced in Hawaii. Twenty-eight years later, in 1974 (the last year for which data is available from, this source), locally produced red meat still supplied 35% of the local market, and 18.4% of poultry, 42.2% of vegetables, 91.4% of eggs, and 100% of the milk consumed was locally produced in Hawaii. And, note that throughout this period, sugar and pineapple were the dominant crops of the archipelago. More recent data is available through the County of Hawaii Data Book prepared by the County of Hawaii Department of Research and Development. The overall production trends are interesting, and are reported in nominal dollar values as reflected in the following tables. In 1978, the total value of all Hawaii State Agriculture production was up to $419 million and the portion produced on Hawaii Island was $148 million or 35.4% of the state total. Thirty years later, in 2007, well after the end of the pineapple and sugar plantation era, total statewide agriculture production was up 22.6% to $513.6 million, and Hawaii Island production had increased 36.8% to $202.5 million -39.4% of the state production. What these data summaries reflect is simply that the demise of the sugar and pineapple markets have been compensated for by the agriculture producers and the industry remains strong and continues to expand in output and market share. Tables 15.1 and 15.5 from the County of Hawaii Data Book are included below to support this assessment. 10