Outdated Classifications Still Guide the Use of Hawai‘i’s Ag Lands - Hawaii Business Magazine

Outdated Classifications Still Guide the Use of Hawai‘i’s Ag Lands - Hawaii Business Magazine

A series of land classification studies completed over 50 years ago — based on data organized before Hawai‘i became a state in 1959, including surveys from the 1930s — continue to influence the use of agricultural lands across the Hawaiian Islands. State administrative rules, state laws and county ordinances still use the outdated land classifications to inform decisions about the siting of country clubs, farm dwellings, solar farms and even lan…