On Monday, we brought you the story of how state lawmakers visited several Hawaii Island agricultural businesses and innovative institutions, like here at Green Point Nurseries in Panaewa, as a part of an attempt to inspire out-of-the-box thinking at the legislature.
We sat down with president Harold Tanouye, who recalled the early days of his business that is now a major ornamental flower exporter in Hawaii.
It was innovation – like the hermetically sealed, gusseted polyethylene bag inside the carton, which changed how flowers are shipped, or trailblazing use of large shade houses and cinder as a growing material – that helped Tanouye grow the family business.
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