These systems can serve as an effective cultural and economic strategy to improve food security.Scientific research over the past several decades has illuminated the and of precolonial agricultural systems in the Hawaiian archipelago.While debate persists about the size of the populations supported by these systems, it is clear that large amounts of food were produced prior to the onset of plantation agriculture.For instance, shows that the entire potato imports of the state today — 50 million pounds — could be met by the ancient breadfruit belt of Kona (now predominantly the Kona Coffee...…These systems can serve as an effective cultural and economic strategy to improve food security.Scientific research over the past several decades has illuminated the and of precolonial agricultural systems in the Hawaiian archipelago.While debate persists about the size of the populations supported by these systems, it is clear that large amounts of food were produced prior to the onset of plantation agriculture.For instance, shows that the entire potato imports of the state today — 50 million pounds — could be met by the ancient breadfruit belt of Kona (now predominantly the Kona Coffee...WW…