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Holiday Sustainability

01:19

Local Araucaria at 'I'olani Palace, 1910

02:06

Carbon Footprint

02:10

Trees travel a minimum of 2,500 miles from where they are grown before being sold in Hawaii

02:10

Nearly 200,000 trees are sold in Hawaii each Christmas Over 96% of them are imported Only about 7,000 are locally grown

02:17

Buying locally-grown trees helps Hawaii farmers and contributes to the island economy

02:31

Snakes

02:33

Western Yellowjacket

02:34

slugs

02:36

Wasps

02:43

All this despite regular inspections by Dept of Ag

02:48

So, this holiday season Have some fun!

02:52

Support local agriculture!