[mark242]

Beef is very plentiful on Hawaii - there is a large amount of history about the paniolos, basically cattle ranchers on the Big Island and Maui. Parker Ranch, on the big island, is a huge supplier of beef. http://parkerranch.com/

[Qworg]

Up until the last Parker patriarch gave half the ranch to his workers, it was the third largest producer in the US.

Now it's fifth, IIRC.

Also interesting, the paniolos were the first US cowboys AND they have unique rodeo sports (including my favorite - ranch mugging).