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Here's a good story from this morning's Advertiser about a bunch of companies taking deep sea water, desalinating it and bottling for sale to Asia. Apparently bottled sea water is very popular in Japan right now. The state seems to be making some money off this venture, too.
Reminds me of this lady on Moloka'i who started a salt farming operation a couple of years ago. She's taking salt water from right outside K'Kai harbor, and drying it to make ala'e, white and black salt to sell to the gourmet markets at $4/oz. What she really wants to do is teach the local beachfront owners (who tend to be land rich but unemployed) how to farm salt which she will then buy back to sell. This, she thinks will be a win-win situation.
What both the sea water and salt operations show is that if you think outside the box, something that's abundant and virtually free can be turned into something that will benefit others.
Miulang
Story here: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../bz/bz02p.html
Reminds me of this lady on Moloka'i who started a salt farming operation a couple of years ago. She's taking salt water from right outside K'Kai harbor, and drying it to make ala'e, white and black salt to sell to the gourmet markets at $4/oz. What she really wants to do is teach the local beachfront owners (who tend to be land rich but unemployed) how to farm salt which she will then buy back to sell. This, she thinks will be a win-win situation.
What both the sea water and salt operations show is that if you think outside the box, something that's abundant and virtually free can be turned into something that will benefit others.
Miulang
Story here: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../bz/bz02p.html