[Jean2]

I read somewhere that Hawaii once had a thriving pineapple and sugar industry; but, not so much anymore.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You can read it here. This paper has far more information than you ever want to know, but the Abstract is short and informative. The short version is economics started driving the pineapple industry out of Hawaii in the 1950s.

Hawaii Pineapple: The Rise and Fall of an Industry
By Duane P. Bartholomew, Richard A. Hawkins, and Johnny A. Lopez
October 2012
Horticultural Science

By 1930 Hawaii led the world in the production of canned pineapple and had the world’s largest canneries. Production of canned pineapple peaked in 1957, but the stage was set for the decline of the Hawaii industry when Del Monte, one of Hawaii’s largest canners, established the Philippine Packing Corporation (PPC) in the Philippines in the 1930s.