VOLCANO ISLE FRUIT COMPANY

Volcano Isle Fruit company is located in Kapoho, Hawaii. Kapoho literally means "the depression" or "the sunken area" (also known as a "graben"). It is an ahupua'a (land division) in the district of Puna, on the eastern most point of the Big Island. (An ahupua'a traditionally runs from the mountain to the sea, often in a pie shaped wedge). Two faults, about a kilometer apart, run from the old town of Kapoho almost to the ocean. This area is referred to geologically as a graben. With a lull in volcanic activity since the eruption of 1840, the lush fertile area of Kapoho became inhabited; complete with popular beach houses along the tide pooled coast, a small town, stores, a school, a railroad station, and surrounding papaya and vegetable farms. Then, in 1955 and 1960, lava flows covered homes, school, stores, railroad, and farms. But the incredible climate, with an adequate rainfall of 100 inches/year, and cinder soils brought the farmers back, and today Kapoho is known for producing..

Also known as: papayas

Primary location: Pahoa United States