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  Dole | Company Info | About / Dole Mission | History
James Dole becomes known as "The Pineapple King," because he was able to successfully grow and harvest this crop that had failed so many others.
Dole packs 1,893 cases of canned pineapple and is on his way to establishing one of the major brand names in the food industry, as recognizable as any household food brand in the world today.
By this year, Hawaiian Pineapple Company owns 29 patents covering machines and processes in the pineapple industry, which represent virtually all of the specialized pineapple canning machinery, most of which had been developed by employees of the Company.
www.dole.com /CompanyInfo/About/Timeline/2.jsp   (338 words)

  
  James Dole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Dole, formally James Drummond Dole and nicknamed the Pineapple King (September 27, 1877-May 1958), was a United States industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company.
Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the present-day Dole Food Company, which now does business in over 90 countries.
Dole is buried at Makawao, Hawaii on the island of Maui.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Dole   (841 words)

  
 Dole Food Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dole Food Company, Inc., is a Westlake Village, California-based agricultural multinational corporation and is the leading grower and packer of such food items as banana, nuts, pineapple and other fresh fruits and vegetables.
It was founded in 1851 in Hawaii as Hawaiian Pineapple Company by James Dole, who opened his first pineapple plantation in the central plateau of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The Hawaiian Pineapple Company was later acquired by Castle and Cooke, which was renamed Dole Food Company, Inc in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dole_Food_Company   (253 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Hawaii (state)
In 1893 the Hawaiian monarch was deposed, and Hawaii became successively a republic in 1894, a U.S. possession in 1898, and a U.S. territory in 1900.
The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes.
Lanai, known as the Pineapple Island for the many years it was a prosperous pineapple plantation, was recently opened to tourism.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576663/Hawaii_(state).html   (2666 words)

  
 lanai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is also known as the "Pineapple Island" from its history as an island-wide pineapple plantation.
The island is somewhat circular in shape with a width of 18 miles in the longest direction.
In 1922, James Dole, the president of Hawaiian Pineapple Company, bought the island of Lāna‘i, and developed a large portion of it into the world's largest pineapple plantation.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Lanai.html   (360 words)

  
 Hawaiian Collection, Special Collections, UHML
The Archives of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company/Dole Corporation were recently acquired by the UHM Library.
His contact with Hawaiian Curator, Dr. Chieko Tachihata, led to the Library's receiving this important record of the pineapple industry in Hawaii.
The largest of the pineapple companies, Hawaiian Pine, was established in 1901 at Wahiawa, Oahu, by James D. Dole.
www2.hawaii.edu /~speccoll/hawaiidole.html   (283 words)

  
 Lanai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clerke had taken command of the ship after Capt. Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February, and was leaving the islands for the North Pacific.
Tourism on Lāna‘i started more recently as the growing of pineapple has slowly been phased out in the Islands.
With Hawaiian Airlines threatening to cease its daily jet service to the island, the smaller Island Air became set to control all flights to and from the island on small turbo-prop aircraft.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lanai   (323 words)

  
 History of Hawaii Agriculture
James Drummond Dole incorporates the Hawaiian Pineapple Company and begins growing fruit on 60 acres in Wahiawa.
Pineapple research carried on by pineapple companies and University of Hawaii.
Funk's G Seed Company establishes a corn research farm on Molokai, which evolved through ownership by Ciba Seeds and merger with NK to relocate to the Kauai facility.
www.hawaiiag.org /history.htm   (2886 words)

  
 The history of the pineapple
Pineapples contain Vitamins A and C, but most importantly, they are a great source of an enzyme called Bromelain.
The pineapple plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows to be two to five feet high, and three to four feet across.
Pineapples are thought to have gotten their start in the Caribbean Islands from Spanish shipwrecks.
ks.essortment.com /pineapplehistor_rmfj.htm   (975 words)

  
 Dole 5 A Day - We make 5 A Day fun!
Captain Cook may have brought pineapple to the Hawaiian Islands or the fruit may have been washed ashore from Spanish shipwrecks.
Spanish explorers knew that eating pineapple helped to prevent scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency or lack of vitamin C, so they carried pineapples among their ship's provisions whenever possible.
In 1816 a wild variety of pineapple was found growing on the Big Island of Hawaii.
www.dole5aday.com /ReferenceCenter/Encyclopedia/Pineapples/pineapple_where.jsp   (285 words)

  
 Pineapples (from United States) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Pineapples were raised for the gold miners in California in 1849 and 1850, but planters did not make a profit.
It was left for James Dole, who planted 60 acres (24 hectares) of pineapples on Oahu in 1899, to inaugurate a successful commercial venture.
It was left for James Dole, who planted 60 acres (24 hectares) of pineapples on Oahu in 1899, to inaugurate a successful...
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 California AHGP - Joseph H. Hunt
When he was a boy of nearly seventeen years of age his father planted for a Santa Rosa company a large acreage of flberries, but when the fruit reached a bearing condition the company failed and the father had to do something with the crop in order to get a return for his labors.
The fruit canned by Hunt Brothers Company is shipped throughout the civilized world, and the label of the company upon a can is a guarantee that the fruit is of the finest quality and is packed under the direction of men thoroughly conversant with the business.
The company packs all kinds of fruits and also tomatoes and asparagus, and the total number of the cans used in the year 1903 was about six million, which if placed end to end would stretch across the country for six hundred miles.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/state1/biographies/jhhunt.html   (1535 words)

  
 Maui Pineapple Company - Maui Gold Pineapple
For nearly a hundred years Maui Pineapple Company has been advancing the art of tropical agriculture on the island of Maui.
Maui Pineapple Company thrives as a truly authentic Hawaiian company, operating on principles of sustainable agriculture and product innovation and focusing on stewardship inspired by genuine Hawaiian values and tradition.
We are preparing to cultivate our next 100 years with a commitment to developing innovative solutions to the shifting demands of a changing world by integrating agriculture, wise stewardship of natural resources and eco-effective design principles.
www.mauipineapple.com   (113 words)

  
 Social Movements and Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Prior to 1992, pineapple was the islandís main industry, with nearly twenty percent of the worldís pineapple coming from Lanaëi (Bendure and Friary, 1995:493).
For instance, the Lanaëi Company uses the high level aquifer water to irrigate the resortsí golf courses and the community is unsatisfied with the Companyís decision to renege on the original promise to find alternative sources of water.
The Company promised to prepare locals for supervisory and management positions, but the lack of advancement of locals up the employment hierarchy was discouraging to those who developed expectations regarding equity, as most of the top managerial positions were held by personnel transplanted from the American continent and were Caucasian (Matsuoka, 1997:80).
www.wsu.edu:8080 /~amerstu/ce/conf/habel.html   (8854 words)

  
 Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., a Hawaii corporation organized in 1909, is a land-holding and operating company with several wholly-owned subsidiaries, including two major operating companies, Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. and Kapalua Land Company, Ltd. The company's principal business activities are Pineapple, Resort, and Commercial & Property.
Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. is the operating subsidiary for pineapple.
Kapalua Land Company, Ltd. is the development and operating subsidiary for a luxury destination resort community in West Maui.
www.maui.net /~mauilnp/general_info.html   (210 words)

  
 Maui Land & Pineapple Company: History
Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc.’s (MLandP) origins are intimately connected to the entrepreneurial and agricultural activity of the Baldwin family.
The Baldwins’ East Maui and West Maui holdings and pineapple operations were united in 1962, when Baldwin Packers merged with Maui Pineapple Company.
In 1969, Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc. was created and went public, with Colin C. Cameron, a fifth-generation descendant of the Baldwin family, acting as its first president.
www.mauiland.com /history.shtml   (678 words)

  
 Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc.
Maui Land and Pineapple Company, Inc. (MLandP) is a land holding and operating company dedicated to agriculture, resort operation and the creation and management of holistic communities.
The Company’s values of equity, economy and ecology are drawn from the Hawaiian traditions of Ho`ohanohano, Po`okela and Malama`aina, and are integrated into all aspects of MLandP’s business.
A company with deep historical roots on Maui, MLandP is dedicated to achieving financial success built upon the overall health of Maui’s economy, community and environment.
www.mauiland.com   (205 words)

  
 Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Desserts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is a pineapple upside down cake with pineapple slices, maraschino cherries, and a topping made with brown sugar.
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe from Former Congressman Rod Grams, United States Senator from the State of...
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe from Former Congressman Rod Grams, United States Senator from the State of Minnesota on the Internet Cookbook of 1st Traveler's Choice.
www.myvideogames.us /2/pineapple-upside-down-cake.html   (353 words)

  
 Food
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Sanitarium Health Food Company The Sanitarium Health Food Company is a 1898, its flagship produce Weet-bix is a top sell...
Vegeta is produced by Podravka, a company from Hungary.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/food.html   (1807 words)

  
 Hawaiian Pineapple Production   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
They are also in the process of applying organic practices to produce pineapple that will be able to carry the certified label of organically grown.
Maui Pineapple and The University of Hawaii will be cooperators on an Environmental Stewardship project to evaluate the use of cover crops for weed suppression in organic pineapple production.
Pineapple production in upcountry is practiced on sloping hills subject to wind and rain erosion.
www2.hawaii.edu /~leary/newpage1.htm   (307 words)

  
 Dole Plantation - Hawaii's Complete Pineapple Experience - Pineapple Express - James
The Hawaiian Pineapple Company he founded was now processing over 200,000 tons of pineapple a year, helping to make pineapple Hawaii's second largest industry, responsible for 90 percent of all the canned pineapple produced in the world!
By far the largest was James Dole's Hawaiian Pineapple Company, with plantations on Oahu and Lanai and the cannery in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian Pineapple Company he founded is now known the world over as Dole Foods Company, and the "Dole" brand is one of the most recognized brands in the world.
www.dole-plantation.com /Train/james.aspx   (407 words)

  
 Dole
See also: Bob Dole Elizabeth Dole Sanford B. Dole Dole Food Company...
Dole Food Company Dole Food Company, formerly Hawaiian Pineapple Company, is a Oahu.
James Dole James Dole, formally James Drummond Dole and nicknamed the Pineapple King (President of the Republic of Hawa...
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 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Breaking Stories
Realizing that the fruit grew well on his Wahiawa farm, Dole in 1901 formed the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., according to "Modern Hawaiian History" by Ann Rayson.
In 1922, the company bought the island of Lanai for large-scale production -- and by 1950, it was the world's largest pineapple company.
Due to a mainland economic depression that left an overproduction of Hawaiian pineapple, Rayson says, Dole was nearly bankrupt by 1932.
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 Maui and Hawaiian Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Hawaiian capital is moved from whaling port of Lahaina to the Honolulu harbor.
Hawaiians call small Portugese 4-string guitar a "ukulele" (leaping flea), after the nickname of the quick-fingered Hawaiian who popularized the instrument.
Constitutional Convention establishes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ("OHA") and designates it as the body which is to hold title to all real or personal property set aside or conveyed to it as a trust for Native Hawaiians.
mauimapp.com /moolelo/chronology.htm   (3486 words)

  
 The Hawaii Real Estate License Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The native Hawaiians are descendants of the early Polynesian inhabitants of the islands.
According to the 2000 census, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders were 9.4 percent of the population, and many more people have some Hawaiian ancestry.
The traditional religion of the native Hawaiians, essentially a form of nature worship, was abolished by Kamehameha II in 1819.
www.licenseprofessor.com /Hawaii_Real_Estate_Exam/Hawaii_people.asp   (3833 words)

  
 University of Hawai‘i Center for Oral History: Women Pineapple Workers
Hawai‘i’s pineapple industry, begun on a commercial scale in 1903, has historically been one of the largest employers of women.
Regular workers were employed on a full-time basis the year round whether or not the cannery was running; intermittents worked whenever the cannery was operating, regardless of the time of year; seasonals were hired only for the peak summer season; non-regulars were the field equivalent of intermittents.
The work of pineapple packing and trimming was done by white caps, or ordinary workers.
www.oralhistory.hawaii.edu /pages/occupations/pine.html   (553 words)

  
 A Chapter of <i>Sticking to the Union: The Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila</i>
During the strike, a ship loaded with Hawaiian pineapple was turned away from Seattle and Tacoma when longshoremen there called it "hot cargo" and refused to unload it.
During the 1949 Longshore strike in the Hawaiian Islands, a barge of scab pineapples was sent across the Pacific and sneaked up the Columbia River in the fog to The Dalles.
That incident gave rise to what they called The Dalles Pineapple Beef, because the Longshoremen were sued by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company for a huge sum of money, I forget how much, an enormous sum of money.
www.westbynorthwest.org /artman/publish/printer_812.shtml   (5824 words)

  
 Dole | Company Info | About / Dole Mission | History
Founded in Hawaii in 1851, the Company built its reputation on its commitment to "quality, and quality, and quality." These were the words of James Drummond Dole's "Statement of Principles," upon which he founded and operated the Company.
In achieving his goal of making pineapple available in every grocery store in the country, James Dole made the name "Hawaiian" almost synonymous with "pineapple." Considered an exotic fruit, the pineapple is the symbol of hospitality, and is often depicted on fine furniture.
Today, Dole Food Company's worldwide team of growers, packers, processors, shippers and employees is committed to consistently providing safe, high quality fruit, vegetables and food products, along with fresh cut flowers, while protecting the environment in which its products are grown and processed.
www.dole.com /CompanyInfo/About/History.jsp   (342 words)

  
 BIZZspotlight - Business Spotlight
Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. (MPC) is a subsidiary of Maui Land and Pineapple
Maui Pineapple Company is very committed to responsible land management and stewardship.
The company’s day-to-day activities are guided by three interdependent values of equity, economy, and ecology.
www.bizzspotlight.com   (2087 words)

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