Kauai, Hawaii ~ Black Agriculture in Hawaii has a rich and ancient history. Pre-historic Hawiian folklore and modern history show our essential part of Black Agricuture in 21st Century, Hawaiian style.

Many people of African ancestry came to Hawaii during the "Age of Sail." The earliest settlers in the Hawaiian Islands have a close bond with the ocean and the land.

Black Jacks or "maritime seamen" during the 17th and 18th centuries were predominantly free Blacks from around the world, slavery did exist in the Hawaiian islands.

Men and women from Africa, the Caribbean and the America's found freedom and opportunity the Pacific Ocean brought them.

In Hawaii, Blacks were free to go ashore without harassment, dozens of them jump ship and made Hawai'i their home. For thousands of years recorded Black maritime trade and commerce continues to be uncovered and documented in the the Hawaiian Islands.

Imagine a Luo son of Lake Nyanza ancestry, President Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii in 1961 and today his 2011 budget proposal should resolve Pigford II and the Class Action Case of Black Farmers in America.

Black Farmers in Pigford II are firmly in the hands of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Senator Daniel K. Inouye.

Senator Inouye, the second most senior member of the U.S. Senate, started his elected political career prior to Hawaii statehood in 1959.

He started his distinguished record as a legislative leader after serving in World War II as a combat veteran with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He earned the nation’s highest award for military valor, the Medal of Honor and has never stopped serving our nation.

Last week the U.S. Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a hearing that featured testimony from U.S. Agricuture Secretary Tom Vilsack and he listened to many committee members priorties and concerns, including resolving Black Farmers civil rights claims during the time our U.S. Department of Agriculture closed the Civil Rights division within the "People's Department."

March 31 is the current mark to appropriate the President Obama's budget request with broad support from the administration's Cabinet leadership, 2010 is time to move.

Black Land Loss in the Hawaiian Islands remains an open secret.

U.S. Senator Senator Daniel K. Inouye has deep and wide knowledge of the past, present and future opportunity of United States throughout the Pacific Rim, his legacy as a warrior for justice is called upon.

Black Agriculture in the 21st Century includes ongoing amazing journey of President Barack Obama to make positive change to our nation in the tradtion of Black Hawaiians.

Black Farmers in Hawaii remain the foundation that binds an ongoing movement to collect of artifacts, photographs and the oral history of a people. Together, we can tell our story through family life, civic contributions, inventions, medicine, architecture, politics, religion, law and arts that will educate the world about ongoing cultural heritage of Black people in Hawaii.

Black Farmers in Hawaii have deep roots and will continue the historical support for the best of American values in own unique way.

Our American journey in Black Agriculture goes through President Barack Obama who also has deep roots...