HONOLULU–For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the ...

Last year, the price of macadamias broke records again. In Hawaii, nut-in-shell macadamias started the season with their highest net farm value ever at 100 cents per pound, and ended the season ...

Hawaii has the perfect climate for the trees - they need lots of rain, rich soil, and warm weather to thrive, which means regions that don't meet those requirements have to import macadamia nuts ...