BJ Penn on hawaii: what the evidence says · JRE #2032
SUBJECT: HAWAII
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
And, you know, it's a law, actually, in Hawaii that you cannot put any trees with fruit on it anywhere.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
No statewide Hawaii law bans planting fruit trees. The University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), the state's primary agricultural extension authority, publishes free guides actively encouraging and instructing residents on how to grow fruit-bearing plants at home, including dragon fruit and blueberries, which would be nonsensical if a blanket statewide prohibition existed. Hawaii does maintain agricultural quarantine and pest-control rules, including restrictions on interisland and interstate movement of certain fresh fruit due to fruit fly risk, and some counties, HOAs, or specific land-use zones impose narrower restrictions on trees near property lines or utility corridors. These localized or fruit-movement rules are categorically different from a statewide ban on planting fruit trees anywhere in Hawaii, which does not exist. The claim as stated is false.