slopes of Mauna Loa, Captain Cook (population 4,000) is a world away from the manicured lawns and putting greens of the sprawling resorts elsewhere on Hawaii’s Big Island. The center of the Kona coffee industry, the area is verdant and a little wild, with small farms that dot the landscape and banana plants as tall as two-story buildings. Mitchell Lee Marks bought six acres of agricultural land here in the 1990s. Two decades later, when he was on the verge of retiring from his career as a professor at San
Escape Pod
May 04, 2021
3 minutes
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