Yet even this sector is prone to being appropriated by globalizing forces. Juxtaposed against a robust development of organic food sector in the Western United States, island producers quickly found that their small but growing market is also coveted by organic food distributors from the US mainland. With the rise of cyberspace, new organizational networks are now characteristic for the most dynamic sectors. They include highly competitive corporations as well as communities and social movements. Even before the advent of computer-mediated communication, networks have built the various communities we belong to.
People usually have more friends outside their neighborhood than within it.
Their communities may consist of far-flung kinship, interest group, workplace and neighborhood ties that are joined in a network that provide opportunity and links to other spheres. In this light, a range of innovative ways of restructuring agro-food production is occurring throughout the state. Building a local food system has been central to the revival of living Hawaiian culture among the Native Hawaiians. Then there are successful, upscale restaurants that offer dishes based on high-quality local ingredients. This may be part of a political and cultural movement, such as the subsistence food production in Molokai.