Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 1. Government § 171-68

(A) Has not less than two years of experience as a full-time farmer;

(B) Was an owner-operator of an established farm conducting a substantial farming operation and for a substantial period of the person's life resided on a farm or depended on farm income for the person's livelihood;

(C) Has been a farm tenant or farm laborer or other individual, who has for the two years last preceding the person's application obtained the major portion of the person's income from farming operations;

(D) Has a college degree in agriculture;

(E) By reason of ability, experience, and training as a vocational trainee is likely to successfully operate a farm;

(F) Has qualified for and received a commitment for a loan under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as amended, or as may hereafter be amended, for the acquisition of a farm;

(G) Is displaced from employment in an agricultural production enterprise; or

(H) Is a member of the Hawaii Young Farmer Association or a Future Farmer of America graduate with two years of training with farming projects; or

(A) The ownership of a residence lot or tract, not exceeding three acres in area, shall not disqualify any person otherwise qualified from applying for and receiving any form of farm; and

(B) Any person who would otherwise qualify to take a farm lot shall not be disqualified by reason of taking, holding, or owning land for farm or homesteading or otherwise, if the land taken, held, or owned becomes unusable for the purpose of farming as defined in section 171-65.