Hawai'i vs rest of US for best farming place ?? (home, buying)

[doitright1]

I live here on O'ahu in the Hawaiian islands. I'm planning on buying land on the Big Island (BI) but I was just wondering in the back of my mind if there was anywhere else in the US that could possibly compete with Hawai'i for someone who wants to have a 100% self-sustaining farm in the greatest climate in the US with the best soil and least amount of dangerous animals, etc. etc.

I am originally from Mississippi and I did think about moving back home since that is a great place to have a farm. But they have dangerous animals everywhere and besides, it gets cold there!

I just don't think anywhere else can even come close to Hawai'i but I do hope I am terribly wrong. Pros/Cons for Hawai'i's big island that I can think:

Pros: same climate/always warm and sunny everyday (not too hot or cold) , only dangerous animals are wild hogs, only dangerous insects are brown recluse/centipides, great soil (anything can be grown on the big island of hawai'i), great beaches always close-by, not a lot of people on BI, rains everyday but usually always when you don't notice it at night
Cons: expensive cost per acre, it's an island

(My dream would be have my own farm as listed in my other thread below but in a state or abroad in another country that is populated with a lot of diverse multilingual people similar to how it is here on O'ahu but that's just a dream I don't think is possible except for the ultra-rich. Oh well.)

So, your thoughts?

[kyle19125]

Do you plan to make a living off the farm as in selling what you produce to others, or just feed yourself?

[doitright1]

Solely to feed myself. I'm not interested in business at all.

[kyle19125]

I also realized you never mentioned how you plan to work to make ends meet. That's an important consideration.

[slowlane3]

I've never been to HI, only hearsay, but isn't the Big Island noted for pollution or ash from its volcanoes ?

[doitright1]

@Kyle - For work, I will be solely on the farm as far as I know right now. But my wife will continue to work here on O'ahu until I have the farm up and running and able to take care of us without the need to spend any money or if I do need some, only an extremely small amount.

@slowlane - That's only in certain areas of the Big Island. Some areas, such as Hamakua where I intend to purchase, isn't affected by the volcano pollution at all.