The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo WAIKAPU — Bobby Pahia refused to be a taro farmer. Nope. Not happening. Never. He said growing up on Oahu, his friends all had to work on taro farms after ...

Known locally as kalo, the plant has been fundamental to the Hawaiian diet and culture for centuries—but its future is uncertain. Once one of the world’s most cultivated root crops ...

Taro, also known as edible colocasia, is a bulbous tropical plant with edible roots. Its characteristic creamy flesh with purple spots and delicate, nutty flavor is a result of centuries of ...

The first consignment of 4,360 kilogrammes of taro, locally known as "kochur mukhi", was sent to France by local exporters WAK and SA Limited on December 4 last year, as per data of the Plant ...