Farmers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai say their state should brace for a shortage of its taro crop, a staple of the traditional Hawaiian diet, after record-breaking rains flooded their fields. The ...

Taro, a crop whose roots date back centuries in Hawaii, will be celebrated this month in the remote Maui village of Hana. Taro is best known as the plant from which poi is made, but it can take ...

Poi is made from cooked and pounded taro root, but it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. Taro is a starchy root vegetable with a natural defense built in. If the root isn’t cooked for long enough, ...

With only about 1,000 full-blooded Hawaiians left in the world, preserving native island culture is a huge challenge. One way to do this: teach... Poi: Hawaii's Recipe For Revitalizing Island Culture ...

Unless you live in the high mountainous regions of the country, growing potatoes in the home garden is practically impossible. We’ve tried it, and usually end up with a harvest of potatoes the size of ...

People always seem surprised to find that taro, the root vegetable from which the gluey Hawaiian porridge poi is made, isn’t only Polynesian. In ancient times, it was cultivated throughout the Old ...

With only about 1,000 full-blooded Hawaiians left in the world, preserving native island culture is a huge challenge. One way to do this: teach... There are only about 1,000 people of pure Hawaiian ...

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