In Hawaii, where 90% of the food is imported, local farmers like Makua need boosts from federal funding so there is greater ...

Nakamura shared that HB659 HD2 will take effect on Jan. 1 to declare taro, otherwise known as kalo, will be adopted, established and designated the state’s official plant. It is believed that ...

Kalo farmer Bobby Pahia of Hoaloha Farms stands in a field of his dryland taro Friday morning in Waikapu. He is in charge roughly 300 acres of farmland owned by developer Mike Atherton and ...

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 ...

Heeia ahupua’a is home to a kalo [taro] farm. The nonprofit organization Kako’o ‘oiwi has weekly work days here, where you get dirty pulling weeds in the mud, planting without tools ...

The state's longest-running cultural celebration includes the Waikiki Hoolaulea block party and the annual Floral Parade.