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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

The root vegetable was a staple food for centuries until contact with the West. Its return signals a reclamation of not just land but a culture — and a way of life. By Ligaya Mishan FROM ABOVE, THE ...

Kauai farmers say the state should brace for a shortage of taro after record-breaking rain flooded their fields. The deluge hit the north shore community of Hanalei particularly hard. The region grows ...

Not everyone finds poi, the grayish-purple mash made from the root of the taro plant, as appetizing as Hawaiians do. Taro was a source of sustenance for the early Polynesian settlers, and poi retains ...

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 ...

There are only about 1,000 people of pure Hawaiian descent left in the world, but island residents are cooking up an idea to keep native island culture from fading away. The key ingredient? Reviving a ...