Namea Hoshino helps Holy Innocents Preschool’s Isla David, 3, plant a stalk of kalo during the opening of a new Lahaina cultural park on the former site of the king’s kalo patch last week. The park, ...

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 school — there was no way he would do that ...

Sprouting deep within the verdant pleats of Oʻahu’s Koʻolau Mountains, Heʻeia stream winds through Kakoʻo ʻOʻiwi, a non-profit organization centered on a six-acre taro farm, before emptying into the ...

On Friday, Dec. 27, House Speaker Nadine K. 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 ...

Merrie Monarch is in the air here in Hilo as it started a few days ago. There is a feeling of excitement in the air with all the activities and craft fairs around town and lots of activity this week.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Thousands of miles from the Hawaiian Islands, a growing group of Native Hawaiians work the soil in the metropolitan area of Portland, OR. Through them, taro has taken root ...

LAHAINA, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - After more than a century, taro is now once again growing in Kahoma Valley on Maui. On Sunday, scores of people — from keiki to kupuna — planted 70 stalks of kalo in ...

Shakas & Shoutouts celebrates the good people, things, and events happening in our local community, here and abroad S&S to Kalo effective January 1st, 2025 it will be adopted, established and ...

Our weekly “Aloha Authentic” segment highlights various streets across the pae ʻāina so we can dig into those names, and in turn, learn something new. This week, we bring attention to a traditional ...

Ah, the virtues of taro, or kalo as it’s called in Hawaiian. Not only is it delicious, nutritious and local, but kalo also is the epitome of culture, thanks to its central role in the Hawaiian ...