Brand protections for Champagne are built into an international trade agreement, while Hawaiʻi’s poi protections would be ...

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 ...

“Taro has not grown in that valley for 130 years ... Community members gathered July 30 in Lahaina’s Kahoma Valley to plant 70 stalks of kalo. -- TIARE LAWRENCE photo After the closure ...

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 ...