Taro needs rich, well-draining soil to flourish. Mix equal parts of potting soil, compost, and perlite for optimum results.

Even during the coldest time of the year, gardener Suky Sung Lee enjoys her taro, the “potato of the tropics.” She doesn’t eat the tennis-ball-size tubers, but rather the strips of the fibrous stems, ...

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 ...

Reporting from KANEOHE, Hawaii — Given the gooey, sticky consistency of poi, it’s perhaps no surprise that tourists who try it at one of Hawaii’s luaus describe it as tasting like wallpaper paste.

Check out this nutritious alternative to potatoes that can be added to a number of dishes and grown all year round in FNQ. Taro is a vegetable for all seasons. The staple carbohydrate of Oceania, it ...

Naaman Toko, above, tends taro plants in one of his patches in Waipio Valley. At left, experienced hands help young hands pound cooked taro into poi. The Waipio Kalo Festival on Saturday will feature ...

Adam Asquith manages Kealia Farm in Kapaa, Kauai, which produces up to 3 tons of taro every week. Through hisKauai Taro Co., Asquith is developing new products to make use of taro. The future of the ...

Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook will hold its eighth annual Grow Hawaiian Festival Saturday. The festival offers an opportunity for weavers, kapa artists, woodworkers, gourd ...