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 kind of hard labor. In his 30s, something changed. “I don’t know what ...

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 ...

Taro is a bulbous tropical plant whose root is edible. It has a characteristic creamy flesh with purple spots and a delicate, ...