By tending taro (kalo) gardens in Portland, a civic club produces food while deepening its connection to Indigenous Hawaiian ...

According to lawmakers, designating taro as the state’s official plant signifies the important relationship between kalo and Native Hawaiians. Kalo is associated with the Hawaiian god Kāne ...

“When I started planting taro, I believe something spiritual ... water security are a hard thing to come by.” A native Hawaiian plant nursery. Super sweet mango. Ulu trees.

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 ...

Using current technological and scientific advances, we are able to observe a snapshot of a plant group that is rapidly ... best conserve species diversity. Hawaiian Cyrtandra is no stranger ...

The Hawaii Supreme Court sided with Native Hawaiian taro farmers and cultural practitioners in a ruling on Thursday, saying that the state’s practice of issuing revocable permits to divert ...