State Department of Land and Natural Resources photos A 17-year battle over water rights in East Maui that pitted Native Hawaiian taro farmers and practitioners against Alexander & Baldwin and its ...

When intrepid Polynesian settlers rooted in Hawaii between 1000 and 1200, they brought some staple crops with them, including taro. Taro was then turned into poi, a sticky, sour, dough-like food ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hawaiian legend holds that taro is the sacred ancestor of all Hawaiian people. The staple root crop is so valued that ...

He also worked with the Hanalei taro farmers, some of whom have been farming in the valley for over 100 years, and who produce more than two-thirds of Hawaii’s poi. He said that another of his ...

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 ...

"Hawaiian food is truly traditional food native to the Hawaiian islands, such as poi, laulau, kalua pork, taro, luau leaves, sweet potatoes, and raw and cooked seafood. However, it is also a blend ...

Vacating this position could severely impact Hawaii’s taro production, which was valued at over $6 million as of 2021. On Oahu, which has five refuges encompassing over 5, 700 acres, at least ...