For 36 years, until 1985, when they retired from taro farming, Shoichi Nagamine (1920-2001) and his wife, Shizuko Nagamine (1924-2008), raised taro on their 12-acre farm in Hanapepe Valley. William ...

Kalo farmer Bobby Pahia stands in a field of his dryland taro in Waikapu in 2019. Matthew Thayer/The Maui News Taro farmer Bobby Pahia decided to run for the Upcountry seat on the Maui County Council ...

ADB’s support is helping Palau’s women taro farmers adapt to climate change, boost their livelihoods, and access entrepreneurial opportunities.

This is part of Travel Firsts, a series featuring trips that required a leap of faith or marked a major life milestone. Trudging through knee-deep, murky water with an ax in hand was not what I ...

Farmer Ed Wendt stands in an awai, irrigation ditch, where he’s clearing weeds to improve water entering his taro patches. Courtesy photo East Maui taro farmer Ed Wendt remembers when there were no ...

HONOLULU – Taro farmers and Native Hawaiians protested the lack of a moratorium on the sacred taro plant Tuesday, saying it should be protected by law from meddling researchers. Holding signs saying, ...

Caren Atieno a lecturer at Rongo University attends to her Arrow root farm at Rongo University on November 30, 2023 she also explained on how she started the project and the reason. [Caleb Kingwara, ...