the state of Hawaii will have an official state plant. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You On Friday, Dec. 27, House Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura shared that ...

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 ...

Nakamura shared that HB659 HD2 will take effect on Jan. 1 to declare taro, otherwise known as kalo, will be adopted, established and designated the state's official plant.

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 ...

1 to declare taro, otherwise known as kalo, will be adopted, established and designated the state's official plant. Fans of Rescue ... As a cornerstone of the new Hawaii-based drama, Kekoa ...

LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) - A taro patch at Kauai Community College has become a hot spot for endangered Hawaiian birds. Six alae ula, or Hawaiian moorhen chicks, hatched there just this month ...

Staff Photo by Dennis FujimotoTOM HARAGUCHI of O`ahu didn’t just come to the Taro Festival ho`olaulea for the free samples. He simply rolled up his sleeves and helped cook samples during the day ...

In the meantime, you can bring the farm to your table and buy Hawaii-grown ulu, taro and sweet potato pre-cooked and frozen at local super markets and Whole Foods Market. “A lot of people say it ...

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 ...