The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is home a number of rare and beautiful species like the Cahaba lily, which draws thousands of visitors every spring when they bloom. Unfortunately, there's ...

WAIMEA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- A lot of schools have gardens, but there's one in North Hawaii that hopes its new garden will one day be able to feed every student. Educator Pat Ayat at Waimea Middle School ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] Andrew Dedrick, center, founder of Urban Farm Hawaii, talks with Nate Ortiz, left, and Mitchell Loo among taro plants they cultivated in a parking lot ...

If you've ever had a creamy purple drink at a boba shop or sampled a bowl of poi alongside your kalua pork at a luau, you've tasted one of the world's first cultivated plants: taro. This starchy root ...

HONOLULU (KHON) — In October, Terrence “TJ” Oliver and his family were hiking on the east side of Oʻahu when they made an unexpected discovery. “We was just walking and there’s a river, and you know, ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A super-sized taro root has been harvested on Hawaii's Big Island. The 50-pound corm, which is the root of a taro plant, was grown on Aina ‘Ahiu Farm in Hawaii Island’s ...

Check out this nutritious alternative to potatoes that can be added to a number of dishes and grown all year round in FNQ. Taro is a vegetable for all seasons. The staple carbohydrate of Oceania, it ...

HILO A troop of Boy Scouts spruced up one of the courses at Skyline Eco-Adventures last week with a new taro patch. About 10 Boy Scouts planted 100 taro at the end of a course after enjoying a day of ...

Nellie and Clarence Medeiros pose with a 50-pound taro root unearthed at the couple’s South Kona farm on Hawaii island. West Hawaii Today photo via AP KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — A super-sized taro ...

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii >> A super-sized taro root has been harvested on the Big Island. The 50-pound corm, which is the root of a taro plant, was grown on Aina ‘Ahiu Farm in South Kona and could possibly ...