The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo WAIKAPU — Bobby Pahia refused to be a taro farmer. Nope. Not happening. Never. He said growing up on Oahu, his friends all had to work on taro farms after ...
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 ...