Taro is best known as the plant from which poi is made, but it can take various forms, many of which will be served and sold April 25 and 26 at the East Maui Taro Festival. Admission is free.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hanalei Poi will be served at three dozen Hawaii public schools during May. The “farm-to-school initiative” aims to enhance sustainability, improve health, and ...

Not everyone finds poi, the grayish-purple mash made from the root of the taro plant, as appetizing as Hawaiians do. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

Students at over 30 Hawaii public schools on the Big Island, Maui, Kauai, and Molokai can now add fresh local poi to their school lunches.

The Maui News KAHULUI—To help increase local menu offerings in school lunches, three dozen public schools on Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Kaua‘i, and Moloka‘i will be offering fresh local poi as ...

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 ...

Lehua poi is a reddish purple, but other Hawaiian varieties can be used to make white, cream-colored, or even yellow poi. Most Hawaiian varieties, grown as dry land taro, mature in eight to 11 months.

When Onaona Pomroy Maly went to Kauai earlier this month, she was given a gift of Kauai poi to take home. It was just a weekend trip, so she didn’t bring a suitcase. She was all happy carrying ...