Hawaiian Taro Fields
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Hawaiian Taro Fields
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
In Hawaiʻi/Hawaii, taro, or kalo in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi/Hawaiian language, is a traditional Native Hawaiian cuisine staple. Some of the uses for taro include poi, table taro, taro chips, and lūʻau leaf. In Hawaiʻi, taro is farmed under either dry land or wetland conditions. Taro farming in the Hawaiian islands is especially challenging because of difficulties in accessing fresh water. Taro is usually grown in pond fields known as loʻi in Hawaiian. Cool, flowing water yields the best crop. Typical dry land or upland varieties (varieties grown in watered but not flooded fields) in Hawaiʻi are lehua maoli and bun long, the latter widely known as Chinese taro. Bun long is used for making taro chips. Dasheen (also called "eddo") is another "dryland" variety of C. esculenta grown for its edible corms or sometimes just as an ornamental plant. The contemporary Hawaiian diet consists of many tuberous plants, particularly sweet potato and taro.
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July 28th, 2014
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