Taro patch maui

Sharon Paxson. Georgina - great information here about poi and lau lau. The plants are beautiful as well.

Georgie Hunter R S Jack Feldmann. Goergina, Great photo! I really never knew where Taro Cards came from - and now I know. Robert Vegas Bob Swetz. When would be the best time to come Jan or Feb? Not a real person. Here's some more information I found about the taro plant, though: It's the root that is edible, but not it its raw form since it contains the toxin calcium oxalate. Frank Schulte-Ladbeck. That's wonderful news Frank - congratulations on the new baby girl with the pretty name.

Pete Jalbert. Looks like the taro patch is growing in nicely down in Honopou. When was that taken? Pete - July 25th Back to Top. Newer Post. Rainmaker 1,, Follow Profile. Blog My Services. Contact The Author. Full Name. Email Address. Phone Number. Service Areas. Wendt remembers watching his son Lance trying to grow taro when the streams dried up. Lance picked up a huli — a taro stalk — and put it into a bucket of water, trying to make it grow.

Wendt grew up farming in East Maui, the sixth generation of a long line of Hawaiian farmers. The orange tree in his backyard is years old.

But taro is more than just a family tradition — for many Hawaiians, it holds deeper significance, Mahealani explains. The stillborn grew into taro, which became the brother of the Hawaiian people. By the s, farmers were so frustrated that kupuna asked Wendt to be their spokesman. Getting the water back has involved going to the Water Commission, the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the courts.

The conflict has also meant awkward disagreements with neighbors. The early years were the worst, Wendt says. By now, Wendt, who is in his 70s, and Mahealani are exhausted. Efforts to get a longer lease for diversions approved by the Legislature this year prompted Mahealani to fly to Oahu to testify. The length of time it has taken.

More than a decade ago he met and married Mahealani, who was then the head of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation , the nonprofit that represented his case. By , they have told this story many times. The whole process left both of them even more disillusioned with the legal system and with politics than when they started out. Farming full-time may be increasingly difficult as the cost of living in Hawaii rises, but preserving taro fields provides a physical space to practice Hawaiian culture as more of the islands are paved over to make way for hotels and high-rises.

Like Kahoolawe and Mauna Kea , fighting for the restoration of streams has for the Wendts become another way to push for indigenous self-determination in a land where their way of life is increasingly rare. Over the past few decades, Maui has gotten a lot more crowded and urbanized. During a site visit Wednesday, Honomanu Restoration Project coordinator Napua Hueu explains how it took three weeks to break through the overgrown vegetation to revive a section of the Honomanu stream.

HANA — After years of overgrowth, stream diversion and watershed mismanagement, taro patches in Honomanu Valley are on a path toward restoration, according to a group of East Maui residents working to clear the area and replant taro.

Aipa-Rivera, a taro farmer and cowboy, joined the efforts of the project back in August before moving to Maui from Kauai in September. Water flows through Honomanu Valley and reaches the bay, a result of community efforts and the leadership of native tenants.

Official and organized efforts to restore a parcel of Honomanu Bay began Jan. Hueu said that they have begun the process of removing invasive species and the mass plant overgrowth caused by an estimated 75 years of neglect. Wailuku farmer Robert Street says water to his taro patch stopped on Monday without any explanation. He drove about a half-mile up the road Tuesday morning to check the pipe — and found a chain with a lock.

Wailuku Water Company controls the flow from the Wailuku River to his land. After a decades-long fight , the state water commission ruled in June that taro farmers with traditional and customary rights have priority to water from the Na Wai Eha — which encompasses the Waihee River, Wailuku River, Waiehu Stream and Waikapu Stream.

The decision and order established flow requirements including daily water to taro farmers. Skip to content. Local Headlines. Latest Newscasts. Latest Forecasts. Latest Headlines.