Taro (Kalo) 101
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Guest Educator Ka‘iana Runnels, Mahi‘ai Educational Specialist with The Kohala Center and Lehua Ah Sam, Kohala Food HUB Director, join Dash Kuhr to take us on a journey into taro (kalo), the staple crop of Hawaiian agriculture. They share wisdom on varieties, characteristics, and components of kalo, how to plant and when to harvest this important crop, and how to clean and then pound (ku'i) the kalo into poi. The cultural significance of kalo is also shared.
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Featured in this video:
Ka'iana Runnels, Mahi'ai Educational Specialist with The Kohala Center (kohalacenter.org/)
Lehua Ah Sam, Kohala Food HUB Director (www.kohalafoodhub.com/)
Dash Kuhr, Co-founder & Executive Director of HIP Agriculture (www.hipagriculture.org/)
A heartfelt mahalo to our grantors and sponsors, without whom this project wouldn't be possible:
Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, County of Hawaii, Center for Food Safety, Ulupono Initiative, HAPA, Natural Investments, Hawaii Electric Light, Shaka Tea, and Kona Brewing Company
And a huge shoutout to Paul Izak (www.paulizakmusic.com/) for the epic opening music and to Paniolo Prince and His Queen Maile (www.panioloprince.com/) for the closing music.
Directed & Produced by Maya Parish (www.mayaparish.com/)
Produced by Dash & Erika Kuhr (hipagriculture.org/)
Shot & Edited by Jordan Christopher (loftyhawaii.com/)
Shot by: Easten Tanimoto ( / tanimotofoto )
This man is a bag of knowledge. Listening to him is so satisfying. An entire Hawaiian vocabulary dedicated to taro. Aloha!
Very fascinating... you can tell how passionate he is about food and his culture, In the Caribbean we call it '' Dasheen'' and it is one of my favourite food on earth. I am so eager to learn how to grow it, and is thankful for this video. What a wonderful teacher.
May the traditions live on! Aloha ohana!
Man that was some lesson I've seen here. Incredible!
Thank you from Nigeria man. You are a good teacher. We have a plan to plant a thousand stand for next week. We discovered the wealthy secret two year ago. What a lovely tuber.
Thx man
Brilliant! So full of aloha! Mahalo nui loa!
Mahalo nui loa for the info, from hawaiian living in the 253. Bless you Hawaiian!
I grow taro in Chicago mainly for the leaves and stems, hope to implement some of these lessons in the next growing season.
I learned so many new things about taro and never even knew how important this crop is to the Hawaiian people and their history.
Kalo is also a stable food in most countries in Sub-Saharan African. I grew up eating it 2-3 times every week. Different varieties
So much amazing wisdom! Mahalo nui!
All throughout my yard in Savannah, GA.
What a great video! Thanx!
Thank you! Love all of this. We are planting kalo / taro here in Florida !
I came to know about Hawaii so much… much respect 😊
Mahalo for your knowledge about kalo.
What a lot of work smashing the taro, our way of doing it is boil or bake, when is cooked, you just eat it. And by the way I think we got the best taro in the whole world, from the rock.
Beautiful culture, mahalo Kumu Kaʻiana!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful lesson in a special part of Hawaiian food and culture. Having specific terms for the difference stages of the texture, and even the forehand and backhand folds of the pa'i 'ai, says so much about the culture's reverence for this ancestral food.
Extraordinarily valuable, thank you
Wow just wow! I have to watch this over and over to catch all the knowledge here. Thanks ( :
I enjoyed watching, very entertaining. THANK YOU 🌷 👌🏽
That was beautiful. Greetings from Africa!
mahalo no ka ʻike kupuna! i am about to do my harvest from my māla in my pā hale so am gearing up to do my next kanu. really appreciate everything shared here
I really enjoyed that information you folks just shared, mahalo...
AMAZING VIDEO AND INFO👍
Kiaora from Aotearoa, thank you for sharing, we too share your passion for Kai, our Kumara
Our pacific ways is beautiful 🥰
Dash, you look much better with short hair, but I have to say the starseed crew will never top the mountain boys!!! Ohana farm gone but not forgotten!!!
I find this video is very interesting n I learn a lot of your language. They are fun to earn Thank you 🙏 so much!❤
Such an awesome episode, learned so much! Thank you for doing these videos I really love watching them.
Thanks so much. We are so grateful to Ka'iana for coming to share his extensive knowledge and wisdom about taro with us in this series. So glad you're enjoying the videos!
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Hi, i am a taro farming.
I love it.
Thank you.
Terimakasih telah berbagi ilmunya ... Saya suka talas .... Salam kenal dari Indonesia
Thank you from the UK. I am getting my first plant next week. Wish I had have learnt this before I reached 76!!! Could I leave Taro in the ground in Cornwall, temp.down yo -3,?
Yooo! Never jeard of Paul Izak before, and wow, so far i like his music!
He is now part of my music, and I cant wait to crank up the stereo tomorrow, and jam away! 😁
Also, Cool Video!
Thanks For Sharing This!
Way Cool!!
Watching From Iowa 😁
Very interesting
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Ai love you
Vanakam 🦚 thank you for sharing
Privileged viewing! Looking to cultivate some taro down here in Aotearoa as the global warming makes it more viable! mahalo!
This was great, thank you.
Thank you for watching!
I grow a patch of taro in my garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Been growing it for years, never have to buy my taro food supply from market. In Malaysia we eat mostly the stalk (Ha as said in Hawaiian here). Also the corm. I cook the stem as a spicy sour soup with many herbs added. These days I eat the leaves too since I found out that they are edible. We call taro KELADI in Malaysia.. Every part of it is edible, even the runners, the part that runs away from the main keladi/taro bush to start its own bush.
I LIKE TARO PLANT HOW TO GROW THIS VIDEO.THANK YOU.I AM SEEING THIS VIDEO FIRST TIME SUBSCRIBER
When is the best time to plant I'm from Jamaica I'm trying to grow a small backyard garden
Hi I bought keiki plants and transplanted into pots hoping they'd turn into mother plants to produce more keiki. But not sure if my soil has a good mix. I know kalo grows upwards not down. I placed back cinder on bottom almost of pot 2 inches, then a little compost with potting soil mix about 1/8, then the rest with potting soil mixed with Vermiculite. I placed mulch on top of soil to keep from drying out because Im in Ewa Beach. My kalo gets some sun at 2 to 5 pm. I have Lihilihimōlina, Hāpu'u, Wehiwa, Pilialōha. Can you tell me why my Kali is turning yellow?
Great video,what was up with the host pounding taro all mad at end?😂
Grew up with dasheen (kalo) in south caribbean (Trinidad), looking for a variety with really sweet leaves for callaloo, to grow in Huelo over in Maui (80" rain, near sea level). Any recommendation on which kalo to get? Loved the video and checking out your others! Mahalo
We will ask our guest educator/expert and get back to you!
@@HIPAgriculture808 So much appreciate this!!
Hello, how can I get some leaves in MD USA
What kalo variety makes the fluorescent green poi? And which one makes blue?
I want some
Taro is not only grown in Hawaii
It's every where now.
I plant food then, I watch, I learn for common sense from the plant haloa. So Maka ea? Ai ea? Nana ea? Watch and learn so I can eat. I’m not a commoner. I’m a life long learner makaainana in the class room of haloa. When class is done, I go back to my house where I wear a different label. Our language is complicated and can not be simplified in English at all and still be considered to hold the wisdom and knowledge of the past. I hope this helps all know that we all wear many hats interchangeably at times throughout any given day.
Sometimes kauwa hat, sometimes, makainana hat, sometimes alii hat, sometimes kahuna hat. Not to hide but to stay focused and be honest.
Stay humble yes but no devalue the self no matter what hat you happen to be wearing at the time
It really helps to read the intro at the very least in the andrews dictionary
I live on the big island kohala side. We get this kalo looking plant growing everywhere like weeds. Is this kalo edible as well? Is there any kalo plant that’s not edible?
Did unko say green poi?? That's dope hahah Which one tho??
Do you have any recommendations for the best type of kalo to grow on the east side of Kauai, above average rain and 400 ft elevation and where to obtain it? I'm planning to build a water garden and plant kalo in it. Thank you.
Big database of kalo varieties : www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/Site/Taro.aspx
Not all varieties or taro are edible though, so keep that in mind^^
Does this expert pick up snails on a regular basis.?
Is it poisonous if you don't cook it first?
Not poison, but our throat cannot handle its crystals when not cooked. Will swell up, could possibly die. Always cook all parts.
Yes Calcium Oxalate crystals that burn are in the uncooked plant
I call it taro and I live in Hawaii.