Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 5, 1 May 1990 — Hawaiʻi taro gets tag [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiʻi taro gets tag

To distinguish Hawai'i-grown taro from that of the Dominican Republic, Florida, Costa Rica and Mexico, the dryland or Chinese taro industry in Hawai'i is using a new tag on their 50-lb. bags of export taro. The yellow tag, measuring about three by six inches is printed in green. It has a mature taro corm and leaves on one side, with Chinese characters that tell shippers and consumers that this is the real taro from Hawai'i. On the reverse of the tag is the phrase "Quality taro available year round," in Vietnamese„ Filipino, Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai. Further information is available by writing Jim Hollyer, Gilmore Hall 115, UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96822.