Kunia couple learns to farm and grow traditional foods from their Tongan culture


























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Ikani Naulu, left, and wife Mele hold some of their crops on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia. They grow taro, cassava, yams, banana, Tongan spinach and breadfruit in upland Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Tongan spinach grows on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Thai bananas hang on a tree on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia. Naulu grows taro, cassava, yams, banana, Tongan spinach and breadfruit in upland Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Ikani Naulu walks the rows of young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Ube yam just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Ikani Naulu greets the rows of his crops on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Poese Vatikani grates cassava for a traditional Tongan dessert.JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Cassava root just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.