Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Monday, December 2, 2024 80° Today's Paper


Photo Galleries

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

1/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

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.
2/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Tongan spinach grows on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
3/13
Swipe or click to see more

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.
4/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
5/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Harvested Thai bananas from Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
6/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Ikani Naulu walks the rows of young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28in Kunia.
7/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
8/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Young dry-land taro on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
9/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Ube yam just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
10/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Ikani Naulu greets the rows of his crops on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.
11/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Ikani Naulu cleans dry-land taro just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28 in Kunia.
12/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Poese Vatikani grates cassava for a traditional Tongan dessert.
13/13
Swipe or click to see more

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Cassava root just harvested on Naulu’s farmland on Monday, Dec. 28, in Kunia.

Related Story

Video series profiles immigrants learning to become farm owners, and the foods of their cultures