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For Growers. Shippers. and Processors of Chinese. .DasheenandPacific IslandTarosfromHawaii VOL. 4, NO. 3 September-December 1992 basically a very small industry". We we all need to start getting a lot more guess a proper answer to that ques­ creativein ourthinkingandactions.... tion would be that with hard work One of those universal topics we smaller industries can become bigger discuss in this issue is that of medical ones. As for the Taro Tattler, wewould insurance for farmers and their fami­ hope that ourreaders would havethe lies. We also bring you back in the ability to see that this newslettercould kitchen with taro recipes from easily be called the 6Singtt 6S113dte, around the world, and show you a the Coffee Communicator, the JaplIUlI new idea from our imaginary com­ J romulsa:tnr, or the ~ {j1J~ pany,NoKaOiFoods. Wealsotakea cu.&tu-. This isbecausewhen it comes to look at one of NaKaOi's concise one­ sources of information, marketing pagebusiness plans fortheirnew prod­ ideas, business and production plan­ uct-don'tyoucontinueyourbusiness ning, farm safety tips and the like, . withoutone like it! We also highlight these concepts arebasicallyuni- the book, ''These Roots Remain" in ourSources and Resources section. This booktalksaboutPacificIslanders,their foods and the traditions surrounding those foods-lots of taro stuff. Finally, we wish you all a very pleasant and safe holiday season. Thanks to all those who haverecently called and sent cards to say they like the Taro Tattler!

UPCOMING EVENTS

ChineseNewYears- Saturday,Janu­ ary23,1993 Better get youradvertising in the newspaper in all your marketsnow well before the big holiday - offering lower prices on volume purchases during this time mayalso winyoua lot of new custom­ ers. Call the Department of Agricul­ ture if you need more Chinese taro brochures.

Plant Tissue Culture Conference ­ Monday, March 22,1993 Tissue cultureis a waythat many growersof all types of , includ­ NoKaOi Foods (our ficticious company) launches a new product for 1993. This can is a nod at making in old style cracker cans. Read all about it on pages 3 &4. DraWing by ing banana's, flowers, ginger, (in the Leilehua Yuen, leltering by Miles Hakoda.

1 The Taro Tattler VOL. 4. NO.3 September-December 1992 future taro), and so forth are able to Hana Coast, Inc. at 248-7769. Lastly, continued help on the Hawaii Taro­ reducediseaseproblemsandget some the people putting on this worthy Quarterly Report of Taro Milled for regularity in their production. The eventarelookingfor somefinancial or Poi. IntheNovember10,1992release Hawaii PlantTissueCultureAssocia­ in-kind support. If you can help out of that report HASS reveals that taro tion is therefore holding a one day please contact Maria Orr at 248-8920. milling was up overall through Sep­ conference to bring people up to date Call early to get plane and hotel tember 1992, was up 7 percent over on the state of the art and potential. reservations, as there are typically the same period the year before, and The conferencewill beheld in Kailua­ 1,500visitors in the Hana/East Maui up 8 percent over the 5 year average Kona at the King Kamehameha and area on the average day. for the same time frame. However, the fee is $25. You can get moreinfor­ Also, wordoutoftheHotelHana­ thisgoodnewswill surelybe affected mationby callingRacheal Keolanui at Mauiis thattheirrestaurantsare now by Iniki and the fourth quarter report 959-0225on the Big Island. offering taro chips, taro bread rolls, of 1992 will most likely show a dra­ and taro leaf -we hear the tour­ matic decline in milling. Look for the NaMamo: Today'sHawaiianPeople ists love it! They also say someof the 1992 annual taro production report - Photo Exhibition inspiration to make these products aroundlate January1993.Youcancall We just received a lovely invita­ was provided by theTaro Project and HASS on at 973-9588 at that tion for a new photographic exhibi­ information it has put out. time for a copy. Andwhileyouareon tion at the Bishop Museum. Anne the phone, let them know how much Landgraf, photographer, and Jay BACKTRACKING you appreciate their hard work. Hartwell, wordsmith, will be featur­ ing pictures and words of a variety WindwardCommunityCollegeTaro . Mandatory Food Labeling to Take aspects of today's Hawaiian people. FestivalaHitandPa'i'aiPoi Systems Effect May 1994-Workshop to be Our invitation even has a picture of Makes itDebut January 25, 1993 Clarence Kaona of harvesting The August 15th, 1992Pacific Is­ Well its finally here! After years taro onthe cover. Checkoutthisevent landsTaro Festival in Kaneohe was a of haggling the Food and Drug Ad­ 9am-5pm from December 24, 1992­ smashing success. Not only was the ministration(FDA)has finallyreleased April4, 1993in the Hall of Discovery, weather great but, as usual, all in­ its mandatory food labeling guide­ Bishop Museum. Free. volved pulled together to put on a lines. These guidelines will apply to great day. ThanksgotheRoyFujimoto, all businesseswithatleast$50,oooper East Maui Taro Symposium, Festi­ Mitsue Cook-Carlson and all the annumin gross revenuescomingfrom val,and Lo'i Field Trips, March 26­ people who donated their time and all food processing aspects of their March 28 1993, Hana, Maui other goods. A special thanks to entire business. The example label Wow, the taro festival idea has Nanette Purnell for all of her hard seen below is that for Ready to Mix reallycaughton! Overthe Kuhio Day work. READY TO MIX POI weekend, the beautiful area of East Also making a splash at the festi­ 28% SOLIDS - 456g/16oz Bag Maui willbedisplayingitsownunique val wasVonnLogan andhis company NUTRITION FACTS history of taro and other aspects of Pa'i'ai Poi Systems. Vonn has com­ Serving Size 1/2 cup (114g) EastMauilife. MariaOrr, the festival's bined the famous Champion Juicer Servings Per Container 4 organizer, says the event is "To pro­ with a steady supply a poi taro in an Amount Per Serving Calories 120 Calories from 0 motetaro andnativeculturalvalues." effort to makepoi moreavailable. Get On Friday, March 26th there will be a % Daily Value' a demonstrationof the Juicerandhow Total Fat 1 9 less than 2"10 taro growing symposium, Saturday it can make poi and kulolo by calling Saturated Fat 0 9 0% will be the festival itself, and on Sun­ Pa'i'ai Poi Systems on Oahu at 293­ Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 8mg less than 2"10 day, local taro growers, Kimo Wendt 1721or Kauai 822-7583. Total 31 9 10% andPaulySinenciwill be hostingedu­ 2 9 4 9 16% cational taro lo'i field trips to Wailua Apple Snail Update 1 8 and Keanae. According to the Department of Vttamin A 0% • C 12% • Calcium 4% • Iron 4% Thefestivalwillopenwithchanter Agriculture work is still continuing 'Percents (%) of a Dally Value are based on a 2,000 Keali'i Reichel and feature traditional on the Apple Snail eradication pro­ calorie diet. Your Dally Values may vary higher or lower hula andmele talentfrom Hana. There gram. Hurricane Iniki put a damper depending on your calorie needs: will also be food vendersandartisans on research on Kauai, but tasks are 2,000 2,500 Nutrient displayingtheirwaresthatday. People still being accomplished. Stay tuned! Calories Calories Total Fat less than 6Sg BOg wishing to sell food please contact Sat Fat less than 20g 2Sg Lucinda Estrella (248-7222), and Annual Production Survey Cholesterol less than 300mg 300mg Sodium less than 2,4oomg 2,400mg crafterscan contactKananiKahalehoe The Hawaii Agricultural Statis­ Total Carbohydrate 300g 375g at 248-7781 for information. Those ticsService(HASS)wouldliketothank Fiber 2Sg 30g wishing to display more cultural, en­ those who filled out the 1992 taro 19 Fat . 9 calories vironmental and alternative technol­ production surveys. They also asked 19 . 4 calories ogy itemspleasecall the Friendsof the us to thankthepoi processorsfor their 19 Protein . 4 calories

2 The Taro Tattler VOL. 4, NO.3 September-December 1992 Poi-28% solids. Togetmoreinforma­ Medical Insurance for the Farm winning Maui Chip chip bag, tion on this law you may want to Family mentions that their taro comes from attend a workshop on the National Many farm families in Hawaii get the Big Island, and thatit is cooked in Label andEducationAct1990,which their medical insurance benefits from peanut oil. The bag also has some is being sponsored by crAHR and secondary (or primary) jobs which are nutritionalinformation,complements the Hawaii State Department of notfarming. Still other full time farm­ of the Department of Food Science & Health. Dr. Janet McDonald of the ersandtheirfamilies probablyhaveno Human Nutrition at the University. FDA in California will be the fea­ health insurance at all. While the rea­ Chips Ahoy! tured speaker at a meeting which sons for not havinginsurance, despite will take place at the Pacific Beach the great risk, may be many, the most BreadfruitChips-Chance IEm! Hotel from 11:00am-1:3Opm, Mon­ obvious reason is that it is relatively Out of the University of Florida day, January 25, 1993. Cost of the expensive. However,theHawaiiFarm comes a recipe for tasty workshop is $15 which includes BureauFederation(HFBF)mayhavea chips. While we're sure you have lunch. Lastdayto registeris January reasonable solution for those farmers your own favorite recipe, this is one 19th. Call Aurora Hodgsonat UHat withhealthinsurance needs. Wendell from our friends from the East coast. 956-6564for moreinformationonthe Koga, executive director of the HFBF, Cutmaturebreadfruitinto 1.25mmslices, new law and the workshop. - says that the FarmBureau (which was fryin soy (or other) oil at16SoC and salt established in 1948) has "group merit to1.5%, then...EAT! Partial airdrying SOMETHINGS TO THINK rated" plans with HMSA for medical prior tofrying reduces oil absorption from ABOUT and dental insurance for its members. 42% to26%. For morebreadfruitreci­ These HMSA plans are based on the pes write Diane Ragone (one of the The 10 P's of Farming actual medical costs incurred by the most knowledgeable people in the Bud Kerr (see his newsletter, group. While the cost may be compa­ world whenit comes to breadfruit)at Small Scale Agriculture Today, in the rable to other group plans, the HMSA the National Tropical Botanical Gar­ Sources and Resources section) writes Plan-4 has medical, drug, vision and den,P.O.Box340,Lawai, Kauai, %765. that people are farmers for many chiropractic riders. Dental coverageis Ask for a copy of The Garden-Winter different reasons. He's put together separate,so youcan have medical cov­ 1992. a list whichhewantsusto sharewith erage with or without dental. Unlike you. Perhaps some of these reasons manygroupplans,however, theFarm NEW FROM NoKaOi FOODS apply to you and perhapsotherscan Bureau plan is fairly liberal with no be used to motivate up and coming probation periods, deductibles, and so NoKaOi Launches Another New farmers: forth. HFBF also has a rider for the Product .:. Pleasure, to individualand fam­ KaiserMedicalPlanfor those whopre­ Our good, yet fictitious friend, ily fer that carrier. Call the good folks at Sanderson "Stickey" Poheoheo Jones .:. Profit, from business activity the HFBF on Oahu (848-2074) about called the other day to tell us about a .:. Potential, for growth and devel­ joining this worthy group and about new product he is launching at long opment getting on their medical plan. last. Itis his nostalgic nod to old time .:. Perpetuation, of family assets kulolocookingand packaging(seepage and resources More Taro Grinds 1). Basically, for those who weren't .:. Prioritizingvaluesto increaseef­ In the last issue of the Tattler we aroundinthelast few decades, kulolo fectiveness treated you to a few new taro (thatCandyofHawaii's Kings, thattasty .:. People, centered inframe of ref­ recipesfromaround the world. As our Hawaiian Style Fudge), was/is often erence for production, finance, holidaygift to you we'd like to do that prepared somewhat like a cake mix and marketing again, but also add a few taro leaf and thenpouredinto large, tall, ti leaf­ .:. Perseverance, for survival dur­ recipesthis time--enjoy! Oh, for mostof lined cracker cans where is was then ing the lows the corm recipes you can use either steamed to perfection. (Ofcourse the .:. Perfectionism, but open to new Chineseor Poi taros,butit appearsthat pre-eontact Hawaiians didn't have ideas, changes, and improve­ the Chinese (and Samoan) taro cracker cans to make it in). While ments overtime arethebestfor theluauleaf recipes (see Stickey realizedhe couldnotuseexact .:. Periscope vision (360° view), to pageS). miniaturereplicasof theoldHilo style watch the economy.and envi­ biscuitcansfor his kulolo, (becausehe ronment around you CHATTING CHIPS was just using the can for packaging, .:. Pride, because people benefit not cooking, thus the top had to be fromseeingandexperiencingthe TheMauiChip@Joins the TaroChip completelyopen to allow a block of ti resultsof theirefforts, skills, and Market leaf-wrapped kulolo to be inserted performances The Maui Chip people over in cleanly), he felt that he could give his Kahalui have introduced their version customers a good product in the can of the taro chip. Their beautiful bag, he choose. And to givea professional which is fashioned after their award look to the kulolo package, right off 3 The Taro Tattler VOL. 4, NO.3 September-December 1992 the bat, he called Leilehua Yuen at crafts, non-profit, and so forth) if you duction of a new productor line. He Yuen Media Services in Kona at 329­ don't planyou will havea morediffi­ isveryinterestedin helpingothersmall m7 (yes, she is real) for her talented cult timesucceeding-thatisifthecom­ businessesand he also enjoyscompe­ touch. Wow! How about that guy pany even lasts 6 months. While not tition so he felt comfortable sharing Stickey, smartya? everyonehasthe moneyto hiresome­ his "secrets." Hewent to his file cabi­ You may be askingyourself why one to work with them on the plan netand pulled out the following one­ we like to work with Stickey, well (Department of Business, Economic page business plan summary which folks whenthemanhas a signoverhis Development& Tourism,SmallBusi­ he made back but just updated for desk that reads, "There is no substi­ nessDevelopment Centers, Alu Like, 1993. This planis oneof manyhe has tute for hard work," we know we've andotherbusinessdevelopmentpro­ made for each of his products: poi, found the perfect partner. Oh,by the grams can provide some direction­ kuloloandhisPacificlAsianbabyfood way,it wasanotherhardworker,Tho­ give them a call) it is still very impor­ line (see nextTattler for this one). This mas Alva Edison, the inventor of the tant to get some form of a plan down summary of course was backed up lightbulb,whospokethoseverypow­ on paper-not just in your head. (But with a detailed description of each erful words back in1932. don'tworry it is never too late to geta item, but the real nutsandbolts of his plangoing.) So,with all of NoKaOi's plan for success are here (see table). NoKaOi's One Page Business Plan imaginary success over the .last few In any business (farming, tissue years we asked Stickey to show us culture labs, food processing, handi- how he started planningfor theintro-

NoKaOi Candy of Hawaii's Kings Kulolo Products-Condensed Business Plan 1993

1. The Product (0 Traditional kulolo made of taro, cream, and . (0 Innovate by adding macadamia chunks and mixed dried Hawaii fruit to develop a three-product kulolo-line.

2. The Customer (0 15-70yearsold .:. Has contact or had contact with Hawaii .:- $15K to $80K annual household income .:. Likes fudge-like products

3. The Competition (0 Chocolate-covered macadamia candy .:. Mackinaw fudge (0 Fresh made brownies & cookies .:. Other kulolo products

4 • The Marketing Strategy.the 4P's Price .:- Calculate cost of production to determine minimum selling price .:- Establish price lists based on potential sales outlets and volume Place (0 Sell to Hawaii hotels .:. Sell to airport stores (. Sell at festivals, craft fairs .:. Sell to local stores (0 Sell at Las Vegas hotels Promotion -:- Give free samples to media (wi company info) .:. Work with hotel chefs to include in picnic baskets (. Advertise in OHA newspaper .:. Advertise in mainland "Voice of Hawaii" newspaper* (0 Give tours of factory to clubs and other groups .:. Combine with other company's gift packs (0 Custom pack for fund raisers Product -:- Innovative packing : plastic-wrapped 8 oz packages, and nostalgic 2lb miniature Hilo-style cracker cans (see pg. 1). •:- Caffeine and chocolate free .:. Product package designs traditional yet contemporary .:- Fun food .:. Evokes nostalgic feelings (. Can be sectioned and distributed easily .:. A traditional and tasty Hawaii product -:- High energy product

5 • NoKaOi's Goals for this product in next 12 months (0 Sell to 50 outlets by the end of 9 months .:. Break even first year on this product line -:- Enjoy business .:. Fully mechanize process by beginning of next year .:- Develop coordinated packaging, stationary. sales materials, invoices, business cards

* See Ian-May 1992 Taro Tattler for more information on this mainland newspaper.

4 The Taro Tattler VOL. 4, NO.3 September-December 1992 Taro Grinds II

TARO TARTS WITH FILLING (Karng­ WITH TARO STUFFING-Hawall TARO LIP SUP (Taro Leaf Soup)­ Kau-Plueak)-Thalland Papua Ingredients Ingredients 12-14 1bs turkey Ingredients (serves 6) 1 small taro salt 2 cups taro leaves 2 cups 1I0ur 11b bacon ,chopped 3 tbsp butter or margarine 1 cup shrimp, chopped 1 cup chopped 1 small bunch young shallots (spring 1 cup grated coconut 4 cups diced, cooked taro onions) sugar, sauce, chopped 1 pkg (7 1/2 oz) seasoned stuffing mix 5 cups grass, fresh red chili, pepper, 1 cup chopped green onions 2-3tbsp 1I0ur oil 1 cup chopped 1/2 cup minced parsley Method Method 1/2tbsp ground sage Me~ and combine buller and lIour in a Mix shrimp, grated coconut, pepper, fish sauce 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melled saucepan . Add coconut milk slowly and let the into a pan, stir fry over heat until shrimp turns 3/4-1 cup brolh mixture thicken over a low fire. Add diced red, put fresh red chili, lemon grass for a while. Shortening shallots and taro leaves (with stems and veins Put into a container . Set aside. Steam or boil removed.) Add sa~ and pepper to taste. taro unlif done, peel, and mash. Blend mashed Method Simmer for 2-3 minutes and serve. taro with rice 1I0ur. Shape the into balls, Rinse and drain turkey. Lightly sail neck and Papua New Gujnea Cookbook, Anne lIallen each piece into circle, fill with the above body cavities. In a skillet, fry bacon; remove MacGregor , The Jacaranda Press, 1977. mixing, fold over into a triangle shape. Fry in bacon and fry onions in drippings. Drain, unlif golden brown . Serve with reserving 1/4 cup of the drippings . Combine either sweet and sour or hoi sauce. bacon, onions, taro, stulling mix, green onions, PALUSAMl-5amoa Author unknown celery, parsley, and sage. Stir in butter, broth, and the reserved drippings . Stuff turkey. Rub Ingredients WET STICKY RICE WITH TARO (Kao-Neau­ skin with shortening. Roast in electric oven at 1 small , finely chopped to each cup Paek·Plueak)-Thailand 3250F for about 3 1/2 to 4 hours, or until of coconut cream thermometer registers 1850E. Makes 8to 12 sa~ to taste Ingredients servings. Coconut cream 1/2 kg sticky rice washed A Hundred years of Island Cooking , Pat Rea & 1/2 a lemon's juice to each cup of 1/2 kg sugar Regina Ting, Hawaiian Electric Company, 1991. coconut cream 1 cooked taro corm cut into small pieces Method 2 cups thick coconut milk Use only young, fresh destemed taro leaves or 1/2tsp. salt TARO LEAF RECIPES substitute spinach leaves. Put about 6 halves 7 cups water (or whole leaves if small) of taro leaves on top NOTE : Taro leaves must be cooked before of each other in the palm of your Iell hand (if Method eating- -do not eat raw leaf or stems. you are right-handed.) Making sure outer leaf Boil sticky rice with water until done. Mix with is the biggest of all. Cup Iell hand and with sugar and stir unlif thickened. Cook thick fingers of right hand, press down in center so coconut milk with sail. When serving, spoon SOUP: AND TARO LEAF that the leaves form a cup. Then ladle in about cooked milk on top of sticky rice and taro. SOUP- 1/2 cup of the coconut mixture. Fold together Author unknown leaves at a the top of the cup to more or less Ingredients seal in the liquid. Then seal into a cupped 1/21b taro leaves piece of foil. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1/2 STIR-FRIED , TARO, AND CABBAGE­ 1tbsp butter hour. When cool, remove foil and serve with US Mainland 1 tbsp oil taro, breadfruit , etc . 1 onion, minced Fish Head SouP and Other Tales, Bonnie & Ingredients (serves 2) 2 cloves , crushed Chris Sauer, U.S. Peace Corps-Western 3/41b taro root (1 piece) 1/41b okra, trimmed and sliced , March 1976. 1/4 tsp. kosher sail 1 fresh chili, seeded and minced 1 tbsp Scotch or bourbon . 1 sprig fresh thyme 1 tbsp soy sauce 1tsp. minced fresh chives FISH COOKED IN TARO LEAVES- 2 tsps Oriental sesame oil 4 cups homemade stock Big pinch cayenne 1 1/4 cups coconut milk Ingredients 1 medium garlic clove, peeled and flallened sail and freshly ground black Fish Fillets (Walu, Tuna, Cod) (or minced, if you like more garlic pepper Taro Leaves flavor) 1/21b crab meat, thawed if frozen Salt 3/41b top round of beef or lIank steak, Pepper Sauce (optional) Pepper sliced very thin on the diagonal Onion 1tbsp peanut oil Method Coconut Cream 1/2lb Chinese cabbage , washed, then Wash the taro leaves, drain and finely shred. cut into 1-inch pieces Heat the butter with the oil in a large saucepan Method over medium heat, add the onion and garlic and Cut fish into 4cm (2 inch) pieces. Prepare Method cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, unlif soft clean, medium, young taro leaves as for Peel taro and quarter lengthwise ; cut each and golden. Add the okra, chili, thyme and PALUSAMI (see above) . Put a piece of fish on quarter across into 1/16-inch slices. Set over chives and cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring each leaf. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and 1 boiling water on a steamer rack; sprinkle with constantly . Stir in the taro leaves and cook for 3 tbsp finely chopped onion. Wrap up the fish sajt. Cover; steam taro until tender, about 15-20 minutes, turning the leaves to ensure they are and nnecessary, fix leaf with a toothpick or minutes. Combine Scotch , soy sauce, sesame evenly cooked. Pour over the stock and coconut sasa. Pour over 2 cups coconut cream . Cover oil, cayenne, and garlic. Add beef and toss. milk and season with sail and freshly ground and bake at 1500C (300°F) for 3/4 hour or until Marinate for 15 minutes or more, tossing now black pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, lower the the fish is soil. Serve as desired. and then. Heat a wok over moderate heat; pour heat, cover the pan and simmer the soup for 30 Pacnjc Islands Cookbook , Susan Parkinson & peanut oil around rim and tip to distribute. Add minutes. Stir in the crab meat and cook for 5 ~eggy Stacy, Pacific Publications, 1977. garlic clove from marinade and toss for a minutes, until heated through. Taste and adjust moment. Add meat and brown slightly, tossing. the seasoning, adding a lillie pepper sauce if Antidote for itching Add cooked taro and cabbage and toss desired . Serve immediately in warmed soup constantly until cabbage is crisp-tender - about 2 bowls. External itching-Wash area with a cold water minutes. Remove whole garlic, if you are using Caribbean Cooking by Judy Bastyra, Exeter and sail solution. il. Serve at once. Books,1987. Uncommon EmUs & A Internalltchlng-5prinkle sail in mouth and Commonsense Gujde , Elizabeth Schneider, then spit out. Repeat. Rinse with cold water. Harper & Row, 1986.

5 The Taro Tattler VOL. 4, NO.3 September-December 1992 GETTING MECHANIZED

Weve told you in earlier Tattler issues about our dryland taro planter and harvester,but this time wed liketo stir your imagination with a machine whichmayhelpwithpost-harvestwork. The vegetable washer shown here is fromTewManufacturing(716-586-6120) ofPenfield, New York. Whilethereare other companieswhichput out similar machines(call us forthosecontacts), we offer Tew's machine here as just one way tocleanyour taro prior to packing or processing. We feel this step is very important toreduce mold and increaseshelf plus shipping. tionalfeasts,andagreatdealmore.Some life and final-product flavor. Basically all reallygreat picturesincludinga wallof you do is pour the taro onto the con­ • • foodfromFijiinthe1870's. ThisUniver­ veyerand itgoesintotheboxwhereitis sityof Hawaii Pressbook sellsfor$32. sprayedandwashedwithbrushes-kind These Roots Remain-Food Habits in of like a car wash. The washing is a the Islands of the Centraland Eastern Small-Scale Agriculture Today, Bud continuous process where you would Pacific Since Western Contact, by Kerr,Editor.This informative quarterly then collect the clean taro (in a clean Nancy Pollock, 1992. Thisis the most newsletterfrom the USDA giveslotsof bag/container) as it comes out of the complete book on traditional Pacific informationaboutagricultureand busi­ other end of the box. The machine island foods probably ever written­ ness.WriteBudat OSSA, USDA-esRS, shown herecando potatoes,eggplant, awesome! It emphasizes taro,bread­ Suite 342, Aerospace Building, Wash­ squash, mini pumpkins, and so forth. fruit, manioc/ and yarns, and ington, DC 20250-2200, Tel (202) 401­ WeknowoftarofarmersinHawaiiwho howtheycametotheislands,how they 4640, Fax(202) 401-5179. Therearealso areusing this machinetoday. Theprice used to becooked,where they fitinto agreatnumberofcropfactsheetsputout of this particular unit is about $2,400 each islands' food chain, about tradi- by that office-just ask.

IN THIS ISSUE OF The Taro Tattler @ .:. East Maui Taro Festival Printed on recycleable paper .:. More Taro Recipes from Around the World .:. Nutritional Labeling .:. One Page Business Plan .:. Machine to Wash Taro

The Taro Project Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics Gilmore Hall 115 University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96822 Attn: Jim Hellyer, editor For more information please contact: The Taro Project • TO: Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics Gilmore Hall 115 University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI 96822 Attn: Jim Hollyer, editor Phone: (808) 956-8800 Fax: (808) 956-2811

Reference to a company or product name does not imply approval or recommendation of the product by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii.

6 The TaroTattler VOL . 4, NO.3 September-December 1992.