KALO In The News
We are honored to be able to share our programming efforts and impact with the greater community through publications, article stories, and news features
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09/15/2025 – Frontiers in Public Health: Growing KALO (Taro) to Promote Culture and Health on the Continental US
KALOʻs 2nd Publication Confirmed! A growing number of Native Hawaiian now live on the U.S. continent, far from their ancestral ʻāina. To address this disconnection, KALOʻs Piko to Piko Research team explore the role of the māla kalo in strengthening food access, cultural connection, and community well-beling.
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06/19/2025 – Hawaii News Now: Taro taking root in the Pacific Northwest
Thousands of miles from the Hawaiian islands, a group of Native Hawaiians work the soil in the metropolitan area of Portland, OR. Through them, taro…
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04/09/2025 – Civil Eats: Hawaiian Taro Takes Root in Oregon
Now kalo has sprouted thousands of miles from its ancestral home in the Portland Metropolitan area, where growing Native Hawaiian population…
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04/07/2025 –KGW8 News: Hawaiian Civic Club of Oregon & SW Washington grows culturally specific food
Growing culturall-specific food gives us a sense of home. KALOʻs relationships with the Oregon Food Bank started back in 2021. They gave us a space…
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01/10/2025 – Trail Blazers: Community Partner for the Celebration fo Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
There is a lot of Hawaiians, just here in Oregon who donʻt have access to ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian culture. Our job here is to…
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11/30/2024 – KGW8 News: Community turns our in support of Small Business Saturday
As a Hawaiian organization, we wanted to create a Pacific Islander space for our local small business owners to be able to give them a pathway to share …
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11/24/2023 – National Library of Medicine: Growing Kalo (Taro) in the Continental United States
As an increasing number of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults move to the continental United States, the development and implementation of resources that promote access to cultural foods and support food sovereignty on the continent is crucial to perpetuate cultural practice and connection to the 'āina (land that feeds).
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9/18/2023 – Oregon Public Broadcasting: How an Oregon-based nonprofit is helping victims of the deadly Maui wildfires
KALOHCC has collected diapers, food, clothing, gas canisters, bedding, cleaning supplies and other goods to aid those who were …
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9/17/2023 – Oregon Public Broadcasting: How Oregonians can help Maui in wake of catastrophic wildfires
I think the main thing that we’ve been hearing is ‘How do we help? How do we support Maui, being so far away?’ So many of them have families…
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9/8/2023 – KATU 2 News: Oregonians raise money for Lahaina wildfire victims
The local Native Hawaiian organization Ka ʻAha Lahui O ʻOlekona Hawaiian Civic Club held a benefit event for victims of the Lahaina wildfire at …