Puna 'Ulu Festival

The PUNA 'ULU FESTIVAL is happening this Saturday at the Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School grounds next to the Ahalanui warm ponds. The Festival will take place from 9am. to 3pm. and will feature a breadfruit cooking contest, with the public invited to enjoy the festivities and to submit 'Ulu recipes for the contest. Cooking demonstrations will be held by Chef Casey Halpern from Cafe' Pesto, Shirley Kauhaihao, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner from Kona and the students of Kua O Ka La PCS.

'Ulu with spinach

The Puna ‘Ulu Festival is sponsored by Ho‘oulu Lāhui, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School, Hawai‘i Homegrown Food Network, the Breadfruit Institute of the National Tropical Botanical Garden and Kamehameha Schools, and is a part of a larger statewide effort to revitalize breadfruit for food security called Ho‘oulu ka ‘Ulu.

The event is free and open to the public and will also include breadfruit trees for sale, presentations on the cultivation and care of 'ulu trees, poi pounding, tapa making, activities for the keiki, music all day and local food featuring breadfruit. For more information, call 965-5098 or visit www.breadfruit.info