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Growing availability of frozen breadfruit fuels interest in the versatile, nutrient-rich food

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                                Among local crops, outside of kalo (taro), you’d be hard-pressed to find many foods with deeper cultural roots in Hawaii than ulu. Ulu was in fact a canoe plant, brought to Hawaii by the original Polynesian voyagers.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA /CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Among local crops, outside of kalo (taro), you’d be hard-pressed to find many foods with deeper cultural roots in Hawaii than ulu. Ulu was in fact a canoe plant, brought to Hawaii by the original Polynesian voyagers.