Dasheen is among a family of root crops or “ground provisions” grown on the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean, dating back to the early 16 th century. Also known as taro, blue food and kalo, ...

A few weeks ago, in this space, and not for the first time, I made a case for stimulating the production of local foods as a means of reducing our dependence on foreign foods and, in particular, to ...

What if a single tuber of dasheen could feed an entire family Its entirely possible if the dasheen in question was pulled out of Chrisford McLeods garden in Longdenville, Chaguanas. In fact, one of ...