Taro Growers Australia, Inc


Taro Growing

Taro has  been a niche commodity in the Australian fresh food markets for over 20 years. A need predominately filled by imported Pacific Island taro for the ex-patriot Island communities, there became in latter years, increasing market demands  from a swelling domestic Asian/Middle Eastern population of Australia. This led to a parallel market being developed with Asian varieties of taro, hence the initiation of Taro Growers Australia. Around 2001 a collective group was formed led by Philippe Petiniaud, in wet tropics district of Far North Queensland. In 2002 Taro Growers Australia was established.


Taro, Colocasia esculenta, is one of those crops that is seeing a great deal of growth and interest world-wide. A crop in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia taro continues to be sought after by a growing market and used in several regional and ethnic cuisines.



The above information, and photograph, is from the Taro Growers of Australia Society, Inc. home site at: http://home.iprimus.com.au/sphil/taro/ . The site is now INACTIVE and we are trying to find out if their information has been archived.


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