One Isalnd Sustainable Living will host a presentation and recipe exchange on “Canoe Plant Food and Medicine” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday April 17 at the North Kohala Public Library. The program will include a slide show, food tasting, and recipe sharing.

Hawaiian heritage plants brought by the early Polynesian settlers to the islands as sources of food and medicine are legacy plants with culinary and healing uses today. The non-profit organization, One Island Sustainable Living, is raising awareness of island grown canoe crops to help build appreciation, grow consumer demand, and encourage local farmers and gardeners to increase production of these heritage foods and medicines.

One Island Sustainable Living is currently collecting recipes to share with the public and welcomes you to submit recipes in advance of the presenation that can be printed and shared. Recipes must include at least one canoe plant: taro, sweet potato, breadfruit, coconut, banana, turmeric, kukui, kava, pia or noni. Submit recipes and images online at: www.oneisland.org/hawaii/recipe-contest or Email to hawaii@oneisland .org.

Call the North Kohala Public Library at 889-6655 for more information. Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance if a sign language interpreter or other special accommodation is required.