Hey, Biker Dude, what's is this Japanese Yellow Ginger? At Puna Organics, Biker Dude only grows Japanese Yellow Ginger. Japanese Yellow Ginger is Japanese Yellow Ginger is known for its superior pungency and depth of flavor. You will notice the difference in color when you slice open our Yellow Ginger. It is a vibrant yellow and is more dense and less fibrous then the common white ginger you will normally find at your grocer. You will have to go to a natural food store to find Organic Yellow Ginger.
What about White Ginger?
OK, so, Japanese Yellow Ginger is different, so what? Once you try some fresh Organic Japanese Yellow Ginger you will know the difference. However, the benefits do not stop at taste. Japanese Yellow Ginger is refereed to as "Medicine Ginger" and is used for motion sickness, morning sickness, colic, dyspepsia, flatulence, chemotherapy-induced nausea, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, loss of appetite, post-surgical nausea and vomiting, migraine headache, and for discontinuing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug therapy. It is also used orally for anorexia, upper respiratory tract infections, cough, and bronchitis. Modern Research also reveals fresh ginger can promote the secretion of digestive juice, improve appetite, arrest vomiting, alleviate pain, resist inflammation, eliminate swelling, induce sweat, excite vasomotor center, respiratory center and heart, regulate blood pressure, and inhibit typhoid bacillus.
But how do you grow it? We grow our HOFA certified Organic Yellow Ginger in three acres on the rain drenched slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. We are a completely organic grower and we are certified organic by the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association. We try to keep things spicy and fun around here cause we think that makes our ginger spicy and fun as well.. See some photographs below of our family, friends and fields to get a better idea of the way we plant and live. |
a rare cultivar that comprises less than 1/10 of a percent of all the ginger sold in the world. There are only a few yellow ginger farmers in the who grow for export and, good for you, they are all organic growers!
The other 99.99% of ginger grown worldwide is the common variety Chinese White Ginger. Slicing open the rhizome reveals a creamy white interior and often has a pale blue ring beneath the skin. White Ginger is more "woody" or fibrous, less dense, and more watery then yellow ginger. White ginger produces a higher yield then yellow ginger so it is the preference of most farmers. Chinese White Ginger adopts the name of its place of origin; Hawaiian Ginger, Brazilian Ginger, etc. But no matter how you "slice it" it is still common White Chinese Ginger.