Breadfruit may sound new to some foodies, but the truth is that this tropical fruit has a deep history and a fascinating path ...

Along with Jamaica, McLaughlin’s country of birth, Haiti was where the foundation first started distributing trees. Breadfruit has been grown there since its introduction to the Caribbean by the ...

Since its inception, the Foundation has donated approximately 90,000 breadfruit trees in Jamaica to thousands of farmers. "This tree is hearty, the food it produces is nutritious, and it is ...

A breadfruit tree is growing in Loxahatchee Groves. It shouldn’t be there. For untold centuries, the Borneo native has been confined to the warmest, gooiest tropical climates, unable to ...

Breadfruit grows on magnificent, 80-foot-tall trees and is thought to originate somewhere in the South Pacific. By the time Western explorers first recorded this fruit, it had spread across most ...

According to Maharaj, 105 mature breadfruit trees growing on 2.5 acres of land, each of which can produce around 300 breadfruit annually, can produce 126 tons of food mass that could impact more ...

Breadfruit has a soft and starchy texture akin to a root vegetable like potato (Credit: Mike Goldwater/Alamy) With an increase in extreme weather, Jamaicans have found a reliable, local food ...

Breadfruit trees were promised to George Washington during his second term as the first U.S. president by a Jamaican assemblyman. And Thomas Jefferson was sent seeds to his Monticello estate in ...

Since its inception, the Foundation has donated approximately 90,000 breadfruit trees in Jamaica to thousands of farmers. "This tree is hearty, the food it produces is nutritious, and it is ...