This Fruit Can Feed a Whole Family

<p><span data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">T<span role="" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">he breadfruit tree can live up to 100 years and produce more than 2,000 pounds of fruit each season. It&rsquo;s been a staple in the tropics for generations and can be made into chips, waffles, and porridge. This episode will dive into how it&rsquo;s eaten in Puerto Rico and Hawai&rsquo;i. Plus, a bit about its dark history in the slave trade. We&rsquo;re talking about Mike McLaughlin from the Trees That Feed Foundation, Mike Opgenorth from the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai&rsquo;i, Juliane Braun, who wrote a paper about breadfruit&rsquo;s role as an 18th-century superfood, and Von Diaz, a cookbook author and esteemed food writer</span></span>.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics covered in this episode:</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 0:31: Meet Von Diaz</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 1:43: What is breadfruit and why is it important in the tropics?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 2:56: Meet Mike McLaughlin</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 5:13: Agroforests</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 8:04: Challenges of planting breadfruit trees that last</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 10:47: Meet </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Opgenorth</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 11:42: Breadfruit across the Pacific</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 15:53: Ways to cook breadfruit</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-we