Agroforestry is the most power tool for regeneration, creating lots abundance and respect for all the species on this planet.
*Craig R. Elevitch and Diane Ragone, Breadfruit Agroforestry Guide
“Agroforestry…is a holistic agricultural management systems that integrates trees, shrubs, and edible perennial plants to provide multiple crops resistant to pest and diseases”
Planting trees creates so much abundance, because once the trees start fruiting, you can easefully feed birds, animals, your neighbors, your community, and yourself. Planting trees will help your family and community today and support generations to come.
Something that I have learned through the Jungle Project is that one breadfruit tree can meet a family’s carbohydrate needs for many generations.
Tree of Life: Breadfruit
By Paul Zink, Agroforestry Expert, CEO and Gustavo Angelo, COO,
Co-founders of Jungle Project & Jungle Foods
@JungleProjectCR
@Jungle.Foods
“It’s important that we prioritize staple carbohydrates that grow on trees, creating lasting nutrition for communities and carbon in the ground at the same time. Working with farmers to plant breadfruit trees is essential. Breadfruit is a highly nutritious source of complex carbohydrates, fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals. Breadfruit grows best in the tropics, where there is also the most world hunger.
Breadfruit jungles are the perfect food source for areas hit by natural disasters in tropical nations. After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, it took weeks for promised aid to reach people in need. During that time, parts of the island survived for weeks living off breadfruit. Breadfruit can be a solution for malnourishment, world hunger, and environmental issues. For millennia, nutrient-packed breadfruit was a staple for Pacific Islanders.
Until recently, bringing breadfruit crops outside the tropics has been difficult because of scale. The trees reproduce slowly from root suckers, and growing just a hundred trees that way takes several years. But now a technique using tissue culture, or micropropagation, allows thousands of trees to be grown in a single month. Jungle Project is stepping into this new reality to bring the benefits of the new breadfruit surplus to world markets, and also protect the rights of farmers and safeguard the health of the environment.”
In the long run, material things do not make us happy. We get used to them quickly, and then the novelty wears off. What does make us happy is financial security in the sense of not having to deal with poverty or hunger. This is exactly why we should secure our food and water sources by planting trees, tending gardens, and developing sustainable water systems.
