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WHAT WE DO
We plant fruit trees. We’re in Haiti, Jamaica, many other Caribbean countries, also Central America and Africa. We donate breadfruit trees, mango trees, avocados, cashews, and many fruit trees. Our vision is seeing self-sustaining communities and entrepreneurs, based on agroforestry.
Find out more about us, and support us if you can!
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Our Impact
Trees That Feed Foundation has provided
- nearly 200,000 fruit trees,
- 25 sets of food processing equipment,
- 18 tons of breadfruit flour,
- over 500,000 locally produced meals, and
- thousands of educational coloring books.
Now in 18 countries, our impact is growing!
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Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Michael McLaughlin on Breadfruit to East Africa
- Bernice Kisuli on Breadfruit to East Africa
- Michael McLaughlin on Breadfruit is going big! (We told you so!)
- Mark hull on Breadfruit is going big! (We told you so!)
- Michael McLaughlin on Another one of our Heroes: Ken Banks
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Author Archives: Michael McLaughlin
Breadfruit Trees to The Bahamas
In 2019 Hurricane Dorian smashed through the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. Devastation was horrific. Thousands of large trees were toppled, not to mention houses damaged and lives lost. The Ministry of Agriculture in The Bahamas asked for help importing … Continue reading
Breadfruit is going big! (We told you so!)
Congratulations to Patagonia Provisions, who today launched their line of breadfruit crackers! This promises to be a great product, already available online. In fact TTFF has already placed an online order (maybe we’re the first?)! Watch their video about breadfruit … Continue reading
TTFF Sharing Breadfruit with the World
Here’s a nice, flattering article about Trees That Feed co-founders Mike and Mary McLaughlin. This was published by Jamaica’s leading newspaper, The Gleaner, only this morning. Thanks go to Lynda Edwards and George Graham, who authored the article. Click Here. … Continue reading
Could breadfruit be the next superfood?
As we’ve been saying for years … yes! Researchers in Canada have put the details together in an interesting article recently published by the University of British Columbia. We at Trees That Feed Foundation have been promoting breadfruit for its nutrition, … Continue reading
Working through COVID to serve the Bahamas
Ken Banks, Phd, PE, has been a TTFF hero and volunteer since 2015. He initially discovered Trees That Feed Foundation online, and because of his familiarity with breadfruit, was interested in helping. Living in Florida, Ken has become instrumental in … Continue reading
A Jamaican Success Story … Oliver Wills
Breadfruit is becoming famous. This story is about one gentleman who is making it happen! Currently the main markets for fresh breadfruit in North America are ethnic grocery stores in Florida, New York, Chicago and Toronto. Usually the fruit are … Continue reading
Trees That Feed Foundation on racism
Trees That Feed Foundation works in 18 countries in the Caribbean, Central America, Africa and Asia. We donate fruit trees to feed people, create jobs and benefit the environment. Most of the people that we work with are people of … Continue reading
200,000 Trees–A Big Milestone!
The good news just won’t quit! We just issued our Annual Report (read it here). Lots of good stuff there. But today, with delivery of 600 young breadfruit trees to Northern Caribbean University’s Dr Vincent Wright, we passed a big … Continue reading
Read Our 2019-20 Annual Report
Hot off the Press! Our very latest Annual Report is out! In 2019 we provided nearly 25,000 high quality fruit trees in Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda! And there’s much more news. Africa, Haiti, other countries, … Continue reading
Arbor Day 2020
Earth Day was yesterday and Arbor Day is tomorrow. These two days are cousins … closely related. Earth Day is now 50 years old while Arbor Day started back in 1872! Some of you may have received our Earth Day … Continue reading
