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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, lots of stories. Read...
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 message. Briefly, we likened the Earth to a spaceship,...
Update on COVID-19
In these extraordinary times, TTFF remains open for business, although with some limitations. We acknowledge the risk and encourage everyone to take precautions as the experts advise--stay home if you can, avoid crowds, wash hands frequently, as we are doing. We...
TTFF Welcomes Joe Matara to the Board of Directors
TTFF is proud to announce the addition of Joseph Matara, CPA to our governing board. Joe was born in Kenya. He was educated in the US, earning his BS, MBA and CPA in New Jersey. He has wide professional experience as CFO in two large non-profit organizations. ...
Short Story Competition Winners Announced!
We have lots of exciting news this week. First, we’re happy to announce the winners of our Short Story competition. Congratulations go to Oraine Campbell, first prize winner of $250, for his story, “By the Grace of Breshay.” For non-Jamaicans, Breshay (or Bresheh)...
Interesting research paper on Breadfruit nutrition
A research team from the University of Hawaii recently published a paper in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. Titled "The response of breadfruit nutrition to local climate and soil: A review", the team reports some interesting findings. Well, not...
CariPhil Alliance, our newest Partner, planting 1,000,000 trees
The Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance is a regional charity, based in Jamaica. They were launched in 2019 with a focus on accelerating achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. To accomplish this they’re seeking to develop partnerships across the...
Breadfruit Propagation in Haiti…it’s Working!
We're happy to report that St. Joseph Clinic in Thomassique, Haiti, is successfully propagating breadfruit seedlings! This is very exciting for us ... we really want to plant more trees. SJC is also producing breadfruit flour from 15 trees donated to them years ago...
We told you … the World is Discovering Breadfruit!
The government in the Phillippines is now looking at breadfruit to boost food security. Many locations in the Phillippines are ideal for growing breadfruit. As in the Caribbean years ago, the fruit was available but taken for granted. Now, artocarpus altilis, or...
The World is Discovering Breadfruit
We are delighted to see the world waking up and discovering (rediscovering?) breadfruit. We've seen three major media exposures recently. In November CBS Sunday Morning visited the National Tropical Botanic Garden, saw the collection of breadfruit trees and...
