by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Blog, Breadfruit, Jamaica, Press Release, Recent News
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...
by admin | Jul 24, 2019 | Breadfruit, Entrepreneurship, Jamaica, Uncategorized
With help from Syran Stewart, graduate of CASE, we’re mapping the locations of farms with breadfruit trees in Jamaica. This helps farmers to sell their fruit and processors to buy the fruit. This helps to build the marketplace for post-harvest breadfruit...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Breadfruit, Jamaica, Recent News
We conducted this research with the help of college students we monitored 50 breadfruit trees in Jamaica for 12 months to provide farmers with yield data to make good business decisions. Our draft report on breadfruit yield and seasonality in Jamaica is now released. ...
by admin | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog, Jamaica, Solar Dryer
Trees That Feed co-founder Mike McLaughlin is a Physics major (BSc, University of the West Indies). He designed this hybrid solar dryer, to dehydrate fresh fruit and preserve it with a long shelf life. The first live prototype in Jamaica is now in operation at Sydney...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog, Heroes, Jamaica
Meet Dennis Holyn. Dennis lives in the Chicago area, was educated in Canada, but is from Jamaica originally. He’s had a successful career as a sales executive in the tourism industry, mortgage banking and healthcare. He finds time from his busy...
by admin | Oct 31, 2017 | Education, Jamaica
Trees That Feed Foundation (TTFF) has distributed 2,500 educational coloring books to schoolchildren in Jamaica. Each 40 page book, titled Plant a Tree and Good Things Happen has sections focusing on the benefits of having fruit trees, including nutritious food,...
