{"id":191999,"date":"2015-02-18T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=191999"},"modified":"2015-02-18T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:00:29","slug":"workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop expands breadfruit\u2019s business potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-191999 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-5\/'>Breadfruit-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192003'>\n\t\t\t\tLeaders and presenters of the workshop pose for a photo. From left to right are Kalani Souza, Kaitu Erasito of Fiji, Patricia Coleman of NMC CREES, and Dr. Craig Evelitch. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-3\/'>Breadfruit-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192001'>\n\t\t\t\tKalani Souza, director of the Olohana Foundation in Hawaii, sold the breadfruit initiative with his warmth, intelligence, and passion last Friday.\n (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-4\/'>Breadfruit-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192002'>\n\t\t\t\t (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-10\/'>Breadfruit-10<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192008'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI department and division heads join Friday\u2019s workshop. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-8\/'>Breadfruit-8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192006'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Craig Evelitch, director of Agroforesty Net, lets the crowd try some dried breadfruit chips. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-6\/'>Breadfruit-6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192004'>\n\t\t\t\tKalani Souza makes a point during a conversation with Northern Marianas Trade Institute president Agnes McPhetres, Joeten Kiyu Public Library executive director John Gonzales, McDonald\u2019s Saipan&#8217;s Joe Ayuyu, and former senator Jovita Taimanao. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-7\/'>Breadfruit-7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192005'>\n\t\t\t\tDr. Craig Evelitch, director of Agroforesty Net, slices a piece of breadfruit at the beginning of his breadfruit flour making demonstration during the \u201cFrom Tree to Table \u2013 Breadfruit Workshop\u201d last Friday at the Northern Marianas College.  (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-1\/'>Breadfruit-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192009'>\n\t\t\t\t (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-2\/'>Breadfruit-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192000'>\n\t\t\t\t (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/workshop-expands-breadfruits-business-potential\/breadfruit-9\/'>Breadfruit-9<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-192007'>\n\t\t\t\t (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Northern Marianas College partnered with the Office of the Governor and the University of Hawaii Pacific Business Development Center to host \u201cFrom Tree to Table \u2013 Breadfruit Workshop\u201d last Friday. The workshop drew a packed audience composed of business owners, government heads, legislators, farmers, ranchers, and other community members. The discussion, led by Craig Elevitch and Kalani Souza, focused on advancing breadfruit for local and export markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Marianas College partnered with the Office of the Governor and the University of Hawaii&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":192000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,2091,2092,262],"class_list":["post-191999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-business-3","tag-craig-elevitch","tag-kalani-souza","tag-northern-marianas-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}