{"id":296535,"date":"2019-04-01T06:06:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=296535"},"modified":"2019-04-01T06:06:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T20:06:34","slug":"breadfruit-is-more-than-just-a-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/breadfruit-is-more-than-just-a-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Breadfruit is more than just a fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guest speaker Dr. Craig Elevitch, director of Agroforestry Net, from Hawaii shared suggested efforts to revitalize breadfruit in the CNMI. Participants of the workshop included interested college students, local farmers, and community agencies (Photos by NMC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research Extension Education Service recently partnered with the Commonwealth Development Authority, the Office of Grants Management, the Department of Lands and Natural Resources, and other agencies on a workshop that focused on the nutritional and economic benefits of the ma\u2019afala breadfruit. <\/p>\n

Other contributing sponsors of the breadfruit workshops include Agroforestry Net, Bank of Guam, Global Biodiversity Heritage Council, Hawaii Homegrown Food Network, Ho\u2019oulu ka \u2018Ulu, Olohana Foundation, Permanent Agriculture Resources, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Western Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education. <\/p>\n

For more information about the breadfruit workshop, please call 237-6740 or visitcrees.marianas.edu. (PR)<\/p>\n