The Fruit that Could Save the World
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The Importance of Breadfruit
In Hawaii, breadfruit is harvested in the fall and there's a lot of it all at once. Excess breadfruit that couldn't be used for other purposes throughout the Pacific is always fed to the pigs. People did eat it, but they couldn't eat it all. And when you convert your starch into protein and fat, it's so essential. feeding breadfruit to pigs was a way to have a very portable, very nutritious source of protein and fat.
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