Category: THE BREADFRUIT PROJECT

Breadfruit has a colorful history. Breadfruit trees were made into the very fist Surfboards as recorded by English explorer in Tahiti May 29, 1769. The board was called by Tahitians “papa-fa’ahe’e’ “, literally “board-for-surf-riding. Michael Morrissey’s book “Breadfruit Stories” contains the history of Breadfruit and its impact with so many people. English explorer Joseph Banks and Captain Cook saw the potential in Breadfruit as a low cost sustainable way to feed the British slaves in their colonies and so began the exportation of breadfruit trees to other parts of the world by the Europeans.