I recently learned about the Breadfruit[1] at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens on the island of Kaua'i. Apparently, the Polynesians gave up the cultivat

I recently learned about the Breadfruit[1] at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens on the island of Kaua'i. Apparently, the Polynesians gave up the cultivation of rice (from their native Taiwan) and cultivated the breadfruit instead wherever it grew. The NTBG is trialing the use of breadfruit to combat starvation in tropical nations[2]: hopefully, in the event of a Bananapocalypse, breadfruit could help alleviate the loss. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadfruit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadfruit 2 http://ntbg.org/breadfruit/ http://ntbg.org/breadfruit/