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Russell Fielding is prophetic in identifying breadfruit’s potential for improving food security for our world. Here on the small Pacific Island of Guam, we have embraced these strategies on breadfruit in our struggle for greater self-sufficiency. -- Robert Bevacqua, University of Guam

Russell Fielding is prophetic in identifying breadfruit’s potential for improving food security for our world. Here on the small Pacific Island of Guam, we have embraced these strategies on breadfruit in our struggle for greater self-sufficiency. -- Robert Bevacqua, University of Guam A fascinating exploration of the intersections among natural and cultural history. Breadfruit's nourishing, troubled, and inspiring histories and futures are brought to vivid life in these pages. Through engaging and deeply researched stories and site visits, Fielding reveals the life-giving relationships among people and plants. -- David George Haskell, biologist and two-time Pulitzer-finalist author of Sounds Wild and Broken, The Songs of Trees, and The Forest Unseen. This book is a valuable contribution to understanding breadfruit and its global significance. Russell Fielding’s interdisciplinary approach yields thought-provoking, nuanced analysis of the socioeconomic, environmental, and biological factors that affect breadfruit's potential to enhance food and nutrition security. Recommended particularly for professionals in sustainable agriculture and development as well as readers interested in neglected and underutilized food plants. -- Laura Roberts-Nkrumah, University of the West Indies

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Russell Fielding is an associate professor in the HTC Honors College and the Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences at Coastal Carolina University. He is a geographer who studies sustainable food systems in the world’s coastal and island settings. Fielding is the author of The Wake of the Whale: Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic (2018).

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