First harvest of Manioc (cassava root) with @teddyrutberg. Planting on making some tapioca was his evening 🤤 Cassava is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics, after rice and maize. Cassava is a major staple food in the developing world, providing a basic diet for over half a billion people. It is one of the most drought-tolerant crops, capable of growing on marginal soils. Cassava is classified as either sweet or bitter. Like other roots and tubers, both bitter and sweet varieties of cassava contain antinutritional factors and toxins, with the bitter varieties containing much larger amounts. For some smaller-rooted, sweet varieties, cooking is sufficient to eliminate all toxicity. #growninhaiti #yuka #manioc #cassava #root #starch #tapioca #harvest #haitiayiti #nogmos no pesticides #noherbicides #foodforest #agroforestry #staple #foodsecurity #volunteer https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJqCyODvXr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=103x3pila7jm2