Jackfruit (JF) Festival In Florida

It is interesting to note that there is a JF festival in Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens in Florida. It seems that this is ONLY  JF festival in the US.
The webpage describes as below ;

When: Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

When: Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:30 AM to Saturday, September 13, 2014 4:30 PM

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will celebrate one of the most intriguing of tropical fruits, the jackfruit. Participants will learn about its enticing taste and curious fragrance, how to grow it, and what varieties most suit differing tastes.

We will have recognized speakers presenting information on planting and pruning, pollination and the variety of cultivars available in South Florida. Tree sales and cultivar tasting follows the presentations.

Lectures

10:00 a.m.             Pioneering the Introduction of Jackfruit in Florida
                                Dr. Richard J. Campbell, FTBG

10:45 a.m.             A new Generation of Jackfruit
                                (Jackfruit Breeding at FTBG)
                                Noris Ledesma, FTBG

11:30 a.m.             The Jackfruit as a Tradition in Asia
                                TBD

12:15 p.m.             Jackfruit Cooking Demonstration
                                Chef Allen Susser     

1:00 p.m.               Drying jackfruit
                                Leila Werner, FTBG

1:45 p.m.             Grafting jackfruit
                              Todd Walton, FTBG

2:30 p.m.             Caring for your jackfruit tree
                              Jeff Wasielewski, Miami Dade Cooperative Extension Service

Tropical Fruit Program volunteers clean and evaluate jackfruit during the jackfruit season. Flesh from each cultivar is carefully labeled and frozen for sampling. Following the ‘Just Jackfruit' lectures participants will taste fruit from a wide range of flavors. 

For more info please browse at http://www.fairchildgarden.org/Events/?date=09-2014&eventID=965