Matthew Nadu, the Fruit Hunter | Host, Speaker & Filmmaker

Why hunt fruit

Every great food forest starts with a taste

Matthew Nadu, the Fruit Hunter, holding a freshly cut banana bunch with a machete — Machete in one hand, bananas in the other.

We travel the world chasing fruit: durian in Singapore, marang in the Philippines, dragon fruit in Vietnam, jujube in Cambodia, cacao in Costa Rica, and plenty of strange fruit most Americans never see. Every stop is a story where food, faith and culture meet.

Explore, learn, adapt, taste everything. The hunt is more than the fruit. It's the relationships, the experiences and the adventure, all while giving glory to God for His creation and the people who make it magical.

The Garden of Eden was a food forest, and we believe food can be medicine, with fruit at the heart of it. So we're not only hunting for flavor. We're looking for the nourishment and healing properties God built into fruit and plants, and the traditions that have used them for generations.

What he finds in the field shapes what Bring Back Eden plants for clients: which varieties produce here, which ones are worth the wait, and which ones are only worth the story.

A ripe durian split open on a Searching for Eden expedition — Durian, split open on the hunt.

A rare tropical fruit, whole and opened, on a table — Rare fruit, whole and opened.

Matthew's baby tasting a freshly opened breadfruit — First taste of breadfruit.

A long communal table set with garden-grown dishes at a harvest feast — Garden-grown food, shared at the table.

A plate of fresh figs and peaches with a fruit tart at a harvest gathering — Figs, peaches and a fruit tart.

Canvas bag full of ripe mangoes from the Bradenton food forest — Mangoes from our own backyard.

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Take your brand on the hunt

Every Searching for Eden expedition follows a rare fruit to the people and places that grow it. Sponsors help make the trip possible and travel with the story.

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A spoken mention and on-screen credit in a Searching for Eden episode, plus links in the description.

Expedition presenting partner

Your brand presents a full expedition: episodes, behind-the-scenes posts and a Field Notes feature.

Gear & product integration

Products used honestly in the field, from tools and apparel to food, travel and outdoor gear.

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We partner only with brands that fit a faith-rooted, family-first, chemical-free message.

Searching for Eden · Stories & talks

The stories behind the fruit

Every hunt is filmed and photographed by our own team: the growers, the markets, the tables and the fruit itself, from the far side of the world to the Florida dirt.

Photography and men's-work stories featured in

Men's Health
Forbes
Business Insider
Inc.
TODAY
ABC

A basket of tropical fruit with dragon fruit, mango, bananas and rambutan — A welcome basket of tropical fruit.

A colorful table spread of tropical fruit and dishes on a fruit-hunting trip — A table full of tropical fruit.

Matthew Nadu holding red rambutan beside a grower with a bucket of fresh-picked fruit — Rambutan, straight from the grower.

Green mangoes hanging from a mango tree in a Florida food forest — Mangoes sizing up at home.

A bunch of green bananas against a blue sky — Bananas against the sky.

Behind the lens

Matthew Nadu photographing in window light — Window light, camera up.

Matthew Nadu loading camera gear into an expedition vehicle — Gear up, head out.

A fresh catch held up on a boat during a Searching for Eden expedition — The catch of the day.

Food forests & regenerative living

How Florida yards and communities can grow food, build soil and restore the land.

Faith & the creation mandate

Stewardship as a calling: working the garden and keeping it.

Purpose for men

Finding purpose through the land and the people who work it.

Fathers & sons

Getting outside together, hands in the soil, building something that lasts.

Speaking, media and collaborations

Book Matthew to host, speak or create: food forests, rare fruit, faith, regenerative living and purpose for men, for audiences, churches, schools and brands.

Book a call with Matthewgrow@bringbackeden.co