Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' but local harvesters are barely ... the world has a growing appetite for the fruit of the drought-resistant baobab as a natural health food.

Oliver had just watched Thiam’s TED Talk on fonio, an ancient West African grain. They were at a benefit for the Museum of Food and Drink honoring Questlove , and Oliver had to introduce himself.

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. Meanwhile ...

The U.S. legalized the import of baobab powder as a food and beverage ingredient in 2009, a year after the EU. But getting foreign taste buds to accept the sharp, tart-like taste took repeated ...

The African Baobab Alliance, with members across the continent’s baobab producing countries, projects that more than 1 million rural African women could reap economic benefits from the fruit, which ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ yet local harvesters are barely surviving The sun sets behind a baobab tree, known as the tree of life, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new ‘superfood’ but local harvesters are barely surviving . ... an ethnobotanist specializing in African plants used for food and medicine. ...

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year ...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving. The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life,” and its fruit is feeding a growing global ...