It’s packed with calcium, protein, and vitamins–and putting it in your smoothie will also send money to African farmers. Partway into a stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, Lisa Curtis ...
There’s nothing super-looking about moringa. It’s skinny and sparse in foliage. Its fragile branches sprout puny white flowers and droop with long twisted pods knobby with seeds. But if plants were ...
In a remote valley of Congo, on a farm with splendid views of lush green mountains, I stand amidst a plantation of young moringa trees. The green leaves glisten in the African sun, the seed pods hang ...
Americans are starting to pay more attention to moringa these days. Some are touting this tropical tree as the newest and greatest superfood. And all the excitement is understandable: Moringa leaves ...
If you haven’t heard already, there’s a new superfood to track: Moringa. And it’s not only being coined as a new superfood, but as a super skincare savior as well. In short, it’s a tree called the ...
Pure water is a key requirement for good health and alternative cheap, safe methods are required in many countries. Researchers have now described how extracts from seeds of the Moringa oleifera tree ...
For Fatoumata Diarra, a specialist in Afro vegan pastry, the adventure began almost by accident. “A few years ago, during my maternity leave, I wanted to make a cake… but I didn’t have any wheat flour ...
A growing population and the effects of climate change are threatening and destroying agricultural lands vital to feed the 7.3 billion people now inhabiting the planet. Dr. Mark Earl Olson of the ...
The moringa tree — Moringa oleifera — is sometimes called a superfood. This is a promotional term with no scientific definition, used to promote various plant products, especially those that people ...