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Fruit of baobab, Africa’s ‘tree of life’, is new superfood yet harvesters live in poverty

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Fruit of baobab, Africa’s ‘tree of life’, is new superfood yet harvesters live in poverty

Since she was a child, 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-old never saw them as a source of cash, until now. Droughts induced by climate change have decimated her crops. Meanwhile, the world … Read more

End of cod moratorium touted after 32 years as Ottawa approves small increase in commercial catch

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End of cod moratorium touted after 32 years as Ottawa approves small increase in commercial catch

The federal government has announced a return to the commercial northern cod fishery this year. DFO has managed a limited fishery under strict conditions in recent years. (Brett Favaro, Marine Institute) Thirty-two years after the federal government announced a moratorium that shut down Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod industry, Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier said Wednesday that it is reopening.  But … Read more