A rebel grandmother faces losing her livelihood after smuggling maple syrup in Canada, a Vermont gardener stocks fridges full of seeds, an artist plants vegetables on the streets of Los Angeles, and a widow in India blames ‘foreign seeds’ for a string of suicides. Meet the rebels and revolutionaries fighting back against what some see as …
Southern Africa is undergoing the worst drought in more than three decades. More than 30 million people in South Africa, Malawi, and my home country Zimbabwe are facing hunger. While this year's drought is largely attributed to the El Nino effect, rains have been increasingly erratic over the past two decades. This could be the …
Yesterday, my brother forwarded a message on the family WhatsApp group warning us about the imminent shortage of cooking oil in major retail outlets in Zimbabwe. The message included a grim reminder of the 2008 food crisis and a reommendation to start hoarding while supplies last. Today he confirmed that several stores were low on …
Recently, I watched the Apple’s launch event at which CEO Tim Cook and his colleagues introduced the company’s new products to the world. With much fanfare and hype, Apple unveiled a small new iPhone, a new iPad Pro tablet for business use, and a $50 price reduction for the Apple Watch. So basically updates of existing products. …