Today we traveled to a "permaculture" site where neverendingfood.org teaches the community to have a diverse diet and crop. Hunger in Malawi is caused by a mono crop that only harvests once a year; a mono crop greatly reduces variety for proper nutrition. In January, people begin to run out of stored maize, as well as, Kwacha, to support their hunger needs. Permaculture is a growing movement to transform traditional farming techniques in Malawi to utilizing more plants to harvest multiple times a year. Neverendingfood.org educated our group on these hopeful methods to changing future threats on epidemic struggles.
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