Idris Lekaria, director of the Memita Disables Tree Nursery and Creativity Center in Wamba, Kenya, announces the opening of a school for young children in a village remote from a school. The teachers are trained teachers, but without work. The students are hungry, so the school will both provide education and food. If you would like to assist financially with this project, please use the contact form. Thank you.
Published by William Rubel
I am an author who writes about traditional food and foodways. My book, The Magic of Fire (2002) is about hearth cooking. I have written an introductory history of bread, Bread, a global history (2011) and am currently writing a history of bread for the University of California Press. Other areas of interest include wild mushrooms, and specifically the treatment of Amanita muscaria in the historic record. I also write about Early Modern British Gardens, and for a more general audience, I write for Mother Earth News on bread, gardening, and more. I have an ongoing research project into the smoke-cured fermented milk of the Kenyan Samburu tribe. I am a co-director of the Samburu Lowlands Research Station, Lengusaka. I am the founding editor (1972) of Stone Soup, the magazine of writing and art by young people. View all posts by William Rubel
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