Stories about the African Tree of Life
I meet Patricia Khosa at the administration building in Skukuza, right in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The first thing she tells me when we hit the topic Continue Reading →
Levison Gombachika has travelled a long way from home. He comes from Chirimba, a township of Blantyre in Malawi. I meet him in Pretoria, South Africa, where he works Continue Reading →
Meinolf Kuper is an economist and one of the two managing directors at africrops! In this interview he talks about his history with Baobab. His company imports fruit powder to Continue Reading →
A very special Baobab grows surrounded by agricultural land at Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province. As befits a giant of its size, legends have sprouted around it. The location for Continue Reading →
Baobab seeds are embedded in the cream-colored fruit pulp and the red-brown fibers in the hard pericarp. The outer shell has to be cracked open manually first in oder to Continue Reading →
Hitting a tree after too many sundowners – such stories are heard of quite often, unfortunately. But having a decent sundowner IN a tree bar? Yes, it is very much Continue Reading →
Baobabs are trees growing in sub-Saharan Africa – usually in dry areas such as savannas and African forests. They bloom during the rainy season which starts in Southern Africa in Continue Reading →
Baobab Lemonade – Not just “some soft drink” – no, it is the “champagne of soft drinks” – says Baobab pioneer Andreas Triebel proudly. He talks about his long journey Continue Reading →
Creative minds thought of another brilliant use of Baobab fruit pericarp – the outer shell of the fruit. Craftsmen in Shinyanga and Zanzibar in Tanzania create birdhouses out of fruit Continue Reading →
Baobab fruit powder is usually natural. It is taken directly out of the fruit shell and usually not treated chemically otherwise processed and no other substances need to be added Continue Reading →
Baobabs can be spotted “everywhere” – it is not surprising to me that I found some upon entry of the International Tourism Fair (ITB) in Berlin, the world’s largest travel Continue Reading →
At the BioFach in Nuremberg I met Martin A. Spaeth, founder and CEO of the company biomega from Austria. He imports natural plant materials, including fruit powder, leaves, oil and Continue Reading →