fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoBringing home the bok choi: how an oil spill in Mauritius led to a female revolution in farming
Sandy Monrose never imagined herself as a farmer. Descended from generations of fishers on the breezy south-eastern tip of Mauritius, she has the Indian Ocean running through her veins. But when a merchant ship slammed into the coral reef, turning the sea inky black with toxic fuel and sinking the local economy, she and a group of local women turned to the land to feed their families.
Agriculture
