by Louise Ruhr | Sep 12, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes
It’s the rainy season in rural Senegal, which means that it’s time to harvest watermelon! Watermelon is a tasty and popular crop, originally native to western and central Africa. In Ouarkhokh, cooperative members grow watermelon plants interspersed with rows of corn....
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 1, 2014 | Culture & Recipes, Senegal, VSLA
This past Tuesday marked the beginning of Korité, an important holiday in Senegal and across West Africa. Korité, known as Eid al-Fitr in Arabic, celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, observant Muslims abstain from drinking and...
by Louise Ruhr | Jul 18, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes
In CREATE!’s cooperative gardens, women grow a variety of fruits and vegetables to meet their household needs and to sell at local markets. In addition to common vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, cooperative members also grow bissap...