By Ashleigh Burgess | Strategic Partnerships
At Trees for the Future, we take ending hunger and poverty very seriously. When we help a farmer grow a Forest Garden, we make sure to train farmers to grow nutritious, environmentally sustainable food for themselves and their families. We are always happy to hear what our farmers are cooking from their Forest Gardens and how each garden contributes to each family's own food-secure future.
Jessica, wife of TREES participant farmer, Joseph, harvested and prepared a healthy dish for her family and extended family to eat. She has a small business buying and selling maize that is transformed into flour. Jessica and her husband appreciate the vegetable seeds and water-saving training they received from TREES earlier in the year that helped to improve what they grow and to contribute to a healtheir daily diet for their families.
The dish is called Msusa, which is local name for pumpkin leaves, which make up the main part of the dish. It is a common dish made from local greens found in Forest Gardens in Tanzania. The dish is versatile since it can be cooked with several or just a few ingredients. Jessica and other wives in the area who do the cooking for their families have grown up with dishes like these and now they are able to grow the ingredients in their own Forest Gardens. Msusa is most often eaten poured over a maize flour cooked into a white paste, and eaten communally from one large bowl by the family.
During this season of Thanksgiving in the United States, we hope that you will enjoy learning about how this local Tanzanian dish is prepared and enjoyed! Without your contributions, our Tanzanian farmers would not be able to provide their families with this locally grown, organic, and sustainable meal.
Here is the recipe:
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On behalf of Jessica, Joseph, their families, and our farmers, thank you for your contributions to our Forest Garden projects in Tanzania.
Sincerely,
Trees for the Future
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