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Saving sorghum: The push to reclaim Southern Africa’s native grain


Saving sorghum: The push to reclaim Southern Africa’s native grain
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Climate change is making it harder for African farmers to grow the continent’s staple crop, maize. But food activists in South Africa say a return to traditional diets could help. Reporting from Johannesburg, Zaheer Cassim explores the benefits of sorghum and why this indigenous African grain is disappearing from grocery shelves.

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