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Africa

coffee talk Aug. 2, 2017

Hipster Demand for Fancy Coffee Is Really Helping Africa’s FarmersYour $6 single-origin Yirgacheffe habit is giving the industry new legs.

By Clint Rainey
Shortages Jan. 14, 2016

Get Ready for a Chocolate ShortageThe industry’s top brands are spending $1 billion to increase cocoa’s productivity.

By Clint Rainey

Foodies With Benefits Aug. 16, 2012

Brian Malarkey’s Enlightened Hospitality Opening Olubugo in UgandaThe restaurant’s proceeds will got AidChild’s efforts to care for children afflicted with AIDS in the notoriously discriminatory nation.

By Hadley Tomicki
Mediavore Oct. 13, 2011

A Look at Japan’s Cheese Industry; Are We Getting African Food Aid Wrong?According to Howard Buffett, a new approach to farms in Africa is needed.

By Hadley Tomicki
Mediavore Sept. 26, 2011

President Obama Headed to Fig & Olive This Evening; Grocery Strike Averted AfterThe Commander-in-Chief will tap supporters at two different L.A. restaurants tonight.
Mediavore July 27, 2011

Hosni Mubarak Refuses Solid Food; Hunger Worsens in Horn of AfricaThe deposed dictator is on a hunger strike of sorts as he sits in an Egyptian cell.
Mediavore July 5, 2011

Food Crisis Grows in Africa and North Korea; Eating Out Makes You FatThe rapper plans a U.K.version of 40/40 with soccer player Ashley Cole.
Mediavore Apr. 22, 2011

African Nations Struggle With Food Prices; Chipotle Probed By ICEThe fast food chain swears it has stuck to legal hiring practices as an investigation is launched.
Badvertising Sept. 30, 2009

Koyaani-snickers-i: Africans Wait for Candy While U.S. Eats All the MeatA controversial Snickers ad and the latest in world eating trends.

By Daniel Maurer