NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that ...

"Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you," the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported ...

Kenya is transforming discarded banana stems into flexible, eco-friendly road dividers, creating safer roads, supporting farmers, and advancing a circular economy.

The more I’ve learned about alternative surfboard manufacturing, the more I become impressed by the innovation and ingenuity popping up around the world–whether it’s a seaweed and beeswax resin board ...

In the lush tea fields of the Sitoi Estate in Nandi Hills, Kenya, a quiet standoff with deep colonial-era roots is underway. Women like Milka Chapkwony are back in the fields, picking tea not as ...

Shalom Farm sits on 25 acres of land in Kitale, Kenya, boasting a wide range of crops including bananas, sweet potatoes, spinach, collard greens, traditional vegetables, maize and beans, which are ...

Murang’a tea is steadily gainingglobal recognition as Kenya’s high-altitude tea moves closer to GeographicalIndication certification.GIcertification is a form of intellectual propertyprotection that ...

A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building A large mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, ...