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Inside a large arched greenhouse with overhead irrigation nozzles, one woman walks toward the back carrying two yellow watering cans while another woman uses a yellow can to water trays of green seedlings on a raised metal table.

"A Silent War on Life”: The Fight for Lebanon’s Land and Seeds

By

Yara El Murr Julia Choucair Vizoso

A pair of hands holds a pouched sheep skin with a round piece of fresh white cheese inside.

From Mouneh to Takeout: How Beirut Ate My Teta’s Recipes

By

Layla Yammine

A woman with long black wavy hair holds a cluster of stinging nettle leaves in her hand while she picks more. She is bending next to a large bluish kale plant on her right

Plantcestral Remedies for Perennial Ailments

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Chris Trinh Christina Cavalcanti Yara El Murr

A wide shot showing a young woman dressed in black making her way through a foraging trail down a rocky path. Trees line up the top of the hill and stand tall against a cloudy blue sky.

Returning to the Land and Our Oral Plantcestral History

By

Yara El Murr Christina Cavalcanti

A composite image of hands cupping grains of wheat against the backdrop of a mill worker loading bags of flour onto a truck in Beirut, Lebanon.

Grain of Hope and Loaf of Neglect: Lebanon’s Renewed Bread Crisis

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Christina Cavalcanti

A composite image of Fodda El Youssef (left) and her mother Aziza Sattouf (right) manually sorting wheat to be sent to a mill in Saadnayel, Lebanon, against the backdrop of Seed in a Box's vegetable seedling greenhouse in Beddawi, Lebanon.

From the Ground Up: Seed Saving and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon

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Christina Cavalcanti Chris Trinh