White Flour: What Refining Changes Before It Reaches Your Plate
White flour is not a poison, but refining changes the grain. Here is what is removed, what may be added back, and why the whole meal still matters.
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What’s Really On Your Plate? Start by Asking a Better Question
A plate is more than a list of foods. This series follows the story from soil and farming practice through processing, preparation, portion and the meal in front of us.
From Eight Adult Weevils to More Than 100 Larvae: Our Palm-Weevil Farming Experiment
Starting with eight adult palm weevils, Excell Africa Farms prepared a coconut-husk, cassava, banana and chicken-feed substrate—and observed more than 100 larvae. Here is what the experiment proved and what must be measured next.
From One Yam Vine to Many Plants: What Happened in 31 Days at Excell Africa Farms
Can one small piece of yam vine become a new plant? Excell Africa Farms documented single-node cuttings from planting on 10 August to established roots on 10 September 2026.
How to Start a Profitable Pekin Duck Farming Business in Africa
A practical guide to Pekin duck farming in Africa, covering housing, feeding, water, health, costs, marketing and evidence-led farm management.
Muscovy Duck Farming in Africa: Lessons from Our Mondouku Flock
What Excell Africa Farms’ Mondouku flock is teaching us about Muscovy duck identification, husbandry, biosecurity and small-farm enterprise.
Rice, Plantain and a Private Jetty
A small waterside planting experiment brings together rice, plantain, riverbank restoration, enterprise and the beginnings of a living classroom.