Category: Health

Although few Westerners have ever heard of it, moringa is potentially one of the planet’s most valuable plants, at least in humanitarian terms.   This plant is a significant source of vitamins and protein.  In the same breath, its perennial, drought resistant and can flourish in horrible soil.   Moringa provides a good balance of all the essential amino acids.  That alone is unusual in a plant food, but these pods also possess one of the highest vitamin C levels of any tropical vegetable, not to mention goodly quantities of vitamins A and B.