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Displaced Syrian grows mushrooms to feed family

by Aaref Watad Agence France Press In a camp for the displaced in northern Syria, Nasrallah scatters mushroom spores into a bag of wet hay, hoping they will sprout and feed his family. “Mushrooms have become the main alternative to meat, as it’s so expensive,” says the 43-year-old. After the civil war erupted in Syria eight years ago, Nasrallah started growing the fungi in his home province of Hama. “We’d eat some, give some away […]