Many farmers are not aware of the value of vanilla beans whose market prices range from at least Sh60,000 to Sh70,000 a kilo. Vanilla beans are reported to be the second most expensive product in the ...

The cultivation of vanilla in Madagascar provides a good income for small-holder farmers, but without trees and bushes the plantations can lack biodiversity. Agricultural ecologists from the ...

During my junkyard travels, I see so many Car-Freshner Little Tree air fresheners that I feel compelled to photograph some of them. The poignancy of a discarded car whose final owner made one last ...

Ice cream fans, brace yourselves – we could be heading towards a shortage of everyone's favourite basic flavour this summer. Vanilla prices have been soaring, meaning the spice now costs around £400 a ...