Asali Society: A Sweet Spot for Violence Prevention: Following the data

  When we realized it was important to work with village beekeepers, we discussed the idea with the Chief Beekeeping Officer, at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism. https://www.tnrf.org/en/node/5119    Mr. Stephen Msemo explained that honey production in Tanzania is focused in the west. Therefore he suggested that we work in Mtwara and Lindi regions, about 200 kilometers south west of Dar es Salaam. He explained traditional beekeepers lived near the government forest reserves, but production was very poor. Moreover, government policy is to support people to use such forests in sustainable ways, of which beekeeping is one. Lulindi town Ray Milanzi, one of my employees is from Lulindi and knew beekeepers there. Lulindi is a small town alongside a red dirt road, with one-story buildings made of red bricks. It lies adjacent to a forest that is managed by the government; Kambona Forest Reserve is about 30 hectares of Brachystegia forest and riverine forest between 670 - 7

  Julie Nietsche, a New England Culinary Institute grad, is guiding me in the process of learning how to make mead. The recipe we are leaning on is for a simple mead found at https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/basic-mead-201058 The ingredients are:           12-18 pounds (6 – 8 kilos) of honey                 4.5 gallons (17 liters) of water             0.28 ounces (8 grams) of freeze-dried wine, champagne, or mead yeast. We didn’t have a pot big enough, so the honey-water mixture was prepared in 3 batches. We brought 1.5-2 gallons of water to a boil and removed it from the heat; then we stirred in a proportional amount of honey. The honey was heated by the hot water but not boiled.   After the honey fully dissolved into the water (about half an hour) it was poured into the carboy. This was done three times.     Julie Nitschke pouring the honey-water mixture (must) into the carboy Meanwhile, a cup of lukewarm (90 to 100°F) water was put into a clean bowl and