{"id":32025,"date":"2019-03-04T12:31:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=32025"},"modified":"2019-03-09T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T22:22:03","slug":"a-craze-for-a-traditional-treat-is-endangering-wild-african-orchids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/04\/a-craze-for-a-traditional-treat-is-endangering-wild-african-orchids\/","title":{"rendered":"A Craze for a Traditional Treat Is Endangering Wild African Orchids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of edible orchids besides vanilla. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/26\/orchid-snack-food\/\">I&#8217;ve blogged about chikanda before<\/a>, a traditional African dish made from orchid tubers. The tubers are ground up with peanuts and chilies, and cooked into a savory loaf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/endangered-orchid-trade-zambia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Over the past few decades, chikanda has gone from being a rural famine food to a trendy urban staple.<\/a> In <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zambia&#8217;s<\/a> capital, it&#8217;s now sold on city streets, in supermarkets, and in restaurants. This increased popularity among the growing population is devastating the area&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/11\/terrestrial-orchids\/\">terrestrial orchids<\/a>. Fortunately, environmental groups are taking action. They are trying to develop varieties which can be farmed to ease demands on wild plants. In addition, they&#8217;re creating conservation plans with local communities to better manage their wild resources. If they&#8217;re successful, orchids will continue to enrich Zambian meals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are lots of edible orchids besides vanilla. I&#8217;ve blogged about chikanda before, a traditional African dish made from orchid tubers. The tubers are ground up with peanuts and chilies, and cooked into a savory loaf. Over the past few decades, chikanda has gone from being a rural famine food to a trendy urban staple. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32025"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32062,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32025\/revisions\/32062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}