The shea tree is best know as a source for a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals and chocolate. But for hundreds of thousands of African families ...
Shea butter, extracted from shea nuts, is used in the food and cosmetics industries Photographs: Jessica Sarkodie for The Body Shop It is winter in Mbanayili. The temperature is nudging 37 degrees ...
DURHAM, N.H.— The shea tree is a vital social and economic crop that is best known for the popular product shea butter—a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, ...