Pouring the pond water through a screen, spirulina becomes a thick paste, and its loaded on a screen in a solar heated dryer. Dried algae is distributed at the health clinic. Tending the growing basin in Farende, Togo, 1989. Solar dryer in background. Dr. Ripley Fox and assistants harvesting through screens.
Undernourished children take spirulina as a daily supplement at the health clinic.
The head nurse tells the mothers about its benefits. One tablespoon a day mixed with water brings remarkable results. Mothers from the surrounding countryside brought their children every week to participate in a clinical feeding study in 1989. The local health clinic nurse introduces children to spirulina. The people of Farende, Togo.