M.J. Colwell is an associate professor and graduate program adviser in the Human Development and Family Studies department at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas. For more information, email malinda.colwell@ttu.edu.
In 2014, we were asked to consider and address the fact that many people in Malawi, particularly women and children, are anemic and lack iron in their diets. One of the main reasons for the lack of iron in people’s diet is lack of a sustainable and readily available source of protein.
