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Contestants on Oxfam's "Female Food Heroes"

Reality TV’s new stars are Tanzanian farmers

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They farm on a set, but the stakes are high. These are the stars of a reality show called “Female Food Heroes,” a Tanzanian TV show produced by Oxfam that aims to empower and educate rural women who feed most of the families in the African nation.

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