RICHARDTON, N.D. — Stone Mill LLC at Richardton, N.D., is famous for processing the region’s garbanzo bean and flax crops, but in the past 18 months the company also has been handling an ancient grain ...

Fonio is an African heritage grain — or ancient grain — that’s considered the continent’s oldest cultivated cereal (1). Native to West Africa, it’s a staple most commonly enjoyed in the mountainous ...

A study on seed microbiome engineering shows how the seed microbiome of fonio millet, an indigenous crop in West Africa, could be used in crop breeding to improve resilience to climate stress. Fonio ...

Who’s on the fonio? Me, calling for a break from quinoa. A member of the millet family, fonio fits into two main categories: Digitaria ibura (known as black fonio, which grows in Nigeria, Togo and ...

Vertical farming is the practice of growing plants in vertically stacked layers in a building. This makes it possible to grow vegetables close to consumers, such as next to a supermarket. Since the ...

In 1997, Plateau State made me eat a grain I had not eaten before as a meal at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp and I am ready to press charges. That ...

Experts say these crops if grown widely, could help feed the hungry. Clockwise from left: Jose Hernandez, Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory; Frederick R. McConnaughey / Photo ...