CHICAGO — Terra Ingredients, a supplier of organic and non-GMO ingredients, has partnered with IYA Foods to introduce fonio flour, a new rice flour alternative. The flour is made with fonio from West ...

Fonio porridge, a staple in many African cultures, is gaining attention for its health benefits. Made from the tiny grains of ...

As climate change has challenged food security, some African countries that have relied on grain imports, like Senegal, are looking to indigenous grains like fonio that thrive in drier soil. Senegal ...

Calls are growing to invest more in the continent’s traditional grains as a way to break its reliance on imported wheat, rice and maize With sweeps of his arm, Jean-Pierre Kamara showers handfuls of ...

Yolélé Foods is building a commercial scale supply chain for fonio, a West African ancient grain that cooks like couscous with a nutritional profile similar to quinoa, but the journey will be a long ...

Why is fonio so popular now? Just like fashion, food can become a trend, especially if that food has nutritional merit that was previously overlooked or underrated. As we learn more about that food, ...

Bill Gates on the grain called Fonio in West Africa He says in his latest Gates Notes that In West Africa, there’s a grain that’s older than the wheel—but it could also be the future of food. It can ...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. Multinational corporations (and foundations) generally take one approach to agricultural development in Africa. They encourage farmers to grow high-yield ...

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Pierre Thiam and Philip Teverow take a different tack. Thiam was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal, before gaining renown as a chef in New York City. In a 2017 TED talk, he explained how, while ...