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The "millet-of-the-month" calendar, and how you can help

The aim of "Millet-of-the-month" is to spotlight individual millets out of this often poorly understood group of grains. I do think that we have progressed from reference to "millet" (sounds like one thing, even if it is meant as a collective reference) to "millets" (okay, there are several of them), but that needs disambiguation. In some International Year of Millets publicity, one sees "millets" promoted, but that seems to beg the question: What are they? And the answers to that question most productively arrive at their individual identities: Where and under what conditions does each grow well? How does a particular millet work in cooking, and why might one choose one over another in a dish? What are their respective histories, and the cultures of farming and food that bring them to us?

We're halfway through the calendar, and if you've been watching this space, you'll have noted that we (or mainly I) have been late each month to get info out on the current millet-of-the-month. And then that info is relatively limited in scope and reach. So here's the ask: If you have tie and interest, please consider posting on social media about the current "millet-of-the-month" - per the calendar below and in attachment - using the hashtag #milletofthemonth and the name of the month (and obviously the name of the millet, altho that may be in the item posted anyway). And, if you see such an item posted - such as on our twitter account at https://twitter.com/NAmericaMillets - feel free to repost it. 

Jan., proso millet, Panicum miliaceum
Feb., finger millet, Eleusine coracana
Mar., foxtail millet, Setaria italica
Apr., pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum
May, fonio, Digitaria spp.
June, sorghum, Sorghum bicolor
July, barnyard millet, Echinochloa spp.
Aug., little millet, Panicum sumatrense
Sep., browntop & Guinea, Brachiaria spp.
Oct., kodo millet, Paspalum scrobiculatum
Nov., teff, Eragrostis tef
Dec., adlay/Job’s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi

Thanks for considering helping us out with this. And try something new with sorghum!

Don