Thanks, Joanna. I think the ease of access also has to be seen in the context of low percentages within massive data, and the levels of refinement needed to get to what is really relevant to the research..None of that would be a revelation, of course, but I'm thinking about it in relation to 2 of the HRN episodes in my list that I had the chance to listen to.

The first was the 28 Sept 2021 interview with Abena Offeh-Gyimah. She offers some great descriptions of and context for ag and food in northeastern Ghana, including pearl millet and fonio (both black and white). Recommended, esp. the last 2/3 of the hour.

The second was the recording of a panel interview "In Praise of Ancient Grains" at Slow Food Nations 2017. Despite the program notes, I didn't hear "millet" at all, and but "teff" and "sorghum" were only mentioned in passing late in the session.

On the other hand, there were very interesting discussions of "lost" and found varieties of other crops in the US: gourd-seed corn and African rice (starting at 18:34) and purple-straw wheat (starting at about 1:09:30).

Those stories had me recalling one from northern Mali that I've referred to before, about FAO organized seed fairs where farmers were rediscovering pearl millet varieties they thought had gone extinct, but were still grown elsewhere in their region. (This sort of thing really ought to be a big part of national/local efforts in the International Year of Millets, if no one has suggested it yet.)

All the best,
Don


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On Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 at 1:04 AM, Joanna Kane-Potaka <joanna.kanepotaka@outlook.com> wrote:

A very impressive list Don! Thank you for sharing.

The challenge seems to be, not the dearth of information, but the ease to access.

Regards
Joanna
From: Collab <collab-bounces@lists.millets2023.space> on behalf of Don Osborn via Collab <collab@lists.millets2023.space>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 3:38 AM
To: collab@lists.millets2023.space <collab@lists.millets2023.space>
Subject: [Collab] Podcasts: Regenerative by Design & Heritage Radio Network
 
From time to time I post about podcast episodes that mention one or more of the millets. This time I'll spotlight a couple of podcasts that each have more than one episode treating or touching upon this subject.

First, Joni Kindwall-Moore (Snacktivist Foods and NAMA) has a new podcast called "Regenerative by Design: Getting to the root of health, climate, economics & food" https://snacktivistfoods.com/pages/regenerative-by-design-podcast

Among the episodes currently listed is an interview with Chef Pierre Thiam (Yolélé and Teranga), who has developed a line of products made with fonio, and a supply chain going back to smallholder farmers - many of them women - in West Africa:
"Regenerating the Sahel and Rediscovering Forgotten Foods with Chef Pierre Thiam" (5 May 2022)
https://snacktivistfoods.com/pages/regenerating-the-sahal-and-rediscovering-forgotten-foods-with-chef-pierre-thiam

I understand that an upcoming episode features John Manuel, Chief Commercial Officer of Dryland Genetics, an organization researching and promoting cultivation of proso millet in the US.

Second is a major food podcast that I'm only just discovering - Heritage Radio Network at https://heritageradionetwork.org/ . It bills itself as "the world's pioneer food radio station" and has been going for over a decade. According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Radio_Network , it has produced over 4000 shows - apparently organized by series each with their own numbering sequences..

One or another of the millets have been mentioned in various episodes, a sampling of 20 of which is listed below (these from site searches and quick looks at the descriptions; I haven't had the chance to listen to them...):

Dyed Green, Episode 11, Aired: Thursday, June 2nd 2022
Bread Medicine

Heritage Radio Network On Tour, Episode 391, Aired: Wednesday, March 9th 2022
Amethyst Ganaway on Whole Animal Cooking at at Charleston Wine + Food 2022  

Item 13: An African Food Podcast, Episode 62, Aired: Tuesday, September 28th 2021
Ancestral Food Ways with Abena Offeh-Gyimah

Cooking Issues, Episode 446, Aired: Tuesday, March 9th 2021
A Real Life Precious Moment (feat. Peter Kim)

Item 13: An African Food Podcast, Episode 49, Aired: Monday, January 18th 2021
Introducing West African Cuisine to Astoria with Beatrice Ajaero
(PS- In the show notes, garri is notnotnot a grain, as what looks like an editing error implies; rather it's dried grated or granulated cassava, which can be eaten as such with a sauce - how I was introduced to it in Togo - or apparently cooked as a porridge)

Item 13: An African Food Podcast, Episode 4, Aired: Wednesday, August 26th 2020
Telling the Ghanaian Food Story with Naa Oyoo Kumodzi

Meat and Three, Episode 83, Aired: Friday, July 24th 2020
Striving for Sovereignty in Indigenous Foodways

Heritage Radio Network On Tour, Episode 356, Aired: Thursday, March 12th 2020
Chefs Fatmata Binta and Digby Stridiron at Charleston Wine + Food 2020

Heritage Radio Network On Tour, Episode 326, Aired: Tuesday, January 28th 2020
Claire Alsup of Yolélé Foods at the Good Food Mercantile 2020

Heritage Radio Network On Tour, Episode 288, Aired: Tuesday, July 30th 2019
Pierre Thiam is a Fonio Evangelist at Slow Food Nations 2019

A Taste of the Past, Episode 327, Aired: Thursday, May 9th 2019
Pierre Thiam on FONIO: History and Future of the African Supergrain

Food Without Borders, Episode 17, Aired: Wednesday, October 11th 2017
Chef Pierre Thiam
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/30179 (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)

Heritage Radio Network On Tour, Episode 70, Aired: Monday, July 24th 2017
In Praise of Ancient Grains at Slow Food Nations 2017
To listen online, go to  https://heritageradionetwork.org/honor-slow-food and scroll down to, or search, "Episode 70"

Fuhmentaboudit!, Episode 179, Aired: Monday, October 10th 2016
Musekiwa Chingodza & The Ceremonial Beer and Music of Zimbabwe

The Food Seen, Episode 260, Aired: Tuesday, November 24th 2015
Scratch & Sniff Whiskey with Richard Betts
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/scratch-sniff-whiskey-with-richard-betts (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)

Eat Your Words, Episode 223, Aired: Sunday, March 8th 2015
Bob's Red Mill
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/eat-your-words-episode-223-bob-039-s-red-mill (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)

The Food Seen, Episode 207, Aired: Tuesday, September 23rd 2014
Wild Apple gluten
(PS- mentions "millet, ... sorghum, teff" among gluten-free grains)

A Taste of the Past, Episode 130, Aired: Thursday, March 7th 2013
Kubee Kassaye
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/a-taste-of-the-past-episode-130-kubee-kassaye (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)
(PS- tagged "teff grain")

A Taste of the Past, Episode 111, Aired: Thursday, August 30th 2012
Whole Grains
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/a-taste-of-the-past-episode-111-whole-grains (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)
(PS- This episode is tagged "millet" and also "job's tears," the latter, aka adlay, being a millet more closely related to corn and sorghum that is rarely discussed)

A Taste of the Past, Episode 103, Aired: Thursday, May 17th 2012
Ancient Grains
https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/a-taste-of-the-past-episode-103-ancient-grains (apparently can't play from page; need to download to listen)

The above list is from site searches on "millet," "fonio," and "teff." Searches on names for other millets, including some frequently seen Indian and Chinese names, yielded no results.

There are a number of items on HRN mentioning "sorghum," in addition to a couple listed above. A list of these can be seen at https://heritageradionetwork.org/search?s=sorghum

DO, EL, MI, US