Dear all, Here is Joni's intro to The Ryzosphere for NAMA. NAMA seeks to promote millets as sustainable crops and nutritious foods, and an important part of that effort is building the business community involved in their production, processing, and marketing. The Ryzosphere, as Joni explains, has a broader mission, not limited to millets. The overlap is handled by the communities feature within the larger Ryzosphere platform - in our case the NAMA Community. This collaboration also facilitates linkages with The Ryzosphere's broader user community. Please check out Joni's message to this list yesterday on the "Meet the Ryzosphere" opportunities to get a live "walkthrough" of the platform. Thank you, Joni and The Ryzosphere for making this collaboration possible! Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA PS- I'll be forwarding these notifications to NAMA's broader mailing list shortly Apologies on the delay. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Joni Kindwall-Moore <info@milletsalliance.org> Date: Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM Subject: NAMA community in The Ryzosphere Hello North American Millets Alliance Community, Over the years, we've watched this remarkable network of thought leadership and innovation in the millets industry grow. We're grateful for your contributions and participation, on the Listserve, in our webinars, and across social media. Many of you have told us you'd like more visibility into the millets movement in the U.S. In response, we've formed a community on a new digital platform called The Ryzosphere. The Ryzosphere <https://theryzosphere.io/> is a digital community for the food and agriculture system, designed to help cultivate the success of our businesses, projects, and our shared purpose. There, you can connect with other suppliers, seed breeders, researchers and professionals in the millets industry. We will develop our community for the advancement of millets there so if you enjoy our Listserve and webinars, please join us in The Ryzosphere! Joining the community is free, and it's a great way to network with fellow NAMA members. You'll also have the option to activate your business and participate in The Ryzosphere's expanded community, which includes a marketplace advanced AI-matchmaking and more. We sent you an invitation from notifications@theryzosphere.io. It is probably in your spam folder. If you did not get a notification, please reply to this email and let me know. Thanks so much. As always, if you have any questions, just let me know- I am also happy to jump on a call to discuss. Here is my calendar. <https://calendar.app.google/q9yzrmB2NGQFZJfc6> -- North American Millets Alliance Team Joni Kindwall-Moore, co-founder 406-334-1608 This is what the NAMA Community in the Ryzosphere looks like [image: Screenshot 2026-07-07 at 7.07.30 AM.png]
