Forgiving lack of agronomic knowledge, New York Times exposed various millets (or near millets) providing the public with at least some knowledge that there is more than one millet. That is favorable press (and another contact for our eventual millet new releases). Heavy African tilt should be expected considering the native Ethiopian being interviewed. Many African and Asian-American uses of millet can add to the North American millet story.....Gary

On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 6:02 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:
Send Collab mailing list submissions to
        collab@lists.millets2023.space

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
        https://lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
        collab-request@lists.millets2023.space

You can reach the person managing the list at
        collab-owner@lists.millets2023.space

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Collab digest..."


Today's Topics:

   1. NYTimes essay mentioning fonio, pearl millet, & teff (Don Osborn)


----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:58:11 -0400
From: Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org>
To: collab@lists.millets2023.space
Subject: [Collab] NYTimes essay mentioning fonio, pearl millet, & teff
Message-ID:
        <CA+RHibUcnAzY6=rCO6s+Ae-WuM=3KmjeiBd1rOMNaj=kPqGpPg@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

The New York Times on Wednesday (25 Sept. 2024) featured a guest essay by
Marcus Samuelsson entitled "I?m a Chef. This Grain Should Be the Next
Quinoa," in which three millets of Afrian origin were mentioned: fonio,
pearl millet, and teff. (Thanks to David Brenner for sharing.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/opinion/millet-teff-fonio-quinoa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk4.xSXF.aIDbWYhU2BMM&smid=url-share

Chef Marcus Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-Swedish-American chef who owns the
restaurants Hav & Mar and Metropolis in New York City, among others. In his
essay he makes the case for more attention to African foods, and gives
personal examples.

A couple of minor issues: First, I'm not sure pearl millet likes
waterlogged soils. (Sorghum, in my understanding, does better in heavier
soils and/or with temporary watlogging.) Second, regarding imports of teff
to the US, some does come from Ethiopia, but my impression is that more
comes from farms in the US. (Need some figures on that.)

Pearl millet, of course, is already imported from India, but I'm not aware
of any in the US from Africa.

The comparison with quinoa is not new, but the article approaches it in a
fresh way, and introduces us to another voice in support of millets

For more about Chef Marcus, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Samuelsson


Don Osborn, PhD
(East Lansing, MI, US)
North American Millets Alliance - co-founder
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/attachments/20240927/f2467146/attachment-0001.htm>

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer



--
Collab mailing list
Collab@lists.millets2023.space
https://lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab


------------------------------

End of Collab Digest, Vol 32, Issue 15
**************************************


--
Author, Gary W. Wietgrefe,
https://www.RelatingtoAncients.com/
Destination North Pole--5,000 km by bicycle is an exciting, endearing, humorous, dangerous and sometimes quirky travel adventure. Hardcover, paperback and e-books are available on Amazon or other on-line retailers. My other books tie education, school system, parenting, technology, and business with 21st century culture and learning.