Here are references, links, and short descriptions for five popular press and blog articles on millets and the International Year of Millets (IYM) in Canada. I've numbered the items for convenience only. The order is not chronological - the most recent are nos. 2 & 3, while the other three are from the beginning of 2023. My summary comments follow, fwiw. 1) "Shining a Spotlight on Millet," Government of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2023-01-27 https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/science/story-agricultural-science/scientif... (Features a discussions on: little millet [Panicum sumatrense], which is being researched by a scientist in Saskatoon, Dr. Raju Soolanayakanahally, with partners in India; pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum] as a cover crop in potato growing systems in Prince Edward Island, being researched by Dr. Judith Nyiraneza; and sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor] and sweet pearl millet for bioethanol and silage in Eastern Canada, being researched by Dr. Annick Bertrand and Dr. Gaëtan F. Tremblay of the Centre de recherche et de développement du Québec.) 2) "Canada 'Millet King' plans to use the grain to make his own cereal, beer," by Indira Kannan, BNN Bloomberg, 8 Aug 2023 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-millet-king-plans-to-use-the-grain-to-mak... (Features Reynald Gauthier, a Manitoba farmer, who grows millet - it seems this is proso [Panicum mileaceum] - and is developing a line of food products made with it the brand name Millet King. Story and video. Some of the images in the video, such as of finger millet, do not seem to be from Canada.) 3) "2023 is the year of the millet. Here’s how and why to eat this climate-friendly grain," by Julie Van Rosendaal, The Globe and Mail, 31 August 2023. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/article-2023-is-the-year-... (This is actually a good article, even tho there is some of the confusing-because-unexplained shifting between singular and plural that one sees in quite a few articles and blog posts on millets. The author covers basic facts about millets, inclufing that there are various types, mentions the IYM [with an outlink], and concludes with a recipe. There's also an outlink to an article with more info on Dr. Nyiraneza's research mentioned above.) 4) "Millet a sustainable, nutritious alternative grain," by Miranda Leybourne, Brandon Sun, 23 Feb. 2023 https://www.brandonsun.com/westman-this-week/2023/02/23/millet-a-sustainable... (This article presents various facts about millets, mentions the IYM, and features the work of Dr. Soolanayakanahally mentioned above. However, it seems to treat the subject as if it were one grain, and there is no mention of types of millets.) 5) "3 things you should know about the untapped potential of millet, ... - Celebrating the unsung hero of the cereals: millets," by Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD, Renée-Claude Goulet, and Cassandra Marion, PhD, Ingenium Channel, 17 Feb. 2023 https://ingeniumcanada.org/channel/articles/3-things-you-should-know-about-t... (First part of an omnibus blog post, this piece is a solid short intro to millets, with mention of the Canadian context.) Summary thoughts: As the last piece points out, millets, and specifically proso, are not "popular" as crops in Canada. However, there are some interesting things going on. * Noting Reynals Gauthier's "Millet King" cereal, and recalling Sujala Balaji and Rainfed Foods' millet milk, I wonder if one could pour an all-millets, all-Canadian (Manitoba, & Toronto, Ontario) breakfast bowl - might be a fun marketing idea. * I'm very interested to learn more about Dr. Raju Soolanayakanahally's work with little millet in Saskatchewan. Could this close "cousin" of proso millet find a place in North American agriculture? * Dr. Judith Nyiraneza's work with pearl millet in potato farming systems on Prince Edward Island reminds of an item I posted about on this list in March 2022, when looking at the northern limits of pearl millet. That item mentioned a Quebec farmer planting the latter around his potato field to reduce insect problems, successfully. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/366591/millet-pele-plante . Is the use of pearl millet with potatoes unique to Canada? * That short "Northern limits..." post from March 2022, BTW, is at https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/2022-March/000026.html . Is Canada testing the northern limits of cultivation of millets more than anyone else? * Interesting to note the interest in sweet pearl millet as well as sweet sorghum for bioethanol. As always, feedback or other related items are invited. Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance