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Article: Teff enough: ; Tiny grain produces gluten-free flour, but big headaches for Kansas farmers
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- September 27, 2009
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NICODEMUS, Kan. - A new "it" grain is blooming in the fields of
northwest Kansas.
Teff has a ready-made market of Ethiopian expatriates hungering
for a taste of home and virtually no supply of the grain for their
beloved injera bread. Teff packs more protein per pound than wheat
and, because it produces gluten-free flour, it could open a buffet
line of bread and pastas to people with celiac disease.
It also can withstand both drought and floods and, so far, hasn't
fallen prey to pests that bedevil other Midwestern crops.
Ethiopians have long adored the grain, raising it by hand in
their highlands and making it the country's staple cereal.
"People will definitely buy it," said 52-year-old ...