KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A patch of grass seed growing near Klamath Falls has roots in Ethiopia. There, water is short and days are long and hot. In the arid fields a grass called teff grows green and ...

KIMBERLY, Idaho — Scott Patrick’s teff crop near Kimberly, Idaho, looked good Sept. 19 with harvest of the small-seeded grain finally underway. During the cold spring, “we delayed planting several ...

Scott Patrick’s teff crop looked good as he started harvesting it in south-central Idaho. “It looks better than it has in at least the last couple of years,” the Kimberly-area farmer said. “I changed ...

Wichita? Black farmers in Kansas are experimenting with growing the Ethiopian crop known as teff – a cereal grain popular as an alternative to wheat for gluten-sensitive consumers – as a historical ...

This is the first in an occasional series on farmers working to preserve their cultural foodways by growing heritage crops in the Bay Area. Whoever we are, wherever we're from, we're all exiles, if ...

A farmer shifts dried teff crop to separate seeds from stalks at Ada village in Bishoftu town, Oromia region of Ethiopia, February 21, 2014 A farmer shifts dried teff crop to separate seeds from ...

Diners press toward the banquet table at downtown Sacramento’s Queen Sheba Ethiopian restaurant, breathing in a scent of home. The sharp, piquant smell of garlic, onions and ginger pierces the air, ...

It’s almost midnight, but Zelalem Injera, an Ethio­pian bread factory housed in a cavelike Northeast Washington warehouse, is wide awake. As its 30-foot-long injera machine hums, Ethio­pian American ...

Wayne Carlson became a convert to Ethiopia's staple grain while doing public health work in Africa in the mid-1970s. Teff flour is the key ingredient for injera, Ethiopia's signature, spongy flatbread ...

The crop touted as the next superfood is being baled up and fed to fat horses. Teff, an ancient grain expected to take the foodie world by storm, is also the latest 'it' food for horses in need of a ...

Under a searing midday sun, a herd of cattle circles atop a pile of golden teff, thrashing the wheat-like grain, a method that has been practiced by Ethiopian farmers for centuries. The crop, mostly ...