Fonio, a tiny ancient grain that hails from West Africa, is becoming increasingly popular for its health benefits and ...

Tossing cooked fonio with veggies like cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers makes for a delicious salad. You can dress it ...

From the metal for cans to sourcing flavors from Italy, Mexico or West Africa, beer is an international business. And brewers ...

Pierre Thiam has been evangelizing the merits of fonio for years. The ancient grain has more than 5,000 years of history in West Africa, and the Senegalese chef and cookbook author knows all about ...

But fonio is not without its challenges. Senegalese agricultural engineer Sanoussi Diakité says production has declined because the grain is difficult to process. Laborious pounding is required ...

McConnaughey / Photo Researchers, Inc.; AJ / IRRI / Corbis; Pallava Bagla / Corbis; Scimat / Photo Researchers, Inc. Fonio (Digitaria exilis) A type of millet prized in West Africa—the Dogon ...

“Whether it’s barley from Canada or Europe or the UK, or we have even a new ingredient, Fonio, which is a gluten-free grain out of Africa,” Little said. “Brewers can come here, sample that, and see ...

All Yolélé products begin with fonio, an ancient grain that bears similarities to quinoa, while the entire product line includes fonio, fonio chips and African spice mixes. “We’re in ...