Thank you, Om. Are there people you know who have grown this variety of foxtail for food? It would be interesting to know more about such use cases. Mostly in the US, as far as I know, foxtail millet is grown as a cover crop.
We're always interested to learn about specific stories of millets, from planting through to end uses. Don DO, EL, MI, US NAMA On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM Om Dangi via Collab < [email protected]> wrote: > Don, > Thank you for your email. I also have the seed available of AERC 1 variety > of foxtail millet. If anyone is interested in growing it, it is used in > China as a morning soup for breakfast. > Regards > > > > > > > *Om P.Dangi, Ph.D., P.Ag.President & CEOAgriculture Environmental Renewal > Canada (AERC) Inc.821 Corkstown Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, K2K 2Y1Tel: 613 596 > 5927; Cell: 613-229-1886Website: www.aerc.ca <http://www.aerc.ca>* > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM Don Osborn via Collab < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE by North American Millets Alliance: January 12, > 2026 > > > > > > > > *Two Food Millets Announced for 2026* > > > > > > > > > > > > Enough food-selected seed varieties of proso millet are available for > > planting in 2026. In the past, food characteristics, empirical analysis, > > and varietal selection of proso biotypes have limited significant volume > of > > millets in the U.S. food chain. > > > > > > > > “Having designated food-grade millet varieties is exciting news for > millets > > and the food chain,” said Joni Kindwall-Moore, CEO of Snacktivist Inc. > and > > founding member of the North American Millets Alliance. > > > > > > > > Don Osborn co-founder of the North American Millets Alliance went on to > > explain, “Industry changes come in steps. The first was North American > > Millets Alliance’s release of proso millet grading standards in 2025 in > > order to properly segregate food grade millets from farm to prepared > > foods.” > > > > > > > > University and private plant breeding have developed two different food > > quality proso millet varieties. > > > > > > > > One is an amylose-free starch or “waxy” proso, named Plateau, developed > by > > the University of Nebraska—Scottsbluff. A nearby seed producer and proso > > processor, Kriesel Certified Seed, Gurley, Nebraska has completed > expansion > > to hull Plateau for the food industry. > > > > > > > > Dryland Genetics, a proso-focused plant breeding company, released their > > first food-designated millet in 2024 named DLG317. Large quantities of > > identity preserved DLG317 are available for 2026. Besides its unique > aroma > > and yellow colored endosperm, DLG317 has unique > bioflavonoids—antioxidants > > known to be heart-healthy. > > > > > > > > “In an era of severe water shortages and growing population desiring > > healthy foods, proso has the lowest water-use efficiency of any grain > > crop,” stated Gary Wietgrefe, a senior millet agronomist and > international > > millet researcher. “Plateau and DLG317 are the perfect food varieties to > > replace water-hungry rice, corn and wheat.” > > > > > > > > > > > > Contacts: Dryland Genetics https://www.drylandgenetics.com/; > > > > Kriesel Certified Seed: https://www.krieselcertifiedseed.com/; > > North American Millets Alliance: https://millets2023.space/ > > > > --- > > > > DO, EL, MI, US > > NAMA > > > > > > -- > > Collab mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > > -- > Collab mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Collab mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
