Fonio
topic on 1 show · 5 statements across 1 episodes
5 statements about Fonio, every show
Yolélé’s custom milling equipment reduced fonio processing waste by fifty percent
“Now we not only eliminated the waste because at this stage of Fogno Processing. We still had close to 50% of waste, which is crazy. And now with the machine, they design a machine that not only eliminates that waste, but it really is also processing at a much …”
Neglected indigenous African crops require active consumer branding to scale
“There's one thing I got right was I knew it needed to be branded. Those French, they branded their baguettes and that's how we're still eating it. They branded this broken rice to us and now I'm going to brand Fogneau and I'm going to make it Sexy”
Global food system relies dangerously on wheat, rice, soy, and corn
“The limited number of crops we rely on our food system is wheat, rice, soy, and corn. And we ignoring crops that are much more, not only resilient, like for you, and we need to integrate them.”
Pierre Thiam says fonio is gluten-free with a low glycemic index
“Fonyo is a nutrition powerhouse, like you mentioned. It's gluten-free and has a So many properties. One of them being very important is it has, it's caused a low glycemic index.”
Fonio is a fast-maturing grain that requires minimal water to grow
“It's like one of the fastest maturing grain that requires very little water. It's rain fed, but it, you know, it just requires the first rain. And after that, even if there was no other rain coming or the rain is inconsistent, like it's the case right now with…”