{"id":2454198,"date":"2014-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/uncategorized\/ethiopias-super-food\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:40:30","slug":"ethiopias-super-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/ethiopias-super-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia’s Super Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethiopia is not exactly known for it’s abundance of food\u2014it\u2019s one of the world’s poorest countries<\/a>. But each year, 6.3 million farmers cultivate teff, an ancient, nutrient-rich grain that might give quinoa a run for its money.<\/p>\n

Teff’s tiny seeds are packed with iron, calcium, protein, and amino acids\u2014and they’re naturally gluten-free.<\/p>\n

And as western consumers begin to notice teff’s super-food properties, the Ethiopian government\u00a0hopes to double teff production by 2015, according to the Guardian<\/em><\/a>. Ethiopia’s farmers also hope to benefit from its newfound popularity.<\/p>\n

“Teff is second nature to an Ethiopian; so who better to supply it?” says Sophie Kebede, a London-based business owner specializing in teff. “We have this sought after grain being grown in the country, so why can’t an Ethiopian farmer benefit from this?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethiopia is not exactly known for it’s abundance of food\u2014it\u2019s one of the world’s poorest countries. But each year, 6.3 million farmers cultivate teff, an ancient, nutrient-rich grain that might give quinoa a run for its money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1622666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"37198843ede5d8abd72bdbf7477f5d92","footnotes":""},"categories":[2536],"tags":[2858,2856],"byline":[1166],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2454198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-adventure","tag-news","tag-newsletter-suppress","byline-k-annabelle-smith"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Ethiopia’s Super Food","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/ethiopias-super-food\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/ethiopias-super-food\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_83\/teff-fe.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_83\/teff-fe.jpg"},"articleSection":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sperkins-pom"}],"creator":["sperkins-pom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["news","newsletter suppress"],"dateCreated":"2014-01-23T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2014-01-23T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2022-02-24T20:40:30Z"},"rendered":"