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Being raised in a small town Tsorona, Eritrea was totally incomparable than living in Houston, Texas. Tsorona was a very rural place. The houses were made of clay. There was not any roads cars can go through, in fact people rarely see cars. It was not urbanized as my new home Houston. Houston was full of tall buildings that can touch the sky. The roads were full of highways, traffic lights, and many cars! There were a lot of apartments as well as magnificent houses. However, apartments and…

wheat berries, oats, rye berries, brown flax, pearl quinoa, red quinoa, millet, buckwheat, amaranth, while popcorn, yellow popcorn, farro, barley, spelt, brown rice, cornstarch, corn meal, corn flakes, chia, multigrain cereal, corn grits, sorghum, teff, multigrain infant cereal. Milk samples (n=5) included: cow’s milk (fat free, low fat (1%), reduced fat (2%), and whole milk), and goat’s milk. Samples of livestock feed used for cows and pigs on a Rutgers University farm were also analyzed and…

Civilizations in Africa and India during the Classical Period had some parallels, while still having their distinct differences. For example, Axum in Africa and Gupta in India were two empires during the classical period. The Axum Empire, located on the Horn of Africa in modern day Ethiopia, thrived in East Africa around ______, around the same time as the Gupta Empire in India (320-550 AD). Despite the distance between these two empires, the Axum Empire and the Gupta Empire had similar…

Cooperatives and unions can facilitate to collect and provide storage services to farmers. Buyers can buy the amount they want from one such cooperative or a union or from few of them. Cooperatives can also be involved in products standardization and grading. They can fast gain the confidence of market participants as it’s very likely that they themselves and government will institute measures to deal with any cases of fraud. They can also give training to farmers on product standardization and…

This is usually in the form of a thick stew, served with a large sourdough flatbread made out of fermented teff flour. Not only is the food extremely unique and extraordinarily flavorful, but the food culture is fascinating. Ethiopian food is served, on a communal platter, which is designed for sharing food with each other. Food is meant to be eaten with friends…

Gluten Free Diet – A Sign of Things to Come The gluten free diet is here to stay. Consumers want more product labeling, new products, and are willing to pay the price. Going gluten free is growing in popularity and will continue to grow. The gluten free diet is also drawing more attention due to how our food is being processed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has certified labels everywhere advertising, gluten free. What is gluten? According to livescience.com, “Gluten refers to the…

planning, knowledge and a careful approach. Contact me for more info, I specialize in gluten-fee lifestyle. Gluten free grains and flours: • Gluten free grains and flours are: Brown & White Rice, Amaranth, Buckwheat, Chickpea flour, Quinoa, Sorghum, Teff, Corn, Amaranth, Mesquite, Corn. • Gluten containing grains and flours: Wheat, Barley, Rye, Spelt, Einkorn and Oats (some oats are gluten free, you might check the labels) • Some people say when they consume sprouted gluten containing wheat…

This chapter follows the introduction of global conservation after government realization that the world’s genetic diversity needs protection. This came after the work of Vavilov in the 1920s. However, this road to realization has been rocky with short-term interests that have also meant poor funding for long-term storage and the battery of numbing technical conundrums that have caused genetic erosion within the gene banks to become a major problem. The great geo-botanist and ultimate plant…

Bullying Stories And Effects Taylor Teff - Bullying happens all over the world and some cases are worse than others. Have you ever thought someone would end their life over bullying? Many teens have ended their lives because they are bullying targets. Fortunately, Amanda Todd and Phoebe Princes bullying stories end in suicides. Kids have found help from family and friends to stand up for themselves, like Lizzie Velasquez and and Adelia Rose. People are sometimes scared to stand up for someone…

Since Ethiopians migrated to other countries, Ethiopian food has become increasingly popular. For instance, injera, a flatbread made from a grain called teff grown in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, is well-liked among gluten-free people. By sharing their cultures, people in host countries gain more knowledge about different ways of life. Singapore would not be an interesting multi-cultural society…