KIMBERLY, Idaho — Scott Patrick’s teff crop near Kimberly, Idaho, looked good Sept. 19 with harvest of the small-seeded grain finally underway. During the cold spring, “we delayed planting several ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — A patch of grass seed growing near Klamath Falls has roots in Ethiopia. There, water is short and days are long and hot. In the arid fields a grass called teff grows green and ...

Wayne Carlson became a convert to Ethiopia's staple grain while doing public health work in Africa in the mid-1970s. Teff flour is the key ingredient for injera, Ethiopia's signature, spongy flatbread ...

Under a searing midday sun, a herd of cattle circles atop a pile of golden teff, thrashing the wheat-like grain, a method that has been practiced by Ethiopian farmers for centuries. The crop, mostly ...