It’s a grass-like relative of wheat, grows roots up to 10
feet deep which makes it drought tolerant and is a perennial.
But yields so far have been low and the grain is small,
making it more challenging to mill into flour.
General Mills intends to market it under its Carscadian Farm
label.
Researchers began work in the 1980s, looking for a perennial
grain that could be commercialized.
