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Isn’t einkorn the same as wheat? Einkorn is ‘Earth’s First Wheat’! Einkorn wheat remains just as pure as the day our hunter-gatherer ancestors stumbled upon it. Having only the original 14 chromosomes, and never hybridized, einkorn is far simpler than common wheat (Triticum aestivum). Having 42 chromosomes, common wheat, is...

The Birth of Farming When our ancestors happened upon einkorn wheat 14,000 years ago, they were the first humans to begin cultivating their own food. With the discovery of einkorn (Triticum monococcum), our hunter-gatherer relatives stumbled upon a sustainable way to secure quality sustenance year round. As ancient agriculture evolved, it...

First things first, not all glutens are the same. Yes, glutens, plural.  Gluten is a family of proteins found in many grains. There are as many glutens as there are varieties of wheat. While glutens give wheat products their structure, elasticity and allow them to rise, they also trigger an inflammatory...

About 12,000 years ago inhabitants of Mesopotamia began to provide themselves with a more reliable food source, a divergence from their hunting and gathering ways. They invented farming! And the very first wheat they grew? You could probably guess, Einkorn (Triticum monococcum). Not only did they supplement their well earned...