‘Let the rains come, amaranth will come up.’ This saying was common among the Agikuyu especially during drought and famine. The locals knew amaranth was the first to grow when it rained. It was also ...

This plant-powered dish is a great post-workout meal option. The combination of tempeh, amaranth, kale, and almonds will provide your body with a complete amino acid profile –important for protein ...

To the world of science, vegetable amaranths verge on the invisible. As far as international statistics are concerned, this crop doesn’t exist. Books highlighting world food plants, even those dealing ...

African amaranth, a leafy green vegetable, is making waves for its nutritional benefits and versatility in cooking ...

Amaranth may soon join quinoa, chia seeds and goji berries in the pantheon of ancient "superfoods" enjoying a much-deserved resurgence. Just as quinoa was a sacred "mother grain" to the Incas, so ...

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Amaranth has a long and somewhat bloody history. The Aztecs mixed the plant’s grain-like seeds with blood, formed the mixture into cakes shaped like gods, and then ate them in religious rituals. The ...