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A climate-resilient ancient grain with Pierre Thiam of Yolélé (2022)

2023-09-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·42m 19s ·by Guy Raz / NPR
A climate-resilient ancient grain with Pierre Thiam of …
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About this episode

Pierre Thiam is a renowned chef, restaurant owner, cookbook author, and co-founder of Yolélé – a company working to introduce the world to fonio, an ancient West African grain built for climate change. But it hasn’t been all sunshine and good harvests for Pierre. In fact, he was robbed just days aft