Researchers believe untapped consumer markets exist for ancient foods such as einkorn,emmer, and spelt, or which fed large swaths of the world's population for thousands of years but disappeared nearly completely during the rise of industrial farming and the green revolution. In an Opinion published June 27 in Trends in Plant Science,two plant breeders argue that the consumer demand in the US and Europe for tall-quality, healthy food specialties presents an opportunity to reintroduce ancient wheat varieties and other plant species by creating "farm to fork" supply chains that satisfy consumer demand; provide niche markets for small farmers, and millers,and bakers; and increase agricultural biodiversity.
Source: phys.org