An Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblical
- When a seven-eared stem emerged from the ground, it seemed like a miracle.
- What Claudio Grossi had unearthed was an ancient grain that proved to be an answer to some modern problems At his farm near Parma, Italy, Claudio Grossi offers a visual history of his miracle grain in photos, crackers and loaves.
- Clara Vannucci Sometime in the early 1990s, Claudio Grossi, a 40-year-old farmer in Parma, in northern Italy, was cleaning his attic when he turned up an old sack full of seeds that he couldn’t identify.
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- When a seven-eared stem emerged from the ground, it seemed like a miracle.
- What Claudio Grossi had unearthed was an ancient grain that proved to be an answer to some modern problems At his farm near Parma, Italy, Claudio Grossi offers a visual history of his miracle grain in photos, crackers and loaves.
- Clara Vannucci Sometime in the early 1990s, Claudio Grossi, a 40-year-old farmer in Parma, in northern Italy, was cleaning his attic when he turned up an old sack full of seeds that he couldn’t identify.
Sources: Smithsonianmag