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Forgotten Seeds, Seven-Headed Wheat & a Hidden Beehive Threat, Opening Pine Cones
A bag of forgotten seed nearly became farmyard waste. Instead, it grew into a remarkable old-grain revival—with wheat reaching about six feet tall and a long central grain head surrounded by six smaller branches.
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The Family Farm Story follows Claudio Grossi near Parma, Italy. A recent Smithsonian feature revisits his early-1990s attic discovery, the seeds he doubted would grow, the bread-making challenges that followed, and a later partnership…
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