Australian researchers find native grasses could be grown for mass consumption

Native millet found to be easy to grow, harvest and turn into flour and significantly more nutritious' than wheat

Native grasses could be grown for mass consumption, a one-year feasibility study has found, after researchers tested 15 different species from paddock to plate" in north-west New South Wales.

Native millet, or panicum, turned out to be the best all-rounder: easy to grow and harvest, easy to turn into flour and significantly more nutritious" than wheat, lead researcher Dr Angela Pattison from the University of Sydney said. Native millet is also gluten free, she added.