Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum Triticum compactum erinaceum, also called California Club Wheat or Mayview wheat, is an extinct subspecies of the hexaploid club wheat Triticum compactum. "T. compactum erinaceum" was a bearded, hairy rachis, red-chaffed wheat named for its appearance similar to that of a hedgehog. "T. compactum erinaceum" was thought to have disappeared before 1822. However data from the United States Department of Agriculture indicates two additional specimen that were discovered and identified as "T. compactum erinaceum" more than a hundred years after their presumed disappearance. The new specimen indicate that "T. compactum erinaceum" was grown in the United States
Erewhon Organic Cereal Erewhon Organic Cereal Erewhon Organic Cereal (pronounced AIR-wahn) is a food brand specializing in pure ingredients and simply processed, organic whole foods that support digestive health. It was one of the first companies to introduce and market macrobiotic, organic whole foods in the United States. Its name is derived from the 1872 novel of the same name by Samuel Butler. In the satirical novel, "Erewhon" (an anagram of “nowhere”) is a utopia in which individuals are responsible for their own health. Since the early 1950s, Aveline Kushi and Michio Kushi had been introducing modern macrobiotics into the United States from