Harvesting Amaranth Grain - The Survival Podcast

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In this video Jack Spirko from The Survival Podcast shows you how to harvest grain from amaranth grown in a home garden. Harvesting amaranth grain is actually simple to do and only take a few minutes.

Several species are raised for amaranth grain in Asia and the Americas. Ancient amaranth grains still used to this day include the three species, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, and A. hypochondriacus.

Amaranth was (and still is) cultivated on a small scale in parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, India, and Nepal, there is potential for further cultivation in the U.S and tropical countries and it has been called "the crop of the future" by permaculturists and others.

Amaranth is high in protein, particularly in the amino acid, Lysine, which is low in the cereal grains. In fact, Amaranth has the highest lysine content of all the grains in this study with Quinoa coming in a close second. To make your whole wheat bread a complete protein, substitute about 25% of your wheat flour with Amaranth flour. Amaranth, by itself, has a really nice amino acid blend. Just 150 grams of the grain is all that's required to supply an adult with 100% of the daily requirement of protein.

Amaranth is one of the highest grains in fiber content. This makes Amaranth an effective agent against cancer and heart disease. Amaranth is also the only grain in this study that contains significant amounts of phytosterols which scientists are just now learning play a major part in the prevention of all kinds of diseases. Amaranth is also rich in many vitamins and minerals.

This video is not about gardening but it does show my Golden Giant Amaranth from this season. http://www.jackspirko.com/episode-13-optimizing-website-and-business-processes

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[silencerainbows]

Thanks for the vid I liked watching it! I was thinking straining the grain through a fine sieve might work. How many plants do you need to get one pound of Amaranth?

[survivalpodcasting]

@silencerainbows - With the hopi red die you bet about a pound from 6-7 plants but hopi red die really isn't a grain variety. I also grew "Golden Giant" and got 3/4s to a full pound per plant. So it is highly dependent on the variety.

[apachespyder]

Great video Jack. Thank you for the hard work.

[survivalpodcasting]

@apachespyder Thank you for the kind words!

[hinckleypoland]

Rocking an ITS tactical shirt huh....LOL. Awesome stuff!

[survivalpodcasting]

@hinckleypoland Well Bryan is one of my very best friends. Least I can do for him on ocassion.

[gophomaxx]

Giant Golden Amaranth sounds great! Where would you get the seed?

[X0SnowBunnyX0]

funny how the most valuable (nutritional and medicinal) plants often tend to get banned.

[smilewait4flash]

The Amaranth I ordered from Baker Creak was supposed to be huge and yield a pound per plant. I believe my ground was nitrogen deficient because my plants are small. Any thoughts? By the way. Where can I get that hat!?!

[MyMPPM]

tks

[chernobylFarms]

Great vid, guy, very informative. I'm into my third year growing short (3') millet for birdseed, got two pounds from eight plants last year.

I winnow it pretty much as you do your amaranth, gently rolling it out of the heads, then winnowing it in a recycled plastic ice cream tub.

Standing millet, I've found, attracts deer. Beyond yielding birdfeed and bread, a deliberate planting which brings meat toward one's camp would be good for survival.

[jjakejones]

Can we grow amaranth in the North, or is it only a Southern crop?

[FlowerChildFreeBird]

that was awesome!