Emmer wheat or farro (triticum dicoccum) is perhaps the most ancient cereal and an essential component of the ancient diet. It is also called "ZEIDOROS" (the one that gives life). It was one of the first grains that people cultivated. Signs of its use date 10,000 years ago and have been found in excavations all over Greece and Asia Minor. The cereal triticum dicoccum has survived till our days as a small scale production in Greece, India, Turkey, Germany (Bavaria), Italy, and elsewhere. Its nutritional value is indisputable.