In Iowa, farmers grow corn, soybeans — and lenga lenga. The big picture: Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) wants to popularize the African crop, also known as amaranth in the U.S. The refugee nonprofit ...

There were still drops of dew on the stalks of thick, spear-shaped leaves Fabiola Nizigiyimana slashed and tossed into a box one early morning. "We call them lenga lenga, in our language," she said, ...