date:Jul 19, 2012
As reported recently by NutraIngredients, demand for chia is booming, but some South American suppliers have said they are close to exhausting supplies.
Speaking with NutraIngredients-USA, John Foss, founder and managing director for The Chia Company, said that the company does not disclose crop yields, but did reveal that their growing area is being extended 100% annually. Foss estimates that about 60% of the global chia supply now comes out of Australia.
Foss, a fourth generation farmer and