Gümüşhane of Turkey is on its way to becoming the capital of buckwheat

Harvest season has started in Gümüşhane, which has Turkey's first gluten-free flour source, buckwheat processing factory. This year's harvest put a smile on the face of the farmers, as the harvest started with a combine harvester in the area of approximately one thousand decares planted with contract agriculture in the Öbektaş Town of Kelkit district and its surroundings. The buckwheat plant, which contributes to honey production both because it is gluten-free, the product sought by celiac patients, and because it has flowers, is brought into the economy as flour, bulgur and pillow in the facility, which was established in the town 3 years ago without any waste and is the first in Turkey. It is brought to the factory in Gümüşhane, where gluten-free buckwheat flour, which was imported until a few years ago, is produced from many cities of Turkey, after being cultivated and harvested through contract agriculture, to be turned into finished products. "We declared Gümüşhane as the ...