Russia is making large stockpiles of buckwheat: an expert named the unexpected reason

In the USSR, they began to make strategic buckwheat reserves in the 1970s, during the Cold War with the USA, when both sides considered the possibility of using nuclear weapons. This information was shared by Serhiy Hromowyi, the executive director of the International Buckwheat Association, via UNIAN. According to him, the Soviet Union conducted closed experiments to find food products that could be grown and consumed under radionuclide contamination. "Scientific research found that buckwheat is virtually the only crop that quickly recovers from mutations, does not accumulate radionuclides, and can be consumed," Hromowyi notes. The experiments were carried out under the direct control of the KGB. Based on their results, Russia still conducts strategic accumulation of buckwheat, preparing for a possible nuclear war. This includes the permafrost zone on the Taimyr Peninsula. "This information about the closed research is from people who participated in them during Soviet times. I ...