Valerie Bowden is an American living in Ethiopia who started a vegan, gluten free, and oil free snack company – starting with delicious chips made from Teff flour – called Dirkosh Chips! Teff is a gluten free grain high in iron, calcium, vitamin C, and also has all the essential amino acids in it. Besides wanting to provide oil free healthy chips to the world, her aim is to help support women farmers and employ at risk individuals like those coming out of prostitution, single mothers, and the disabled.
By innovating the country’s traditional staple, injera, she created Dirkosh Crunch. A crispy chip made with only teff grain & organic, natural spices. No oil, preservatives, or weird ingredients.
Here’s her story;