Charmion, that sounds wonderful. I don't think I've ever eaten farro. I've used quinoa in place of rice a few times.

Saccharine is my fall-back sweetener if Stevia isn't available. There was a Facebook discussion about sweeteners, and Mudcat's own Max Spiegel popped in to offer his opinion about artificial sweeteners, and it was something like "sphincter leak" - enough of a remark to send me researching these things more. Splenda was quickly dropped off of my "acceptable" list.