This tiny new grain could save the planet
There’s a new food we are all likely to hear a lot more about in the future. Developed from wheatgrass, ‘Kernza’ is being hailed as a weapon against climate change…
The perennial question: What if we could produce food without the ecological issues of annual crops?
As someone who has spent much of his life working in agriculture, I think a lot about the costs and benefits of various methods of food production. Our food system…
Researchers Hope Grazing Can Increase Yields of New Grain Crop
Many consumers are looking for alternative foods that taste great, are healthy and help improve soil health. Because of this great interest, researchers are studying Kernza®, a new perennial grain…
Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet?
This past week in San Francisco, food writers and environmentalists gathered to taste some breakfast cereal. This particular cereal had an ingredient — the milled seeds of a little-known plant…
Cascadian Farm™ Works to Advance Climate-Beneficial Foods with Limited-Edition, Small-Batch Honey Toasted Kernza® Cereal
Cascadian Farm™, a pioneer in the organic food movement, is working to advance climate-beneficial foods with the launch of its small-batch, limited-edition Honey Toasted Kernza® cereal. The brand has released…
This New Cereal and Beer share an Ingredient–and it’s Fighting Climate Change
When Patagonia decided to go into the beer business, part of the motivation was fighting climate change: The key ingredient in its beer, a grain called Kernza, is particularly good…
Outdoor Gear Company Patagonia Brews Up a New Sustainable Beer
Excerpt You might turn to Patagonia if you were in the market for a rugged duffel or a breathable, waterproof jacket. But did you know you can also turn to…
Patagonia Provisions Grows Its Beer Family With Long Root Wit
After almost three years, Patagonia is growing its beer family. The company’s food product line, Patagonia Provisions, has released its second beer, Long Root Wit. The sustainably focused company brews the beer…
In Twin Cities restaurants, artisan grain use is on the rise
…At a time when headlines about climate are grim, artisan grains are a key to growing a delicious and vibrant local food system. Rye, oats, barley, heritage wheat varieties, and…
Perennial grain crop – kernza – to be studied in Rice, Goodhue counties
One downside of our current production of grain crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, oats and barley is that these crops are annual crops, meaning that they need to be…
Millet anyone? Facing soil crisis, US farmers look beyond corn and soybeans
Shovel in hand, Duane Hager heads for his cornfield and digs up a shovelful of dirt, revealing wriggling earthworms. Although a pelting rain has soaked his gray T-shirt in seconds,…
The last harvest: My stepfather and the demise of the family farm
In August, my stepfather, Gord Will, announced that this fall would be his last harvest. At 72, and with each of those years spent on the vast agricultural plains in…