Meet the Distiller Dedicated to Reviving Heirloom Grains
via Modern Farmer
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Posted July 18, 2022 9:28 pm
Interesting article that focuses more on the distillery area of the grain chain, but the sentiment below goes for bakers as well. If you can't grow your own grains, get to know your farmers.
Swanson encourages other distillers to get as involved as they can in the agricultural side of the process. Some, like him, might be able to grow their own grain, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Others might not have that opportunity, but he would encourage them to buy local grains and speak with the farmers about which variety they use and why. By developing the agricultural side of distilling, the end user experience gets better and better.
We are seeing a number of direct baker-to-farmer relationships in our region out here in Colorado, but we have yet to see these relationships facilitated through any sort of centralized market or exchange. Most of these relationships are simply one-to-one, which from my perspective is not sustainable or scalable for any given farmer. We definitely want to help grow a grain exchange marketplace wherever and however we can.
