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Meet Mad Agriculture

On the farming front, as a nation we need to rebuild sustainable regional food systems and grain chains so that small food businesses like ours can source ingredients as locally as possible. For farms to convert from commodity agricultural practices and business models, they need help. That's where Mad Ag comes in:

After over a year of documenting our work in the regenerative community, we are thrilled to be releasing this short film about who we are, who we work with, and what we do. In short—this is us, these are our people, and this is our story. Welcome to the revolution.

Mad Agriculture's Grain Revival Guide

Another great resource find for here in Colorado's Front Range:

The Grain Revival Guide is an evolving, holistic, and comprehensive collection of resources on the Front Range grain revival movement. This guide will provide anyone from farmers, to buyers, to consumers, with the stories and science behind ancient and heritage grains, as well as offer resources on how to support the movement and participate in our growing, vibrant local grain economy.

An Examination of Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing & Distilling Industries

Thomas Toth & Mad Agriculture have released a report examining Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing and Distilling Industries.

This in-depth research pulls together many of the threads of the local supply chain to holistically investigate the case for regionally sourced grain.

I just saw this post from Mad Agriculture on Instagram and immediately had to post it here...even before reading the full document myself. A quick skim already verifies that the report is a treasure trove of information. The topic is very near and dear to our hearts since we want to help do our "digital" part in helping grow the regional Grain Chain out here in Colorado. 

I will share this one quote from the report, which is exactly the piece we've been trying to work towards helping facilitate, in part through this site:

To move beyond that, he sees a need for greater scale and greater organization. He doesn’t necessarily envision a trade organization, but possibly a marketplace or a forum for growers or buyers to band together and create enough demand or enough supply to move the needle. “We need an opportunity to have the conversation,” he said.

We have the start of that system, the digital portion anyways, right here. We actually have made some connections recently, so we hope to have more news to share in the coming months.

Great stuff!

Mad About Front Range Grains

Luckily, there is a growing movement of farmers, millers, bakers, chefs, scientists, and activists in Colorado who are working to revive ancient and heritage grains for our health, the environment, and the local economy.

I've known about Mad Ag for some time now and had recently posted them to our site a couple weeks back, but I just checked out their site again and came across this article they posted back in June. The article is packed to the rafters with information about grains, the local Grain Chain movement here in the Front Range...and much more than I can summarize here. Definitely worth the read.

Rebuilding Our Local Grain Economy

Wonderful article from our local version of Edible magazine covering the background of the Colorado Grain Chain. If you are getting into the Front Range grain scene or if you just want an example of what is behind these national movements around rebuilding local and regional food systems, this is a good place to start.
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News & Media

Meet Mad Agriculture

On the farming front, as a nation we need to rebuild sustainable regional food systems and grain chains so that small food businesses like ours can source ingredients as locally as possible. For farms to convert from commodity agricultural practices and business models, they need help. That's where Mad Ag comes in:

After over a year of documenting our work in the regenerative community, we are thrilled to be releasing this short film about who we are, who we work with, and what we do. In short—this is us, these are our people, and this is our story. Welcome to the revolution.

Mad Agriculture's Grain Revival Guide

Another great resource find for here in Colorado's Front Range:

The Grain Revival Guide is an evolving, holistic, and comprehensive collection of resources on the Front Range grain revival movement. This guide will provide anyone from farmers, to buyers, to consumers, with the stories and science behind ancient and heritage grains, as well as offer resources on how to support the movement and participate in our growing, vibrant local grain economy.

An Examination of Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing & Distilling Industries

Thomas Toth & Mad Agriculture have released a report examining Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing and Distilling Industries.

This in-depth research pulls together many of the threads of the local supply chain to holistically investigate the case for regionally sourced grain.

I just saw this post from Mad Agriculture on Instagram and immediately had to post it here...even before reading the full document myself. A quick skim already verifies that the report is a treasure trove of information. The topic is very near and dear to our hearts since we want to help do our "digital" part in helping grow the regional Grain Chain out here in Colorado. 

I will share this one quote from the report, which is exactly the piece we've been trying to work towards helping facilitate, in part through this site:

To move beyond that, he sees a need for greater scale and greater organization. He doesn’t necessarily envision a trade organization, but possibly a marketplace or a forum for growers or buyers to band together and create enough demand or enough supply to move the needle. “We need an opportunity to have the conversation,” he said.

We have the start of that system, the digital portion anyways, right here. We actually have made some connections recently, so we hope to have more news to share in the coming months.

Great stuff!

Mad About Front Range Grains

Luckily, there is a growing movement of farmers, millers, bakers, chefs, scientists, and activists in Colorado who are working to revive ancient and heritage grains for our health, the environment, and the local economy.

I've known about Mad Ag for some time now and had recently posted them to our site a couple weeks back, but I just checked out their site again and came across this article they posted back in June. The article is packed to the rafters with information about grains, the local Grain Chain movement here in the Front Range...and much more than I can summarize here. Definitely worth the read.

Rebuilding Our Local Grain Economy

Wonderful article from our local version of Edible magazine covering the background of the Colorado Grain Chain. If you are getting into the Front Range grain scene or if you just want an example of what is behind these national movements around rebuilding local and regional food systems, this is a good place to start.
Curator's Notes
Updated record and published to site.
General event, Posted by Paul Bonneville November 20, 2021
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