Organic farmers and traditional bakersworking
together to develop delicious artisan wheats
Funded by NESARE Contact: growseed@yahoo.com
'Northeast Organic Wheat' is an initiative to develop
local wheat-to-bread systems by advancing the knowledge and skills
of on-farm breeding and selection for locally-adapted wheats for
high quality artisan products. Our goal is to foster the local
networks, skills, tools and seeds for climate resilient, diversified,
small-scale farming systems. We will disseminate our methodologies,
improved wheat genepools and results to researchers, cooperative
extension, organic farmers, and foster regional market partnerships.
This project represents a community-based approach to strengthen
a NE regional grain system. Seeds availalble on: growseed.org/seed.html
Modern wheat bred for uniformity and yield, dwarfed
to not lodge with synthetic N, but lower in nutrition and flavor.
Breugel,
Harveters 15c
Heritage wheat with large roots to absorb organic
nutrients, tall for photosynthesis and delicious flavor.
Each state state in the Northeast has a unique heritage
of wheat. After researching 1700 and 1800 wheats, we discovered
Cyrus Pringle's Vermont-bred wheats, the Baltic and Siberian wheats
grown in Maine, 'Red Lammas' the first wheat grown in colonial
Massachusetts and Elbert Carmen's 'Rural New Yorker' all
of which are well-adapted to each state's climate.
Kansas
Wheat Commission
Breugel,
Harveters 15c
'Red Lammas'
1st wheat in colonial MA
