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March 8, 2025
Michigan farm integrates livestock with a diverse array of grains and dry beans grown with regenerative, organic practices
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February 8, 2025
Madison, WI bakery a favorite for breads and pastries while also milling and actively engaging in grain breeding efforts.
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January 12, 2025
Illinois farmers diversify with distilling and new tasting room
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November 16, 2024
Jessica and Erika Jones, of Giant Jones Brewing in Madison, spent a week of October 2024 in Denver as judges and pouring their beers as part of the Great American Beer Festival. Below is their account of the experience.
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October 20, 2024
Father and daughter team grow and mill Ohio grains.
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August 25, 2024
Ohio family mills “farm to table flour” and raises local grain awareness.
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July 29, 2024
The origin, objectives, process, and findings — consumer insights to help regional grain farmers, processors and end-users better educate eaters about regional grains.
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July 21, 2024
Iowa baker forgoes engineering career for her American Dream
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June 20, 2024
Chaska, MN brewery strives to connect back to the land as part of their heritage brewing
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May 17, 2024
Serving farmers since 1985 with farmer-led research and education focused on farm viability and stewardship of land and resources.
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April 21, 2024
A Wisconsin bakery committed to baking small batches of long-fermented sourdough breads using 100% organic grains grown and stone milled in Wisconsin.
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March 31, 2024
Farming and feeding community with accessible staple foods
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February 26, 2024
Farm-to-kitchen-to-brewery-to-table and so much more, this Michigan enterprise is an "agricultural project at its core."
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January 28, 2024
Sixth-generation family farm near Moorhead, MN is committed to organic agriculture and healthy rural communities.
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November 19, 2023
Wisconsin café, bakery, and market is working to change sourcing patterns
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October 20, 2023
Regional nonprofit is working to catalyze a regenerative revolution in farming
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September 17, 2023
These miller/bakers work directly with farmers, bringing human-scale milling back to the "Mill City" (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
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September 6, 2023
In early 2023, AGC released our first-ever Annual Member Survey. This survey will serve as the baseline for AGC to measure our impact.
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August 25, 2023
Filling their first barrels with whiskey in early 2020, this distillery is a family’s shared dream turned reality, down to the tasting room and weekly line-up of live music.
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July 30, 2023
Certified organic staple crops farm near Moorhead, Minnesota fosters a wide range of farmers and farmer training
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July 29, 2023
Highlights from AGC's consumer survey on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to grain
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June 26, 2023
A bakery dedicated to regionally grown, fresh flour and serving up traditionally-inspired bakery to Chicago's Andersonville community and beyond.
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April 23, 2023
Specialty grocer Dorothy Lane Market contracts over 50 acres of grain for their artisan bakehouse, serving their three locations in western Ohio.
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March 19, 2023
C3 Seeds serves a need for certified seed and critical seed-cleaning for grain in Southwest Michigan.
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February 28, 2023
Gluten Free beers don't have to sacrifice flavor, and this Madison, WI brewery is out to prove it.
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February 21, 2023
How many newsletters do you read from AGC members? Check this list for a hint at what you might be missing! Photo: Winter barley from Linda Halley, Gwenyn Hill Farm
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January 30, 2023
Perennial Pantry is bringing perennial grain into kitchens in a delicious way. Pictured: products from their monthly CSA offering from November 2022
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October 16, 2022
Minnesota distillery highlights regionality. Photo: Starr Gazers Photography
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October 2, 2022
Providing opportunities for farmer-to-farmer connection is one of MiAA’s main program areas.
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August 30, 2022
The third generation family & employee-owned seed company began in Albert Lea, Minnesota in 1923, and is still focused on customer service and a commitment to serve all types of farms.
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August 7, 2022
Zingerman's Bakehouse has been working to build partnerships to advance regional grains. Shown above is their 8-grain 3-seed loaf, made with Michigan grains.
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July 10, 2022
Dobra had worked in a variety of Chicago bakeries, and didn’t care for the ingredients she had to use. Growing up in Poland, she knew a different approach.
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June 26, 2022
Ohio Till Farmstead is a farm that very much wanted to happen, and through many tendrils of research and spider-webbing, Tim and Michelle have brought their vision to its beginning.
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June 5, 2022
Middle Brow began as a philanthropic brewery, donating most-to-all of what they earned to social justice groups. In 2017, they landed in Chicago's Logan Square, then opened Bungalow in 2019 with the addition of a bakery and pizza oven.
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May 15, 2022
Jeff’s initial idea was to build a small oven behind the barn at Cress Spring Farm and occasionally bake bread for friends. It took a few years for his plans to ferment, and over that period the vision turned into a full fledged bakery.
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May 1, 2022
The name Long Table comes from Samuel’s vision of food that goes back generations, and forward, too.
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April 10, 2022
Iowa Food Hub (IFH) is a navigator and match-maker that provides locally-grown food to schools, colleges, restaurants, and grocery stores in and around Decorah, Iowa.
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April 8, 2022
Developing AGC's first strategic plan was a nine-month process guided by input from 90+ AGC members across the Midwest grain value chain.
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March 27, 2022
Janie's Farm and Mill in Danforth and Ashkum, IL produces organic, stone-milled heritage and whole grain flours for wholesale and retail markets throughout the Midwest and beyond.
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March 6, 2022
Seven Sundays is an exemplary business not just for its growth, but in how it has grown. From the start, Hannah prioritized working directly with farmers whenever possible, finding new and thoughtful routes to ingredients, and authentically telling the brand’s unique story.
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February 20, 2022
The fifth-generation caretaker of his family farm, Jon Branstrator is currently growing heritage varieties of grains and squash on 175 acres in Southwest Ohio.
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February 6, 2022
Michele now mills grains from nearby AGC members A-Frame, Ben Penner, and Askegaard Farms into flour on-site, and bakes sourdough loaves she sells locally and ships all over the country.
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January 23, 2022
As places like State Line use grains grown nearby, they're modeling what it takes to link spirits directly to the land "grain to glass", demonstrating the worth of this pursuit, and carving a path for others to follow.
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January 21, 2022
A report on the practice of supporting regional grain economies through farmers' market policy
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November 21, 2021
One of the many management decisions involved with raising small grains is whether to purchase federal crop insurance. A new guide from the Center for Rural Affairs sheds light on the options available for crops such as wheat, oats, barley, and rye.
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October 3, 2021
AGC seeks a Network Engagement Manager to create and execute a cohesive strategy for AGC member engagement and network building. Position is full-time or 0.75 FTE, with an anticipated start date of December 1, 2021.
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September 10, 2021
A panel discussion held July 28, 2021 during the Maine Grain Alliance's Kneading Equity Conference
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August 30, 2021
“Understanding FSMA's Preventive Controls Rule: A Guide for Grain Businesses” empowers grain farmers, processors, and food manufacturers to understand and comply with federal food safety laws.
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June 6, 2021
East Troy, WI organization works to support local food systems and sustainable farmers
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April 11, 2021
Michigan farm's alternative crop makes popular value-added product
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March 14, 2021
Wisconsin farm adds mill built from community, for community
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November 15, 2020
Michigan bakery startup built on serving community
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November 1, 2020
Wisconsin brewery passionate about being certified organic and supporting the community.
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October 18, 2020
Illinois farm run by woman committed to plant breeding efforts
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May 10, 2020
Member profile of Big Green’s school garden curriculum and new home learning resources
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April 24, 2020
An interview with Luke Peterson of A-Frame Farm
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April 12, 2020
Discussion of craft malt and craft beer
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March 24, 2020
Links to physical and online grain resources for the pandemic
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Thoughts from the January 2020 Cascadia Grains conference
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Resources and a celebration of sourdough prompted by the Real Bread Campaign
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An Interview with Bob Quinn, author of Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food
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James Beard Award-winning author Beth Dooley on AGC’s Minnesota Grains Gathering and the region’s artisan grains surge
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Introduction to thinking about our roles in a sustainable food system; hands-on learning from AGC members
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Announcement of funding to support the introduction of small-batch artisan grains into the Chicago region
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