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An interactive online celebration of value-added small grains for farmers, bakers, brewers, distillers, millers, maltsters, and consumers: GRAINS WEEK! Featuring the national collaborative work of the Culinary Breeding Network, Oregon State University, Cornell University, UW-Madison, eOrganic, the Artisan Grain Collaborative, GrowNYC Grains, Cascadia Grains and the WSU Food Systems Program.
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To watch sessions LIVE, go to the Culinary Breeding Network YouTube channel.
All times are in PACIFIC. All sessions will be recorded and can be watched on YouTube afterward.
Monday, May 3
10AM - NAKED BARLEY FOR MALTING, BREWING & DISTILLING WITH BRIGID MEINTS & CRISTIANA VALLEJOS, OSU
11AM - CRAFT MALTING COAST TO COAST WITH JESSE BUSSARD OF CRAFT MALTSTERS GUILD + MALTSTERS FROM BLUE OX MALTHOUSE (MAINE), LINC MALT (WASHINGTON) & NIAGARA MALT (NEW YORK)
12PM - SCOTCH: BREWING & DISTILLING GRAINS WITH MARGARETT WATERBURY (AUTHOR OF SCOTCH: A COMPLETE INTRODUCTION TO SCOTLAND’S WHISKIES), ANDY GARRISON (STONE BARN BRANDYWORKS) & DOUGLAS TAYLOR (BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY)
1PM - RESEARCH UPDATES: BARLEY! WITH MARK SORRELLS (CORNELL) BRIGID MEINTS & PAT HAYES (OSU), KEVIN SMITH (U OF MINNESOTA) & BOB BRUEGGEMAN (WSU)
2PM - BLACK BREW CULTURE PRESENTS GRAINS TO GLASS: A NEW NARRATIVE IN CRAFT BEER SOURCING WITH MIKE POTTER (BLACK BREW CULTURE), DREUX DILLINGHAM & RODNEY HINES (MÉTIER BREWING COMPANY), BIL THORN (SKY ISLAND FARM)
3PM - HAPPY HOUR: NORTHEAST EMPIRE RYE WITH JUNE RUSSELL (GLYNWOOD) & TOM POTTER (NEW YORK DISTILLING CO.)
Tuesday, May 4
10AM - SENSORY EVALUATIONS WITH JULIE DAWSON (U OF WISCONSIN), MARK SORRELLS (CORNELL), JUNE RUSSELL (GLYNWOOD) & BRIGID MEINTS (OSU)
11AM - NUTRITIONAL QUALITY & DENSITY WITH JORDYN BUNTING, ANDREW ROSS, & BRIGID MEINTS (OSU), MARTINE PETEY PERRIGUE & JULIANNE KELLOGG (WSU)
12PM - GLUTEN AND FODMAPS WITH ANDREW ROSS (OSU), JULIE DAWSON (U OF WISCONSIN) + ALYSSA HARTMAN (ARTISAN GRAIN COLLABORATIVE)
1PM - RESEARCH UPDATES: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WITH JULIE DAWSON (U OF WISCONSIN) & LANE SELMAN (CBN)
2PM - MOTHER GRAINS WITH ROXANA JULLAPAT WITH ROXANA JULLAPAT (AUTHOR OF “MOTHER GRAINS” & COFOUNDER OF FRIENDS & FAMILY RESTAURANT) & NAN KOEHLER (GRIST & TOLL)
3PM - HAPPY HOUR: NORTHWEST WITH BRIAN JOHNSON (MOONRAKER BREWING), DAVE COYNE (FORT GEORGE BREWERY), SHAYLENE ANDERSON (ANDERSON ORGANICS), CHRIS BAUM (VARIETAL BREWING)
Wednesday, May 5
10AM - GRAINS IN ITALY WITH LAURA LAZZARONI (AUTHOR & BAKER)
11AM - BUCKWHEAT ADAPTATION & POTENTIAL WITH KLAAS MARTENS (LAKEVIEW ORGANIC GRAIN) & RACHEL BRESLAUER (WSU SUSTAINABLE SEED SYSTEMS LAB)
12PM - MARKET UPDATES: TALES FROM THE FRONTLINES, END USE & PROCESSING WITH LEO BALLERINI & JULIA RAGGIO (GROWNYC GRAINS), JAMES HENDERSON (HUMMINGBIRD WHOLESALE), HALEE WEPKING (MEADOWLARK ORGANICS), HAROLD WILKEN (JANIE’S MILL)
1PM - DIVERSIFYING NORTHWESTERN FIELDS AND PALATES - A WSARE PROJECT INVESTIGATING PROSO MILLET AND BUCKWHEAT WITH JULIANNE KELLOGG & EVAN CRAINE (WSU SUSTAINABLE SEED SYSTEMS LAB), MONY EK, STEPHEN BRAMWELL, JUSTIN O’DEA (WSU), JONI KINDWALL-MOORE (SNACKTIVIST), JASON BISHOP (LIVING HERITAGE FARM)
2PM - HEIRLOOM GRAINS IN MODERN TIMES WITH SARAH OWENS (AUTHOR & BAKER) & RICHARD HANSEN (TEJIENDO ALIANZAS)
3PM - HAPPY HOUR: CORN! WITH PEDRO & ADRIANA FERBEL-AZCARATE (THREE SISTERS NIXTAMAL) & NEFTALI DURAN (ICOLLECTIVE)
Thursday, May 6
10AM - MANAGING SMUT & BUNT IN ORGANIC GRAINS WITH GARY BERGSTROM (CORNELL), HEATHER DARBY & ANN HAZELRIGG (U OF VERMONT), JULIE DAWSON (U OF WISCONSIN), BRIGID MEINTS (OSU)
11AM - MANAGING FOR WEED CONTROL: LATEST RESEARCH AND TOOLS ON PHYSICAL WEED CONTROL IN ORGANIC CEREALS WITH ERIC GALLANDT (U OF MAINE), MARK SORRELLS (CORNELL)
12PM - AGRONOMIC RESEARCH: PLANTING DATES & RATES, FERTILITY (MANAGEMENT TO MINIMIZE WINTER KILL) WITH MATT LEAVITT (ALBERT LEA SEED), ELLEN MALLORY (U OF MAINE), JULIE DAWSON (U OF WISCONSIN-MADISON), HEATHER DARBY (U OF VERMONT)
1PM - RESEARCH UPDATE: NO-TILL ORGANIC PANEL WITH KLAAS MARTENS (LAKEVIEW ORGANIC GRAIN), ERIN SILVA (U OF WISCONSIN-MADISON), & HEATHER DARBY (U OF VERMONT)
2PM - HISTORY OF FLOUR WITH ADRIAN HALE (COMMUNAL TABLE)
3PM - HAPPY HOUR: ANDREW CALABRESE & GRAIN CHANGERS WITH ANDREW CALABRESE (U OF COLORADO) & LANE SELMAN
Friday, May 7
10AM - ROTATIONAL CROPS FOR DIVERSIFIED MARKET CHANNELS WITH MARY-HOWELL MARTENS (LAKEVIEW ORGANIC GRAIN)
11AM - BOOK TALK: SOUTHERN GROUND WITH JENNIFER LAPIDUS (CAROLINA GROUND)
12PM - VALUE CHAIN UPDATES: GROWNYC & GLYNWOOD, COMMON GRAIN ALLIANCE, NORTHEAST GRAINSHED ALLIANCE
1PM - VALUE CHAIN UPDATES: ARTISAN GRAIN COLLABORATIVE, APPALACHIAN STAPLE FOODS
2PM - VALUE CHAIN UPDATES: FARMER MAI NGUYEN, CASCADIA GRAINS, HAKI FARMERS COLLECTIVE
2:50PM - VIRTUAL CHEERS TO A GREAT & GRAIN-FILLED WEEK!
GRAINS WEEK is brought to you by two USDA-NIFA-OREI-funded grants: “Developing Multi-Use Naked Barley for Organic Farming Systems II” (Award nos. 2017-51300-26809 and 2020-51300-32179) and “Value-Added Grains for Local and Regional Food Systems II” (Award no. 2020-51300-32379)
