Inland Northwest Artisan Grains Podcast: Unpacking the Grain Shed

On this episode of Field to Flour we talk with Angela Kora, owner and bakery manager at Ethos Bakery and Café in Tri-Cities, WA. Join us as Angela chronicles the evolution of Ethos as it is today and how change makers are paving the way for the development of local and regional grain economies.

Join us for Episode 7 of Field to flour, where we talk to Garrett and Jessica Moon of Moon Family Farm in Horse Heaven, WA. Follow along as we discuss implementing regenerative practices on their third-generation dryland grain farm and their transition from commodity to local and regional markets.

Join us as we continue our conversation with Sage Dilts and Nathan Hodges from Barn Owl Bakery and Steve Lillestol from Island Grist on Lopez Island about choosing and baking with locally adapted artisan grains.

Join us for Episode 5 of Field to Flour, where we talk with Steve Lillestol of Island Grist, and Nathan Hodges and Sage Dilts of Barn Owl Bakery and Grayling Farm on Lopez Island, WA. Steve, Nathan, and Sage work together to source, grow, and process grain into fresh-milled flour that is used by Nathan and Sage to make delicious breads and pastries at Barn Owl Bakery.

On this episode of Field to Flour, we talk with Missy LeDuc, co-owner of The Mazama Store in north central Washington. The store sells locally sourced retail products and houses an artisan bakery that uses mill-to-order flour from Bluebird Grain Farms, in Winthrop, Washington.

On episode 3 of "Field to Flour" we talk with Brooke Lucy from Bluebird Grain Farms. Brooke and her husband Sam started Bluebird Grain Farms in 2004 after Sam's land reclamation work and realizing that there were few options for Washingtonians to buy locally produced, organic flour. Through their farm and mill, they offer whole grain berries, freshly milled flour, and mills to their community and regional markets.

In episode 2 of "Field to Flour," we talk with Phillip Massey, baker and owner of Bread Riot Bakehouse in Salt Lake City, UT. Phillip has used flour from Hillside Grain from it's genesis and is an advocate for using fresh-milled flour. Join us as Phillip describes his journey into baking full time with local grains.

Welcome to the first episode of "Field to Flour" where we talk with Brett Stevenson, owner of Hillside Grain in Sun Valley, ID. Listen along as Brett shares her story of discovering and incorporating artisan grain varieties and milling into her family's grain operation.

Welcome to season 2, Field to Flour! This season, we explore the world of farm-fresh flour and how this value-added product is transforming farms, bakeries, and marketplaces in the region.

In this final episode of the “Unpacking the Grain Shed” series, we speak with Dan Barber, chef and co-owner of Blue Hill, Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, and author of The Third Plate, Kevin Murphy, director of the Sustainable Seed Systems Lab at Washington State University in Pullman, WA, Amy Halloran, author and activist from Troy, NY, and Don Scheuerman, co-founder of Palouse Heritage and The Grain Shed.  In this episode we explore the concept of an ecological food culture, interest in artisan grains, the importance of culinary breeding networks and chef-breeder partnerships.  We finish by looking at how The Grain Shed model can be applied in other communities and the effect it can have on the future of the artisan grain movement.