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SUPPORTING THE GRAIN COMMUNITY SINCE 2007

Upcoming Events

Spiking Your Cakes With Whole Grains

Date: October 27th
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Where: Zoom (link provided upon registration)
Cost: $50

Ready to elevate your cake game? Join Victoria Nam-Sonenstein, baker, cake artist, and owner of Siblings Bakery, for a hands-on virtual class that will transform how you bake with whole grains. Learn to create stunning cakes that are full of flavor and beautifully light in texture—just in time for the holiday season!

What You’ll Learn:

  • Techniques for incorporating whole grains into cakes without sacrificing texture.
  • How to pair the right grains with the perfect baking methods.
  • A live demonstration of a spiced whole grain chiffon cake with caramelized fruit compote and swiss buttercream.
  • Simple decorating tips to make your cakes shine.

Mastering Cracked Rye Bread: A Whole Grain, Nutritious, and Delicious Experience

December 7th, 2024 

4:00-6:00PM EST

Virtual – Zoom

Join Judith Lehnhardt, a self-taught sourdough baker from Germany, for an immersive workshop on crafting traditional German rye bread. Learn about rye flour’s unique characteristics, its health benefits, and the critical fermentation and timing processes essential for enhancing the flavor. This hands-on class is perfect for bakers of all levels, offering insights into kneading, shaping, and scoring rye dough. By the end, you’ll have a deeper appreciation of this ancient grain and the skills to bake nutritious, flavorful rye bread at home.

Integrating Organic Grains on Diversified Farms with Alister Holmes  

September 28, 2024

11:00-1:00pm – Educational workshop

1:00-3pm – Field Day Visit

156 Bog Road, Albion, ME, 04910

This free, two-part event led by Alister Holmes will showcase the organic grain operation of Misty Brook Farm. Starting off with a workshop presentation, Alister will discuss how the farm’s grain crops are woven into the broader system, such as grazing winter grains without sacrificing a harvest, employing pigs to fertilize their own feed crops, and utilizing the leftover straw for cattle bedding.

In the subsequent farm tour, attendees will be offered a first-hand look at the various grains being grown on the property and explore topics such as cover-cropping, no-till cultivation, and winter grain succession crops, followed by a pig feed milling demonstration.

Inspiring & Empowering Grain Community

 

Our Mission

To inspire & empower people who are building local grain economies. We create connections & share grain traditions & innovations from earth to table.

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Our Vision

We envision a world where local grain economies that are good for people and good for the planet can thrive.

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Our Current Programs

RARE & HERITAGE SEED RESTORATION

Our seed restoration project aims to restore rare and heritage variety grains by turning handfuls of carefully kept seed into commercially viable quantities for farms.

Grain & Baking Education

Our grain and baking education program provides live and online workshops, baking tips, free learning resources, videos, handbooks and more provided by experts in the field.

Supporting Grain Farms

The ability to handle and finish grain to meet top quality standards is critical on farms. This project will purchase equipment and demonstrate its best uses on seven farms throughout Maine.

Kneading Conference & Maine Artisan Bread Fair

The annual conference and fair held in Skowhegan, ME features two full days of intensive workshops on grain topics and hands-on baking experiences where participants rub elbows with the some of the world’s most acclaimed bakers & chefs. 

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The MGA provides funds need-based technical assistance and equipment helping grain-based business owners secure economic opportunities. Most revently, the MGA has offered two rounds of Emergency Relief Funding in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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