by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | News
Last July, Richards attended the Kneading Conference, a well-known gathering of artisan bakers in Skowhegan, Maine. There, she met other female bakers, who inspired the next chapter of her career. “I knew I wanted to do what they did, and in my community, and...
by admin | Apr 10, 2020 | News
Sirvinta. Einkorn. Black emmer. Red fife. They have been in Maine far longer than you have. These are just a few varieties of wheat that were a staple of the Maine diet for hundreds of years. Harvested by scythe, they were transported in horse-drawn wagon to the...
by admin | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Human societies need food – and that often means wheat, which was first cultivated more t han 12,000 years ago. Today, around one in five calories consumed by humans is from wheat. Over this time, humans have moved wheat species around the globe and transformed them...
by admin | Jun 26, 2017 | News
Start by renovating the town jail. Then add flour December 22nd , 2016 by Amy Halloran , New Food Economy Six years ago, Erik LeVine and his partner Rod Lane lost their cable service. They were drug addicts and the bill just didn’t get paid. Tapping in to their...
by admin | Jun 26, 2017 | News
The grant is one of four awards from the Maine Technology Institute’s Cluster Initiative Program BY DOUG HARLOW, STAFF WRITER, MORNING SENTINEL SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan-based Maine Grain Alliance got a boost this week with the announcement of a $50,000 grant...
by admin | Jun 7, 2016 | News
Sixteen Counties, the new beer from Allagash Brewing Co., sources all of its grains and malts from Maine. By Meredith Goad, Portland Press Herald In the world of wine, it’s fashionable to talk about terroir – that sense of place that local climate, soils and terrain...
