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  • From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Heritage Wheat
  • Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:42:44 -0500

Wyatt

Doing similar things here but with corn.  I get 24 kernels of Hickory Cane and then I need to propagate and seed save for four years before I can plant a full acre.  Ii would talk with OSU Extension (they have a fairly extensive organic grains research group) and Mark Fromeyer at Blue Oven Bakery.  Mark has tried Turkey Wheat and found it to be troublesome with lodging issues and poor yields.  He's got something now that he is growing that he supposedly has good success with but I am not privy to what it is.  We are south of I-70 which tends to be the historical line dividing regions that can consistently grow soft and hard wheats.  We get enough moisture down by us that hard wheats have it a bit tougher. You and I are also lucky to have the OEFFA Grain Growers Chapter too which is a bit more focused on organic feed stocks than heirloom cultivars.  There is a HUGE support structure for spelt as well as Ohio has become the first or second largest producer of it in the U.S.  The quality is good enough that we are selling it Switzerland who sort of sets the bar for spelt.

I am currently just growing a soft red winter wheat hybrid zero spray.  Nothing fancy but it allows me to cut my teeth on wheat handling and we mill it so it becomes valuable quickly.  Heck, we are even selling wheat berries at Whole Foods Market now in their bulk section.  This next year is going to black turtle beans for the first time in three years and I cannot wait.   Keep us in the loop if you need buyers I think we have a lot of folks down here in the Cincinnati area that would like a hard wheat with lots of gluten.   I can also share some of the smaller grain handling issues we've run into and how we have (or have not) dealt with them. 

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

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