2020 Cascadia Grains Conference

January 17th & 18th, 2020 (Seattle and Olympia, WA)

• Building a Regional Grain Economy - Rob Salvino, Ben Campbell, Adrian Hale, Katherine Kehrli

• Building a Regional Grain Economy - Kathrine Kehrli

• Farm to School: Connecting to Whole Grains - Chris Iberle

• Farm to School: Connecting to Whole Grains - Lola Milholland

• Farm to School: Connecting to Whole Grains - Steve Crider

• Student Research Update - Jordyn Bunting

• Tell Your Story Sell Your Story - Chris Knudson

2019 Inland Northwest Artisan Grains Conference

July 12th - 13th, 2019 (Moscow, ID and Pullman, WA)

• Branding and Marketing Your Artisan Grains Business - Melinda Schab

• Branding and Marketing Your Artisan Grains Business - Phil Neumann

• Craft Malting: A Value-Added Link - Evan Craine

• Cropping Systems - Julianne Kellogg

• Creating Consumer Demand - Colette DePhelps

• Cover Crop Rotations and Sustainability - Julianne Kellogg

• Farm to School Potential for the Regional Grain Movement - Meg Gollnick

• Farm to School Potential for the Regional Grain Movement - Steve Crider

• Financial Resources For Your Artisan Start-Up - Andrea Sherry Palmieri

• Financial Resources For Your Artisan Start-Up - Jesika Harper

• Heritage Grain Production: A New Market Horizon - Brennan Henry Allsworth

• Heritage Grain Production: A New Market Horizon - Don and Richard Scheuerman

• Hot Steep Malt Sensory Exploration - Evan Craine

• Keynote: Aaron Macleod Hartwick College of Craft Food and Beverage

• Regenerative Ag: Consumer Demand and Best Practice

• Regenerative Ag: Consumer Demand and Best Practice - Don Scheuerman

• Starting Your Own Artisan Bakery - Mathieu Choux

2019 CASCADIA GRAINS CONFERENCE

January 18th & 19th, 2019 (Seattle and Olympia, WA)

2019 Presentations

• Layton Ashmore: 2017 Barley analysis summary

• Layton Ashmore: Introduction to flavor analysis

• Joshua Merced: Equity in the grain system

• Cortney morentin: Vertical Integration and coops

• Cortney Morentin: BAKERs’ panel

• Justin o’dea: intro to cereal production

• David richter: intro to malting

• rob salvino: bakers’ panel

Cascadia Grains opted for a whole new take on the traditional 300-person conference in 2021…

WATCH GRAINS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

An interactive online educational event featuring research, information, community sustainability and health of regional value-added small grain economies for farmers, bakers, brewers, distillers, millers, maltsters, and consumers.

Questions?
Reach out to Aba Kiser cascadia.grains@wsu.edu or (360)379-5610 ext 211

flour hour!

Saturday, May 9th from 1-2pm PST on Zoom. This tri-state event was a collaboration of the California Grain Campaign (CA), PDX Whole Grain Bakers Guild (OR) and Cascadia Grains (WA). Each group addressed topics of grains and flours, and highlighting regional resources for grains in a fun, virtual community setting. tri-state simulcast in collaboration with the California Grain Campaign & the PDX Whole Grain Bakers to discuss the nuances of local flour and why it matters…

 Initiatives across the nation!

Artisan Grains Collaborative

Appalachian Staple Food Collaborative

California Grain Campaign

Chicago Bread Club

Common Grain Alliance

GrowNYC Greenmarkets Regional Grains Project

Maine Grain Alliance

Northwest Bread Bakers

PDX Whole Grain Bakers

Philadelphia Grain Malt Symposium

Practical Farmers of Iowa: Small Grains Conference

Rocky Mountain Heritage Grain Trials Project

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: Grain School

University of Vermont: Grain Growers Conference

WSU Food Systems: Cascadia Grains Conference

WSU Bread Lab: Grain Gathering

The Whole Grain Connection