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| A years' worth of grains: Properly stored, they have a long shelf life. |
- Freshness- These grains are freshly harvested and sold to customers shortly after that. No need to build extra silos to hold the grain or to use fumigants to prevent rats from eating the grain stored there. Grains that are packaged may be years old before you buy them.
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| Freshly harvested grains. |
- Organic Practices- Herbicides and pesticides harm our bodies and pollute our soil and water supply.
- Pay the farmer directly- This allow farmers to be paid a fair wage (avoids the middleman) and may encourage more people to enter this life supporting profession. This allows farmland to stay farmland and residents to have access to locally grown grains.
- Whole Grains-Whole grain flour is often not really 100% whole grain; the wheat germ and some of the bran is often removed from "whole grain" flour hence removing nutrients as well.
- Delicious- Helga is trying heirloom varieties of grain that she never heard of before and has been testing delicious recipes from the localgrain.org website.
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| Making blue corn tortillas. |
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| Homemade whole grain bread. |
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| Freshly made bagels. |
- Heirloom varieties- They are varieties you may not find anywhere else and are adapted to the New England climate. Farmers save their seeds annually and the plants (and seeds) continue to adapt over time to the changing climate.
- Zero packaging- Shes bring her own containers. No problem.
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| BYOC- Bring your own containers. |
- Grain shares are still available at Localgrain.org. grains are picked up in Amherst, MA in January.
