As featured last spring in the New York Times opinion piece by Timothy Wu, local grain economies hold promise for knitting rural communities together, creating jobs, and ensuring resiliency through tough times. Resurgent local grain economies are realizing the power to build entrepreneurial ecosystems for strong community connections and success. The rural regions in which grain production happens are essential to the nearby urban population centers, and urban markets that spend their dollars on regionally grown purchases together, demonstrate a framework for growth and change in our dynamic food system. Presented by Amber Lambke, co-founder of the Maine Grain Alliance in 2007 and Maine Grains, Inc. (2012), a gristmill in downtown Skowhegan, ME housed in a repurposed Victorian jailhouse.
Presented by the Hight Family of Dealerships
