Grain Project promotes crop diversity as key to food security

August 26, 2021 — With climate change, the current drought conditions could be here to stay. That means the ability to experiment with unfamiliar crops could be key for local farmers. Rachel Britten is the owner of the Mendocino Grain Project, which provides a variety of services to small grain farmers in the northern California region. They’ll harvest crops, clean them, and distribute them, so each farmer doesn’t have to invest in machines for something they may only want to plant every few years on a couple of acres. We’ll hear from Britten and John LaBoyteaux, a grain farmer who grows varieties both ancient and modern to contribute to the diversity that’s essential to food security.