If you are in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, June 28, please join us in celebrating our favorite ancient grain! The event takes place at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, 8502 Mineral Point Road, Verona, WI from 9am to 2pm (lunch provided for those that register by June 25). This educational + festive day will include field tours, an update on the exciting new national organic, hull-less barley project, a barley-centric lunch, guest speakers, and more! Come learn, meet new friends, visit with fellow grain movers & shakers and enjoy a delicious lunch from JOON. There is no cost to attend, but you must register by June 25 to receive lunch at https://barleyday2019.bpt.me.
News
There will be a barley field day on June 24th, 2019 from 130-4PM at the Lewis-Brown Farm: 33329 Peoria Rd, Corvallis, OR 97333. The event is free and open to the public and will include discussions on:
• Breeding trials
• End-use quality research
• Disease and weed management
March 15, 2019. University of Wisconsin news article about how fifth-grade students are learning about plant growth by doing experiments with naked barley in their classrooms. Read the article at https://news.wisc.edu/barley-reveals-plant-science-to-fifth-graders/
The 2019 Craft Malt Conference will take place February 2nd and 3rd, 2019, in Bozeman, Montana at Montana State University. The 2019 Craft Malt Conference will feature workshops and seminars on the latest research, topics, and best practices relevant to those in the craft malt supply chain. Find out more at https://craftmalting.com/2019-craft-malt-conference/
The 7th annual Cascadia Grains Conference is coming up on January 18th & 19th, 2019 in Olympia, WA bringing together over 400 participants, convening and connecting growers, processors, brokers, investors, and policy-makers across the grains value chain. Find out more at https://www.cascadiagrains.com/
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET ($50) Click here to learn more and register
Tue, September 25, 2018, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Please join GrowNYC and the Greenmarket Regional Grains Project for this very special event exploring the region’s first hull-less barley. This gathering will give professionals in the food and beverage sector, especially those with a keen interest in the development of regionally grown grains, the chance to learn how to work with an exciting new type of one of the oldest known domesticated crops.
Come hear about the first-year harvest of barley variety trials being grown as part of the three-year grant project, “Developing Multi-use Naked Barley for Organic Farming Systems,” from GRGP and its research partners at Oregon State University and Cornell University. Taste malt “teas” with OSU’s Brigid Meints. Learn about varieties like the aptly named “buck” and “streaker,” and sample the culinary creations of food and crop scientist Dr. Andrew Ross of OSU.
Originally cultivated for human consumption, barley has become important for many uses over the millennia and is prized for its versatility. Its three main uses today are feed, food and malting. Barley is the fourth most important cereal crop in the world and the second most widely grown organic small grain in the United States. Through these trials and sensory evaluations, GRGP and its partners are working to bring new viable barley varieties to market, giving our farmers more options to diversify crops, and a broader palate of flavors for chefs, bakers and brewers to experiment with.
THIS IS AN EVENT GEARED TOWARD INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, SPACE IS VERY LIMITED FOR $50 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
Learn about the history of beer and barley with this animated timeline from Oregon's Agricultural Progress, published by Oregon State University. https://oap.oregonstate.edu/2018/08/22/evolution-of-beer/.
"Buck" Naked barley features in the USDA NIFA "Fresh from the Field" newsletter on February 22, 2018. Read the article and watch the video from 24H News at https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDANIFA/bulletins/1db7acf
Oregon State University is leading a five-state initiative researching naked barley as a viable organic crop. January 30, 2018: Article in the Capital Press by George Plaven. Read the article at http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20180130/naked-barley-flashes-potential-versatility
Funding
This project was funded in 2017 by the NIFA Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Grant number 2017-51300-26809. In 2020, a second grant, Developing Multi-Use Naked Barley for Organic Systems II was awarded funding: Grant number 2020-51300-32179. In 2023, a third grant was awarded funding: Grant number 2023-51300-40964.