Join eOrganic for a webinar with Brigid Meints (Assistant Professor and Organic Barley Breeder at Oregon State University), who will share the latest research updates on malting and brewing with organic naked barley. She will provide background on naked barley, its potential benefits and downsides as an ingredient, and different projects that she and her collaborators have been working on to look at the effects of different protocols and varieties on malt and beer quality. This research is part of a larger OREI grant: “Developing Multi-use Naked Barley for Organic Farming Systems I, II, & III” (OREI grant 2023-51300-40964). The webinar takes place on May 16 at 11AM Pacific, 12PM Mountain, 1PM Central, 2PM Eastern Time and is free and open to the public.
Register now at https://oregonstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pqcuPBNLTnWsgwt2xPn17Q
Come learn about naked barley, dry beans, other cereals and pulses, cover cropping, end-use quality research, and disease and weed management! This event will be at the OSU Lewis-Brown Horticulture Farm at 33329 Peoria Rd in Corvallis, OR from 10-12:30pm on August 3rd, 2023. Follow signs for parking. This event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you register by July 27th so we can estimate the number of attendees. Register at 
Join the Culinary Breeding Network, the Seed to Kitchen Collaborative and the Artisan Grain Collaborative for an engaging evening of conversation, learning, and tasting on August 21, 2022. This public event will bring together plant breeders, farmers, chefs, bakers, and beverage manufacturers to discuss and demonstrate the benefits of participatory plant breeding. The evening will provide the opportunity for researchers, growers, and end-users to play an essential role in guiding the development of new crop varieties. This year's "Farm to Flavor" will have a special emphasis on culinary grains including wheat, rye, oats, barley, and corn. Several NIFA OREI projects will be exhibiting their breeding work, including 
(CORVALLIS, Oregon, September 17, 2020) - A national effort led by plant breeders Pat Hayes and Brigid Meints of Oregon State University has been re-funded after a successful first iteration of a project focused on one of the world’s oldest and most versatile grains: barley. “Developing Multi-use Naked Barley for Organic Farming Systems II” aka The Naked Barley Project was awarded a $2 million grant for an additional three years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative grant has six objectives:
