Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice & Wilmington College in Partnership Present:
Grain by Grain Fall Conference
November 4th, 2022
Free to Attend!
11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET: Conference Luncheon
Location: Agaria Barn - 131 E Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd 45387
*RSVP REQUIRED* (Deadline to RSVP is October 30th)
Enjoy lunch, meet and greet with Keynote Bob Quinn, and discuss the rebuilding of Ohio's grain shed!
6:00pm ET: Heritage Grains Bread-Tasting Reception featuring Grains Grown and Milled by Jon Branstrator, and Loaves Baked by Blue House bakery in Yellow Springs
Physical Location: 20 College St., Wilmington, OH 45177
7:00 pm ET: Keynote Presentation & Arthur Morgan Award Bob Quinn, Author of Grain by Grain
Physical Location: 20 College St., Wilmington, OH 45177
*Sign up to attend virtually* (No pre-registration is required for physical attendance)
The Arthur Morgan award honors those passionate about—and committed to—the virtues Morgan wrote about so comprehensively: Community, Democracy, Entrepreneurship, and Individual Character. Each awardee has been exemplary in living their life in consonance with these beliefs.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:
When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a Ph.D. in plant biochemistry and returning to his family’s farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. In the beginning, his concern wasn’t health or the environment; he just wanted to make a decent living, and some chance encounters led him to organics.
But as demand for organics grew, so too did Bob’s experiments. He discovered that through time-tested practices like cover cropping and crop rotation, he could produce successful yields—without pesticides. Regenerative organic farming allowed him to grow fruits and vegetables in cold, dry Montana, providing a source of local produce to families in his hometown. He even started producing his own renewable energy. And he learned that the grain he first tasted at the fair was actually a type of ancient wheat, one that was proven to lower inflammation rather than worsen it, as modern wheat does.
Ultimately, Bob’s forays with organics turned into a multimillion-dollar heirloom grain company, Kamut International. In Grain by Grain, Quinn and co-writer Liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground, show how his story can become the story of American agriculture. We don’t have to accept stagnating rural communities, degraded soil, or poor health. By following Bob’s example, we can grow a healthy future, grain by grain.