The Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project is a collaborative project among researchers, farmers, millers, and bakers in Vermont and Maine to help local farmers increase the production and quality of organic bread wheat through research, education, and networking.

Project coordinators:
Ellen Mallory, University of Maine
Heather Darby, University of Vermont

WHAT’S NEW AND NOTABLE

2013 Summer Field Days and Twilight Tours

June 26 – UMaine Small Grain and Forage Field Day, evening, Rogers Farm, Stillwater, Maine.  For more info, click here.
June 27 – UVM Grain Research Tour, 10am to 3pm, Borderview Research Farm, Alburgh, Vermont.  For more info, click here
July 9 – UMaine Organic Food and Feed Grain Field Day and BBQ, evening , UMaine Aroostook Farm, Presque Isle, Maine.  For more info, click here.

Watch our video series: Bread Wheat in Denmark and Local Wheat in Quebec

For more, click “Project Updates“

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Organic Research and Extension Initiative, Award No. 2009?01366, “Enhancing farmers’ capacity to produce high quality organic bread wheat.”