Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food Quinn Bob
Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food Quinn Bob "A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." - Kirkus ReviewsWhen Bob…
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Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food Quinn Bob
"A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." - Kirkus ReviewsWhen Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry and returning to his family's farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. Little did he know, that grain would change his life.
He discovered that through time-tested practices like cover cropping and crop rotation, he could produce successful yields--without pesticides. 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. Regenerative organic farming allowed him to grow fruits and vegetables in cold, dry Montana, providing a source