Our local harvest is in - Yummm!

Stalford and Sunbow Farms are participating in an effort by Ten Rivers Food Web and South Willamette Valley Bean, Grain and Edible Seed Project to localize our food system.  Their pioneering projects are inspiring other farmers to transition acreage from non-food crops (mainly grass seed) and food crops (mainly grains) that are normally exported, to beans, grains and seeds that will be consumed locally. Some crops produced by these two farms are available now; others will be shortly. We look forward to announcing the participation of far more farms in the near future.

Stalford Farms is now taking orders for:

White Durum Wheat – used for pasta, tortillas, pastries, animal feed, etc.
Hard Red Spring Wheat – perfect for bread as well as pastries or animal feed.
Oats - another whole grain used in  bread, cereals, etc. You can use a coffee grinder to make groats for cereal if you don’t have a grain grinder.

Local white wheat makes beautiful pasta.

All the above are whole berries; you will need a flour grinder to make flour. It is better to grind as you go for nutrition and to avoid rancidity. Nutrients begin to degrade only after grinding.

Store large amounts of these grains in clean garbage cans, plastic totes or sealed food-grade white 5-gallon buckets in a cool, dry environment.

Cost for all grains:
Fairly clean off the combine – $0.75 per pound
Cleaned- $1.00 per pound – white wheat; $1.25/lb – red wheat

25 lb. minimum purchase

To place your order and get directions for pick up, call Stalford Farms at (541) 926-4611.

Use Red Wheat to make loaves like these.

Delivery is available from Portland to Eugene for a fuel surcharge.
Stay tuned for other crops that will available later.

Stephens – Old variety soft white wheat. Great flavor. Use for tortillas, pasta, pizza, sprouting, flat bread, etc. (7/24/09)
Maris Widgeon wheat – an English semi-hard wheat (7/26/09)
SS791 – a semi-hard white bread wheat (7/26/09)
Mark Stuart’s winter hard red wheat (7/30/09)
Tim Peters’ hard winter red wheat (7/26/09)
Old World Spanish white wheat (7/31/09)
Canadian Triticale (wheat & rye) and Pearl Triticale. Sprouts well and makes good bread (7/27/09 & 7/29/09)
Rye:
Perennial, Dronial dark rye (Lithuanian) (7/27/09)
Lichtkern raggen (German golden rye) (7/29/09)

All are available by order from Sunbow Farm at 5 pounds for $10.  Call (541) 929-5782 or email sunbow@peak.org.

Paul Holcombe is a “retired” ecology professor who has been testing small-grain farming near Albany for two years. This year he has small quantities of the following if you’d like to experiment with varieties. His crops are not certified organically-grown, but NO herbicides, pesticides or synthetic fertilizers were used on them. $2 a pound. 541-928-3645.

Two varieties of soft white wheat – Xerpha and Masami

Bauermeister hard red wheat

Unnamed hard white wheat