by Melissa Lebrun | Mar 26, 2016 | Buy Local, Food Production, Kansas Agriculture, Kansas History, KS, Local Economy, Uncategorized
This is a Part 2 of our series on Kansas wheat. For more on the origins of the wheat that makes our state great, see our blog from last week: Roots in Kansas Wheat Run Deep. In the mid-19th century, almost every community had a grain mill of some sort to provide a...
by Melissa Lebrun | Mar 19, 2016 | Buy Local, Food Production, Kansas Agriculture, KS, Wheat
Long before Kansas became “The Wheat State” of the U.S., man had become dependent upon the wheat plant for himself and his beast for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, a kernel of grain contains everything to support a whole life. Carbohydrates,...