Ancestral Kitchen #120 - Using Ancient Grains & Ethical Growing with Jade from Grand Teton Ancient Grains
Khorasan rye, spelt, emmer, millet, quinoa - what do all of these delicious foods have in common? They are considered ancient grains, grasses harking back to a time before industrial development and heavy hybridisation.
You are what you eat eats, and that goes for grains as well as anything else. The nutrients your grains are pulling up out of the soil are the ones you will find in your finished product. Grains are an incredible source of minerals and micronutrients when grown in a regenerative manner.
This is why today I am so excited to introduce you to Grand Teton Ancient Grains! You can find this incredible family business online at www.ancientgrains.com and in this episode I got to sit down with Jade Koyl, the owner of this incredible family farm, and learn more about the way they feed the soil, their crop rotations, grain storage, and how their family uses grains in their everyday diet; as well as why they started growing them in the first place.
Supporters can stick around for a couple minutes in the Aftershow on the private podcast, Kitchen Table Chats, where Jade shared some of the titles he's reading right now and a little more about his family life.
Everybody can check the show notes for both the link to his company's store as well as a link with an amazing wealth of recipes for utilizing ancient grains at https://www.ancientgrains.com/grain-recipes. Now, let's get to the show!
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What we talked about:
- What did you last eat?
- Farm origin
- Why ancient grains
- Regenerative growing vs conventional
- Cover crops and rotating crops
- How they replenish their soil
- How to increase diversity of grains in the diet
- Working with sourdough
- How different grains behave
- Fresh-milled vs pre-milled
- Storing grains
- How they mill their flours
- What does never hybridised mean
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Resources:
- www.ancientgrains.com
- https://www.ancientgrains.com/grain-recipes
- Spelt Sourdough Everyday Cookbook by Alison Kay
- Episode 104 - Baking with Ancient Grains
- Episode 72 - All About Spelt Sourdough
- Episode 81 - Millet: How to use this sustainable, gluten and lectin-free grain
- Episode 41 - Wholegrain Sourdough Rye: Mastering the Basics
- The Ancestral Kitchen Podcast Guide to Milling Your Own Flour (and the Mockmill!)
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