Rob Moutoux, a farmer in the DC area, is now cultivating grains on his farm. The Slow Cook has a post about it.

He [Montoux] estimates that his 10 acres produce about 30,000 pounds of grain, which he stores in wooden bins in his barn before turning it into whole wheat flour or rye flour or oat groats. During the season, the Moutoux also display their grain products at two farmers markets in Northern Virginia. But Rob said he is looking for wider distribution.

“Nobody else was doing it,” Rob said. “It’s the last link in the chain.”

Perhaps East Coast grains are making a comeback!

Okay, DC is not exactly local to me, but it’s still the East Coast. It’s not like you hear about a grain farm every day in these parts. So, with Lightening Tree Farm (the growers of the grains that Wild Hive Farm mills and sells) in New York, that’s two.