Project Type: Farmer/Rancher
Funds awarded in 2023: $14,852.00
Projected End Date: 01/31/2025
Grant Recipient:
Great Lakes Staple Seeds
Region: North Central
State: Michigan
Project Coordinator:
Eleanor Hucker
Great Lakes Staple Seeds
Description:
Eleanor and Scott present highlights of their first year's progress growing heritage grains, cereals, and other previously underrepresented staples, such as amaranth, millet, oats, etc., on small-scale plots. Staple crops are field-grown, harvested, and processed on our southeast Michigan homestead to generate and analyze relevant agronomic data to enable growers better to meet their goal of strengthening food security more confidently and successfully. This video is their presentation at the 2024 MIFFS Conference.
Type:
Multimedia
Target audiences:
Farmers/Ranchers; Researchers
This product is associated with the project "Predictive yields for small-scale staple crop production in North Central States using common homestead equipment and minimal inputs."
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.