Grain Growers Conference

Grain Growers Conference
Wednesday, March 12, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Randy George, co-founder of the Red Hen Baking Company in Middlesex, is among speakers for the 2025 Grain Growers Conference at the Essex Resort and Spa in Essex on March 12. George will describe his decades-long journey working with local grain farmers to source product for his wholesale bakery and café. Register or by calling 802-656-8407 until March 7 or at 8:15 a.m. on the day of the event. View the agenda. The conference fee, which includes lunch, is $85 per person and $60 for Northern Grain Growers Collaborative members. The conference will include two baking sessions, a networking social hour and concurrent workshops on organic dry bean research, fusarium disease management, peri-urban grain growing, rye in the broader grain economy, sensory evaluation of malt products and managing fertility and soil health on an organic grain farm without livestock, among other topics.