Estonian heritage wheat tested in Maine
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Amber Lambke, MGA's executive director and owner of Maine Grains in Skowhegan.
Imported Estonian seeds of a hard winter wheat called sirvinta are sprouting in test plots across the state, part of a two-year trial to find what varieties of grains can grow well in Maine, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Under the auspices of the Maine Grain Alliance’s Heritage Seed Restoration Project, “the idea is to get grains growing and make them adaptable to New England,” said alliance board member Richard Roberts.
Last year, the alliance harvested and replanted 150 pounds and this year harvested almost 900 pounds, Amber Lambke, MGA’s executive director and owner of Maine Grains in Skowhegan, told the paper.
Lambke stone grinds organic wheat and oats to sell throughout the Northeast. Her company is part of an uptrending organic food market whose double-digit growth is expected to continue, according to Food Navigator.
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