We are glad to have received a grant from the North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE). Their Farmer Rancher Grant Program is a competitive grants program for farmers and ranchers who want to explore sustainable solutions to problems through on-farm research, demonstration, and education projects. We were awarded $9,000 for the project, “Sustainable...

In cooperation with InternNE, Grain Place Foundation is offering a six week paid student internship at The Grain Place farm this summer.   Below is a brief description.   The scheduling is flexible between June 1 and August 15.  On farm housing provided.   If you know of someone who might benefit from this have them register on...

Local Press Coverage from the Film Screening & Field Day! This year, you can log onto our Grain Place Foundation Field Day from anywhere with internet access. Register ahead of time, and participate in conversation during our annual Farm Tour, and following the keynote presentation by Brise Tencer of the Organic Farming Research Foundation. As...

We welcome summer intern Jane Coghlan from Argyle, Texas. She has completed her freshman year at Arizona State University in the School of Sustainability. Jane is particularly interested in sustainable food and agriculture systems. She does not have farm experience and is looking forward to learning all aspects of farming. She began her internship on...

The past three years have seen us struggle to find the right person(s) to carry on the farming at the Grain Place.  Thanks to the efforts of volunteers we have managed to keep the farm going through several changes of personnel.  We think we finally have the right folks in place stabilize farming operations and...

FARMING UPDATE (IN A WET SPRING!)We are thankful that we were able to get the corn planted by May 20th and it is up and showing down the row very well.  However, since then it has been so wet we only just now planted the soybeans and the rest of the spring planting!  The weeds...