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Welcome to our Summer Intern: Jane Coughlan!

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...

Grain Place Farm Welcomes New Farmers

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...

July 13 Farm Tour Welcome Bob Quinn and Liz Carlisle

We are pleased to announce that our 2019 Farm Tour will be Saturday, July 13, at the Grain Place Farm in Marquette, Nebraska. Our afternoon keynote speaker will be Bob Quinn, organic farmer, businessman and author of the upcoming book Grain by Grain: A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food. In Grain by Grain,...

Cookie Recipes from Farm Tour 2018

Just in time for holiday baking, we’re glad to share two of Glenda’s cookie recipes! If you were at Farm Tour 2018, these are the homemade treats she shared with us there (using organic grain from Grain Place Foods, of course!) We hope you can enjoy making and sharing some of these cookies, too. Download...

June Farm Update

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...