To have milled 1,000,000 lb local organic wheat by the end of 2023
(since our inception in 2018).
to grow our local grain usage from 57K lbs in 2019 to 70K lbs in 2020 with an overall percentage growth of 5% to roughly 20%
coming soon!
Increase our consumption of SqFt,
Promote the Northeast Grainshed, Contribute to Grainshed collaborations,
Educate brewers and consumers about local grains, Connect on Social Media, Use Grainshed calculator.
Connect on social media, Promote grains on menu, 5% commitment, Plan a collaboration Contract.
Support everyone growing or utilizing local grains in a coordinated campaign.
BAKE MORE 100% local grain bread and spread the word on good stuff!
100% Local grains, Farm visits, Malt house visits, education for our customers and packaging labels!
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
Help with variety trials. Host a Grainshed event. Contribute to Grainshed collaborations.
Incorporating and highlighting local grain into our existing bread and pastry line.
To grow farm profitable grains!
Become a Grainshed member
Committing to seeking out beer/spirits/baked good made with local grains
Tag the type of grain and local mill in our social media –
showcasing the variety of grain in our sourdough breads.
Photos of the breads/products using local grain.
Gut health classes making sourdough products using local grain!
Photos of the breads/products using local grain.
Gut health classes making sourdough products using local grain!
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
Serve as a source of grain disease and mycotoxin diagnosis and management expertise to the NE Grainshed Community
We will make an effort to utilize local grains to the best of our ability, host Grainshed events,
promote staff education, and seek out some beers that utilize local ingredients.
Coming soon!
read books on grains, volunteer, spread the word , bake tons more bread with local grains,
farm visits, (love that!) use the Grainshed label when I can. education of grains and local economy, help with administrative duties if needed.
Coming soon!
coming soon!
– coming soon!
We pledge to continue to advocate for bakers to use grains from the Northeast Grainshed,
and to offer education and assistance when needed to support them in making that transition.
Using at least 50% local grain for all beer brewed.
Continuing our commitment to use local small grains and to educate consumers about its importance.
Malthouse visit, staff education, sq ft on label, make 100% local product, and more…
Highlighting the use of local grain and malt on our social media, menus, and packaging.
Deepening our commitment to brewing with 100% locally-grown, locally-malted grain
by more earnestly telling “the story of malt” and sharing through social media and taproom initiatives the positive impact sustainable agriculture has on our beer + community.
Farm visit. Malthouse visit. 100% local grain product. staff education. sq ft.
I pledge my commitment!
Make 100 Percent Local Products.
To seek out and support local growers of grains in the Merrimack valley.
We pledge to work with more farms, grain types, and varieties in our area and to highlight the farms we work with more consistently!
Clover Food Lab is committed to the Northeast Grainshed effort and excited to be part of its inaugural year.
We have long supported the use and growth of local grain – it just makes sense!! We will continue to do so and grow our efforts wherever we are able, work on speaking up about our efforts to encourage others to follow suit, and educate our customers and staff through events and digital + in-person communication.
Dennis and I pledge to do the following over 2020: create a press release focused on our participation in the Northeast Grainshed, be a part of the NE Grainshed colaboration,
visit a new farm, visit a mill, continue to promote activity and knowledge on social media, continue to educate brewers and distillers to the use of local grains, assert more participation from Brewers/Distillers regarding Cornell Field Days and gather consumers to visit Greenmarket Grain Pop-ups and other related events.
Sponsor an event
Farm Visit
To add value to locally-sourced beverages by giving our customers a unique look into the malting process
while they drink our beers, connecting them to the agricultural roots of beer and helping them understand the supply chain.
Grow a Bumper Crop
coming soon!
Continue to purchase and serve Beer made with local grains.
Change over to all local grain flour by end of the year in kitchen. Continue to host events highlighting local grain, malt houses, and brewers that use local grain. Set up staff trips to local malt house and brewers using local grain. Create marker on menu that indicates beer or food using local grain.
Host and organize events and classes for members and the public on baking & cooking with local grains,
be a bridge to connect students and the public with small scale grain growers and farmers in the region to raise awareness and educate.
I pledge to incorporate local grains into my fresh breads and pastas and to highlight their use in all social media, advertising and menus.
Educate our customers more about Northeast Grainshed producers.
To use local malt in a majority of our beers, advertise our commitment in social media and menus, and host one event focused on the Grainshed and its efforts
Expanding our usage of local NE grain, and promoting it prominently in our marketing and packaging.
coming soon!
Help to build a thriving regional grain economy in the Northeast by supporting grain growers and processors and helping to educate consumers about the importance of healthy, local food and soils.
I pledge to use local grain and flour in all my products
Incorporating local grain into my recipes and encouraging my readers/followers to do the same
Source and use Grainshed grains in my bread baking, and promote Northeast Grainshed as part of the solution for restoring a thriving, healthy interdependent community.
Bring back small scale milling infrastructure to our region!
I pledge to continue using local grain and shouting from the rooftops that everyone should do the same!
Increasing the percentage of regionally sourced grains that we already use in our products.
Committing to seek out beer/spirits/baked goods made with local grains
Continue working with local organic grain growers to utilize all that they grow and educate our customers on the importance of a local grain economy.
Our goal is to build mills for a community of stone millers and baker millers who bring fresh-milled flour to their products and source grain from local farmers.
Using local grains in my own kitchen as much as possible and sharing with friends and family the many benefits of using and supporting local grains
to use local excess bran from flour processing and locally milled flour.
we will continue to utilize sustainable regional grain into all of our baked goods. We will connect grain farmers and millers
to a wider consumer audience with our products. We will highlight our use of local grain on our website, packaging, and social media. When it is safe to do so, we will have staff education visits with Maine Grains and our supporting farmers.
