Your Guide to Food Grade Barley
As a food grain, barley is often used in bread, beverages, and as a base or additive to other dishes. It has a long history as a filling, nutritious food. And it turns out that that history comes with some … Continue reading “How healthy is barley?” →
By Maddie PattersonCommunications & Marketing InternNorthern Crops Institute Barley goes through quite a long journey to end up as food. Through planting, growing, harvesting, and processing, this important grain takes time and energy to make into delicious food and beverage products. … Continue reading “How Barley is Processed” →
Have you ever walked through a barley field? It’s interesting to see how barley is grown across our region. This important grain also has some intriguing growth, uses, and history. Here are a few fun facts about barley to pique … Continue reading “Fun Facts about Barley” →
By Maddie PattersonCommunications & Marketing InternNorthern Crops Institute Have you ever wondered how barley goes from being in the field to on your plate? Previously this blog has covered barely processing, but what happens before that point? Harvesting barley is a … Continue reading “From field to plate” →
By Maddie PattersonCommunications & Marketing InternNorthern Crops Institute Since its domestication, barley has basically been used for the same three purposes. Even the earliest civilizations that grew the grain used it to make bread, beer, and animal feed. So, it is … Continue reading “Barley: Then and Now” →
Barley is an healthy grain that can be beneficial for most diets, but sometimes it can be hard to know where to look for recipes that work. Have you been looking for a bunch of great barley recipes all in … Continue reading “Barley in Every Meal” →
AGMRC takes a deeper look at barley in this article, where they write up a profile on the grain. Read more to learn all about the production, contract, prices, processing, and competitive analysis of barley. https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/grains-oilseeds/barley-profile
By Maddie PattersonCommunications & Marketing InternNorthern Crops Institute Barley is an important crop for both animal and human food production, but this week we will dive into another common use of the grain. Barley is also used to create barley malt, … Continue reading “The Malting Process” →
By Maddie PattersonCommunications & Marketing InternNorthern Crops Institute Barley is a grain that is sometimes shied away from in the kitchen. Often times this is due to lack of familiarity or not knowing how to prep it. And although barley has … Continue reading “Overcoming Unfamiliarity with Barley” →
This article, by Walt Newman and Rosemary Newman, traces the history of barley production all the way back to its origins in the Fertile Crescent and follows it to present day. Follow this link to learn more about the history … Continue reading “A Brief History of Barley Foods” →