A Progress Report & To-Do List

Morning
Intact Whole Grain–Why Is It Important?
Presenters:

Michael Pollan, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, UC, Berkeley, author, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation–What I’ve learned about grain. Where does it lead?

David Jacobs, PhD, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota–Food synergy and food patterns: are whole foods more than the sum of their individual nutrients and bioactive substances?

David W. Killilea, PhD, Staff Scientist, Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Institute–If you take it apart, can you put it back together? Knowing what’s in your flour.

Mark K. Shigenaga, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Institute–
Concept of poor gut health, relationship of processed foods, and disease.

Bob Klein, Founder, Community Grains–Why local?

 {LIGHT LUNCHEON}

Afternoon
Nuts and Bolts
Presenters:

Stephen S. Jones, PhD, Plant Geneticist, Washington State University–Developing seeds, farming knowledge, and evaluation techniques for a local grain economy.

Doug Mosel, farmer,  Mendocino Grain Project–Our local grain economy.

Joseph Vanderliet, Bay State Milling–Roller milling and stone milling.

. . . report from Craig Ponsford, baker, owner Ponsford’s Place, product

development, winner, gold medal, Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, Paris.

Chad Robertson, owner, baker, Tartine Bakery, author Tartine Book No. 3

Sherry Yard, Helms Bakery, Los Angeles, former Executive Pastry Chef, Spago, and Wolfgang Puck restaurants

Matthew Mestemacher, Bakery Coordinator, Whole Foods Market, Northern California–Learning to market whole grain foods.

Working together, we’ve made great gains toward establishing a thriving local grain system–with genuine, tasty, healthy grains–an alternative to the existing, largely industrial system. But those gains are still only baby steps, and what’s ahead is daunting as well as thrilling. In a set of conversations, our presenters and participants–all leaders in their fields of endeavor–will have a chance to state for the record their visions and what must be done to realize them.

Topics will include:

 • Understanding why such an alternative system is important;

• Creating a new farming knowledge-base, capacity, and infrastructure;

• Understanding health implications;

 • Re-establishing traditional cookery and creating stunning new cuisines; and

• Learning how to market the new whole grain products 

Have questions about 2014 Conference on the Development of Our Local Whole-Grain Economy?Contact Community Grains