Grain Project promotes crop diversity as key to food security
b'August 26, 2021 \\u2014 With climate change, the current drought conditions could be here to stay. That means the ability to experiment with unfamiliar crops could be key for local farmers. \\nRachel Britten is the owner of the Mendocino Grain Project, which provides a variety of services to small grain farmers in the northern California region. They\\u2019ll harvest crops, clean them, and distribute them, so each farmer doesn\\u2019t have to invest in machines for something they may only want to plant every few years on a couple of acres. We\\u2019ll hear from Britten and John LaBoyteaux, a grain farmer who grows varieties both ancient and modern to contribute to the diversity that\\u2019s essential to food security.'