Growing Dry Beans & Grains in the Pacific Northwest

Learn how easy it is to grow your own easy-to-store staple crops and boost your ability to provide year-round food from your garden. Krista Rome will explain the basics of growing, harvesting, processing, and cleaning dry beans and grains and will recommend varieties that excel in our short summers. Krista is the founder of Backyard Beans & Grains, a local seed company that works to identify varieties of staple crops that mature easily in the Pacific Northwest. Since 2008, she has been growing, harvesting, and processing a large diversity of dry legumes, grains, and other seed crops, and educating other growers through community workshops and volunteer work parties.