The ultimate guide to growing organic grains on a small and ecological scale, The Organic Grain Grower is an invaluable resource for both home-scale and commercial producers interested in expanding their resiliency and crop diversity through growing their own grains. Longtime farmer and organic pioneer Jack Lazor covers how to grow and store wheat, barley, oats, corn, dry beans, soybeans, oilseeds, grasses, nutrient-dense forages, and lesser-known cereals. In addition, Lazor argues the importance of integrating grains on the organic farm (not to mention within the local food system) for reasons of biodiversity and whole-farm management. The Organic Grain Grower provides information on wide-ranging topics, from nutrient density and building soil fertility to machinery and grinding grains for livestock rations, including: The history of grain growing and consumption in parts of Eastern United States and Canada; Present-day grain farming and the birth of the local food movement; Considering your farm's scale and climate; Planting your crop (including spring versus fall cereals and preparing your soil); The growing and ripening process (reproductive, milk, hard-and-soft dough stages); Harvesting grams and preparing them for sale, storage, or end use; Seed breeding and saving; Grinding grains for livestock-including how to put together a ration based on protein content-and sample rations for dairy cows, pigs, and chickens; and Processing grains tor human consumption. In this book beginners will learn how to grow enough wheat for a year's supply of bread flour for their homestead, while established fanners will learn how to become part of a grain co-op, working alongside artisan bakers and mills. Never before has there been a guide to growing organic grains that is so applicable for both the homestead grower and the professional farmer.