What is Einkorn? | Maryland Farm & Harvest

Farmer Gerry Godrey of Mt Zion Farms wanted to grow a grain that his gluten-sensitive grandchildren could eat. He turned to an old-world grain, Einkorn.

Gerry Godfrey of Mt. Zion Farms is ready to harvest his small field of amber waves of grain. But this isn’t your run of the mill wheat field. Gerry discovered that his grandchildren were sensitive to gluten, so Gerry did some research and found that they might possibly eat baked goods made with an old-world grain called Einkorn wheat. And he was right. Einkorn is an ancient grain that’s naturally low in gluten. It’s one of the world’s earliest cultivated forms of wheat. Evidence suggests it may have been cultivated as far back as 30,000 years ago in the Middle East, where it still grows today... With the grain harvested, and the wheat separated from the chaff, Gerry takes his Einkorn to Old Wye Mills where the Millers grind it into fine flour. Old World grain ground at an Old-World Mill.

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Season 11 Episode 8