From the Field to the Loaves: Inside the WSU Breadlab

"Here in this valley, we grow 80 crops. Wheat is #80," said Janine Johnson, Special Projects Lead at the WSU Breadlab. "So, the Breadlab resides in Skagit Valley because this is basically where one wouldn't grow wheat conventionally. Most of the wheat is grown on the other side of the mountains."

Located in Burlington, the Breadlab is not a bakery. It's a plant breeding program.

"We're plant breeders who bake. We breed grains for a climate in crisis, and we breed grains for better food and farming systems. Then we have this lab where we can do test bakes. So, we take those varieties we grow out in the field, and we figure out which ones taste good essentially," explained Kim Binczewski, Managing Director of the Breadlab. _______________

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