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An Examination of Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing & Distilling Industries

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Posted March 24, 2022 11:25 pm by Paul Bonneville

Thomas Toth & Mad Agriculture have released a report examining Local Grain Sourcing for the Colorado Brewing and Distilling Industries.

This in-depth research pulls together many of the threads of the local supply chain to holistically investigate the case for regionally sourced grain.

I just saw this post from Mad Agriculture on Instagram and immediately had to post it here...even before reading the full document myself. A quick skim already verifies that the report is a treasure trove of information. The topic is very near and dear to our hearts since we want to help do our "digital" part in helping grow the regional Grain Chain out here in Colorado.

I will share this one quote from the report, which is exactly the piece we've been trying to work towards helping facilitate, in part through this site:

To move beyond that, he sees a need for greater scale and greater organization. He doesn’t necessarily envision a trade organization, but possibly a marketplace or a forum for growers or buyers to band together and create enough demand or enough supply to move the needle. “We need an opportunity to have the conversation,” he said.

We have the start of that system, the digital portion anyways, right here. We actually have made some connections recently, so we hope to have more news to share in the coming months.

Great stuff!