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Beans and grains have become such a central part of this blog, we thought they deserved their own home.  You’ll find recipes and Northwest sources for local beans and grains here.

Bean recipes on this site

Pot beans

Ham and bean soup

Cranberry beans in tomato sauce over polenta

Superbowl Chili

Cuban black bean soup with pumpkin

Black bean brownies

Bean salad with fennel and radicchio

Beans with lamb sausage, pistachios, and honey

Borlotto lamon beans and green beans with pecorino romano and vinaigrette

Chicken soup with sweet potatoes and beans

Grain recipes on this site

Farro with spinach

Whole wheat bread

Potato bread

Cornmeal bread

Local beans and grains information on this site

Beans and grains in the Willamette Valley

Beans and grains in the Willamette Valley revisited - Ayers Creek Farm

Cookbooks on beans and grains

Heirloom Beans by Steve Sando and Vanessa Barrington

Beard on Bread by James Beard

Sources of beans and grains in the Northwest

Allen Dong (Veneta, OR) grows black beans.  Buy his black beans at the consignment booth of the Lane County Farmers Market or at Eugene Local Foods.

Ayers Creek Farm (Gaston, OR) grows a variety of Italian heirloom beans and grains.  Buy their beans and grains at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market.

Azure Standard (Dufur, OR) is an online marketplace of a wide variety of locally and regionally grown goods.  They grow some of their own beans and grain and source some within Oregon and Washington.  When we spoke with them, they were growing their own kidney beans, small red beans, navy beans and sourced black-eyed peas from a farm in Moses Lake, WA.  Contact them for details at the time of purchase.

Bluebird Grain Farm (Winthrop, OR) grows and processes emmer, rye, red wheat, and white wheat.  Check out their website to purchase online or to find various retail places that carry their products.

Lentz Spelt (Marlin, WA) grows and processes emmer and spelt.  Purchase their products online at eSimplytheBest or Marx Foods.

Oregon Jewel (Southern Willamette Valley, OR) grows wild rice in the Southern Willamette Valley.  Their wide rice is available at many Northwest grocery stores including Market of Choice.

Shepherd Grain Farms (Columbia plateau, WA) is a group of wheat farmers that mill several different types of flour.  Locally, their flour is distributed by Glory Bee Foods and can be purchased at the Glory Bee store in west Eugene or at a variety of local grocery stores.

Stalford Seed Farms (Talent, OR) has beans and wheat for purchase at the farm.  Stalford Seed Farms is the bean and grain arm of American Grass Seed Producers.  They grow pinto beans, garbanzos, black beans, red lentils, red wheat, and white wheat.  They will have their products available wholesale through Hummingbird Wholesale shortly.

Sunbow Farm (Corvallis, OR) sells their beans and grains direct to consumers or through buying clubs.  They grow wheat, oats, rye, quinoa, pinto beans, black beans, fava beans, and garbanzos.  Submit inquiries via email on their website.