Posts by Lisa Waterman Gray

Lisa Waterman Gray has written about food and food producers for USAToday.com, rediscover.msn.com, offbeattravel.com, the Kansas City Star, and many other outlets. She also serves on the Board for Slow Food Kansas City.
corn planting

An Indigenous Corn Makes a Comeback

By Lisa Waterman Gray / July 2, 2018

Inside an antique farmhouse at the Ganondagan State Historic Site just east of Rochester, New York, a stainless steel coffee roaster hums as it parches Iroquois White Corn with heat, increasing its digestibility. Once the process is complete, after about 20 minutes, Iroquois Corn Project volunteers and staff will use a stone grinder to create corn flour they then sell…

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corn planting

An Indigenous Corn Makes a Comeback

By Lisa Waterman Gray / June 28, 2018

Inside an antique farmhouse at the  Ganondagan State Historic Site  just east of Rochester, New York, a stainless steel coffee roaster hums as it parches  Iroquois White Corn  with heat, increasing its digestibility. Once the process is complete, after about 20 minutes, Iroquois Corn Project volunteers and staff will use a stone grinder to create corn…

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