Einkorn Harvest 2020

I am not surprised that in a year of so much adversity, our einkorn crop has flourished like never before, producing plump and abundant grains that are the best we’ve ever grown. Surviving thousands of years as the oldest food in existence, einkorn must have lived through many years like this one.  We are grateful for this grain, these views, this farm, and hope that these pictures bring you the same peacefulness that we feel when we stand in the field listening to einkorn swaying in the breeze.

The einkorn harvest is happening this week, and just in time. With the increase in demand over the last few months, we’re just about to finish last year’s supply. As soon as the last shipments of flour go out this week, the new grain will be gently dehusked and sent right to the mill for production. In hindsight, I am so glad we decided to plant so much last year in November, much more than we have ever grown. With this abundant harvest, our devoted einkorn community can rest assured our supply is both pure and plentiful this year.

This year marks our twelfth harvest, which to me has become the start of a new year, almost more significant than January 1st. I like to reflect on the year that has passed, but more importantly, while looking at the vastness of this farm, play out in my mind what I would like to accomplish in the new “einkorn year”. Usually, my thoughts are about work, but this year, things are different. When we started growing einkorn, my youngest daughter, Livia was just 5 years old, and in less than two months, she will be on her way to college, leaving Rodolfo and I at home with three dogs and three alpaca. I am so grateful that I’ve had these beautiful years of raising two daughters so closely, and when they both depart in August, one for Amsterdam, the other for London, I will be sad but also feeling good about the fact that they both were able to find their own way in the next chapter of their lives.