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Against the Grain

Mar 15, 2018
For 28 years, Shelley and Tony Spruit have grown wheat, soybeans and corn mainly for animal feed and ethanol making their Winchester-area farm typical of those in Eastern Ontario. Two years ago, they decided to start going against the grain. Theyre now growing some astounding and colourful things: glossy dark purple corn that dates back centuries in Peru; graceful hull-less barley developed in Canada; stunning Ethiopian purple barley; beautiful blue Utrecht wheat; mammoth Russian sunflowers with golden heads as big as beachballs.