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Books and News

Amy Halloran, Flour Ambassador and lover of pancakes, introduces her book The New Breadbasket.

http://www.chelseagreen.com/the-new-bread-basket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spectrum News - The Weather Channel

Farmers Discuss How Winter Weather Has Affected Crops

March 2017

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2017/03/16/farmers-discuss-how-winter-weather-has-affected-crops.html

Jimmy Carbone interviewing Thor on the farm for Beer Sessions Radio.

Jimmy Carbone interviewing Thor on the farm for Beer Sessions Radio.

Radio and Video

I Need A Little Cowboy (In My Man) music video

Liz Pickard and Red Betty 2023/2024

Video

Partnership Shortens Grain Supply Chain

Peter Tubbs, Market to Market

Iowa PBS, August 2022

Video

Hot Farm, Part 3: Grain of the Future

Eve Abrahms

Food and Environment Reporting Network, April 2022

Podcast

Our Farmers in Flux: Adapting to Climate Change

Shira Golding Evergreen

September 2020

Video

Quarantine Baking Is Disrupting The Supply Chain

Business Insider Today, May 2020

Video

Keynote: Finding Success with Diverse Small Grains

OGRAIN 2020, February 2020

Video

Alternative Small Grains: Buckwheat

OGRAIN 2020, February 2020

Video

Growing Our Daily Bread!

Croton Free Library, December 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9zXicF95w

Diverse Crop Rotation on a Food-Grade Farm / A Value-Added Small Grains Primer / Food-Grade Organic Grain Storage and On-Farm Processing

2019 Indiana Organic Grain Farmer Meeting, March 2019

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXSf1tu3Jd89VATLjgvfkfuArR2NSdWb

New York State Grains and Rye

Episode 409: Beer Sessions Radio, November 2017

http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/ny-state-grains-rye/

 

On the Road with Beer Sessions Radio

Episode 4: Back to the Roots, November 2016

http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/back-to-the-roots/

 

Climate Smart Farming: A Program of Cornell University

Climate Smart Farming Story: Oechsner Farms, July 2015

http://climatesmartfarming.org/videos/oechsner-farm/

 

Thor Oechsner on Mastering the Combine, co-presented by OGRIN and PASA

Greenmarket Regional Grains Project, January 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZhakIF0Gw

 

Thor Oechsner Describes His Farm’s Crop Rotation

Greenmarket Regional Grains Project, June 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUiy8KgjLfU

Beer Sessions Radio

Episode 202: NYC Brewer’s Choice 2014, February 2014

http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/beer-sessions-radio-episode-202-nyc-brewer-039-s-choice-2014/

 

Thor Oechsner on Learning to Grow Wheat for Flour

Greenmarket Regional Grains Project, February 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weoYz_Ihv1M

 

Supporting Local Grain Farms

Peak Organic Brewing Company, 2013

https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151425472387707

 

A Local Grain Renaissance in the Northeast

GrowNYC, 2013

https://vimeo.com/58746050

 

Articles

An Artisan Bakery in Buffalo Reimagines Wonder Bread

Civil Eats, December 2024

Article

The Hudson Oven: Roving Bakery Puts Down Roots in Croton

Chronogram, October 2023

Article

Growing Organic with Thor Oechsner

The Mast Journal, April 2023

Article

Making Gains with Organic Grains: Exploring the Northeast’s Growing Local Grain Economy

Edible CT East, Spring 2023

Article

Our Farmers in Flux: Adapting to Climate Change

Ithaca Voice, May 2022

Article

From Field to Pint: How Cans of Craft Beer are Supporting Regional Farmland

WBUR, April 2022

Article

Spring Planting in the Northeast: So Far, So Good

Lancaster Farming, May 2020

Article

Researchers to Explore Perennial Grains with $1.77M Grant

Cornell Chronicle, April 2020

Article

The Beer, Booze and Bread Community is Organizing a “Northeast Grainshed”

The ARTery, February 2020

Article

Flour Power: An Organic Farmer Creates a Sustainable Market for Organic Grains

Acres, August 2019

Article

Mud Season: The Act of Farming in Times of Rain

Edible Finger Lakes, March/April 2019

Article

2510 Comes Full Circle

Green Magazine, December 2018

Article

Hot Bread Kitchen’s Tortilla Method Is as Simple as It Gets

Edible Manhattan, Winter 2018: Issue No. 57

https://www.ediblemanhattan.com/departments/notable-edibles/hot-bread-kitchen-tortillas/

… Thor Oechsner, Farmer, NY State

Profi: The Professional Farm Machinery Magazine, June 2018

Article

Thor Oechsner: Connecting Farmer to Baker

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, February 2013

https://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/thor-oechsner-connecting-farmer-to-baker/

 

A Discussion & Tasting on Local Grains

Grow NYC, January 2010

https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/topics/wheat

 

Finger Lakes Grain Farmer Shares Knowledge, Harvest

Penn State Extension, February 2010

http://extension.psu.edu/plants/sustainable/news/2012/feb-2012/1-sawg-seminar

Events

These are some of the conferences and seminars in which we have participated:

Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services (MOSES) Organic Farming Conference

Farmer Brewer Winter Weekend

Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Winter Conference

Cornell Buckwheat Field Day

BFICSS Heritage Field Crop Presentation

Carolina Organic Commodities and Livestock Conference

Penn State Cropping Systems Seminar Series

Young Farmers Conference

Kneading Conference

Brooklyn Kitchen classes

West Coast Grain Gathering

Ecological Farmers of Ontario Conference

Indiana Organic Grain Farmer Meeting

Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) Winter Conference

Northeast Grainshed Symposium

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Conference

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) Annual Conference