A grain renaissance
Apr 05, 2022
2 minutes
WRITTEN BY MAGGIE KIMBERL
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For decades, one type of corn was the basis of all Kentucky Bourbon: Yellow Dent #2. Some other types of corn had been used historically, but as the industry became industrialized and consolidated and as monocrop commodity agriculture became the norm, this corn type represented stability and abundance.
As monocrop agriculture grew, concerns about biodiversity began bubbling to the surface. The farm-to-table movement, which
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