GrainsWest Summer 2018

The Food Issue 2018 grainswest.com 5 THE FOOD ISSUE 2018 RECOMMENDED READING PUBLISHER TomSteve ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ian Doig idoig@grainswest.com SALES&DESIGN LEAD TommyWilson twilson@grainswest.com COPY EDITOR Tiffany Sloan EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Bryan Adam Victoria Decker ToddHames Jason Lenz Jeff Nielsen Cole Siegle JohnWozniak CONTRIBUTORS AB InBev, AGCO, Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies, Alberta Canola, Alberta Culture and Tourism, Alberta Milk, Trevor Bacque, Bio-Cycle Solutions, AndrewCampbell, City of Calgary, Rebecca Cooper, Ellen Cottee, Allison Finnamore, Geoff Geddes, Lee Hart, Heritage Park Historical Village, Andrea Hilderman, Sarah Hoffmann, Josh Holinaty, Anthony Houle, Innisfail Growers, Kraay Family Farm, Tamara Leigh, Billi J. Miller, Natalie Noble, Taste of Markerville, Origin Malting & Brewing, Pair O’ Dice Hops, Penguin RandomHouse Canada, Prairie Gardens and Adventure Farm, Progressive Foods, Julie Van Rosendaal, Christina Russo, KaelinWhittaker, Neil Zeller, Shel Zolkewich GrainsWest magazine is a joint venture owned and operated by Alberta Barley and the AlbertaWheat Commission. GrainsWest is published four times per year by theGrainsWest Publications Society, an autonomous, incorporated body. GrainsWest is published at: #200, 6815 – 8 Street N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 Phone: 403-291-9111 Toll-free: 1-800-265-9111 Fax: 403-291-0190 Email: info@grainswest.com Web: grainswest.com I Twitter: @grainswest For subscriptions, email: subscriptions@grainswest.com Volume5, Issue3 Contentscopyright2018byGrainsWest PublicationsSociety,whosemembers includeAlbertaBarleyand the AlbertaWheatCommission.Nopartof thispublicationmaybe reproducedwithoutexpresswrittenpermission from GrainsWestPublicationsSociety. Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission co-publish GrainsWest , a farming quarterly dedicated to the interests of this province’s grain farmers. GrainsWest connects farmers, food and ideas. QUICK READ 1-2 minutes 4-5 minutes 8-10 minutes MEDIUM READ LONG READ Martianmalting NASA and Budweiser rocket ahead in the sudsy space race to grow barley on Mars. Person, place& thing Digitally savvy farmer Brian Tischler uses open-source code to automate farm vehicles. Bread is back Bread’s big revival begins with consumer cravings for healthy whole grains and sourdough. 14 22 26