Corn Chronicles: A Farmer's Passionate Pursuit of Heritage Varieties
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Highlighting a farmer's journey into cultivating diverse corn varieties, this narrative explores the deep connection between agriculture and heritage through the lens of corn farming. It touches on the aesthetic appreciation and agricultural experimentation with different corn types, illustrating the blend of tradition, innovation, and the personal quest for cultivating corn that is not only productive but also rich in color and history.
Organic farmer Anthony Boutard sells direct to the public rather than to distributors, he (and his wife Carol) joined what they describe as a "cook's market," the small but well-curated selection of vendors at the Hillsdale Farmers' Market just outside the city's core. Many of the city's premier chefs soon heard about the quality and unusual variety of Ayers Creek's produce, especially the chicories, tomatoes, garlic and the polenta that Anthony grinds from heirloom flint corn. And many became regular customers.
That corn has become Anthony Boutard's passion, so much so that he wrote a book about it called "Beautiful Corn: America's Original Grain from Seed to Plate." Not bad for a crop he says was originally just a whim, borne from childhood memories like the smell of cornbread fresh from the oven. Read the full text: cookingupastory...
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Fantastic video. I just finished reading "Beautiful Corn." Seeing some of Anthony's fields and the amazing ears was very cool. Thank you.
i have an ancient variety im in my second year growing.
its an unknown variety.
friends great grandfather found it in a dry cave in utah in the 40s.
i believe its a popcorn..tiny ears..but 3 or 4 per stalk.multicolored.
he said some of the originals were blood red.
I’m Montagnard indigenous love all those beautiful corn colors.
That warmed my heart! I grow Glass Gem and am starting to grow Black Navajo this year...and I love my plants too. Seeing them grow, watching the changes in the garden through the seasons...seeing the critters build their homes in the rows, spiders, lady bugs, worms...getting excited by some unusual new-old variety of something...so nice to see some someone so satisfied by the garden ecosystem! Thanks for the video.
this Man is a very wise Man that has stumbled upon the beauty of working the land.
Love what your doing.
"Know who grows your food...buy local"
You guys always seem to dig up the most amazing people and give them the spot light they deserve. The amount of love and dedication that this man pours in his work is just awe inspiring.
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Your video may have been from eight years ago but the effect is not lost on my heart here in 2020. My wife and I are growing corn for the first time this year, in addition to numerous other flowers and vegetables in our backyard garden. We're actually going to do a bit of experimenting ... Planting three different varieties of corn, a few of which have widely different maturity dates; the other we'll stagger to try and avoid cross pollination. We're excited to try growing our own food; the idea of which was one of reasons we fit together so well and fell in love in the first place. Your passion for corn and farming speaks to us, because while we may not be farmers, we are sincerely appreciative of our farmers, including several that live in close proximity to us. Hope all are staying safe during this pandemic. Blessings from Ohio. -Michael
A true son if new England, God bless him and his efforts.
Thank GOD for our imfomation world .simple facts hard to find without this amazing media
typed in growing flint corn and this video came up....I loved watching this man and his knowledge of his corn.......I adore his personality! i grow hundreds of organic tomato plants to sell the tomatoes to restaurants locally, and love how corn looks, and just need to grow some, just because........
This is great, thanks for sharing Anthony, I'm gonna grow some purple heirloom corn this year.
i make corn too, popcorn. and shine corn.
thanks - and big time respect for him and his work too.
There really are a lot of folks out there doing excellent work. I can't share them all, but hopefully I'll make a dent. ;-)
Haha dent! I see what u did there 😉
That purple corn is beautiful. Very nice.
Lovely video. Beautiful corn 🌽
wow this is amazing, I love that purple one...wonder what it tastes like.. I have never seen some many pretty types of corn. I thought these where only used for decoration...can you eat all the different types? I would love to have a day there in the corn field...Nice to see others saving seeds and not touching Monsanto's crap
What do you have against localized expressions of BT toxin in the leaves? It's cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and there is less BT toxin on the actual crop than in comparison to spray methods - which hit the entire crop, instead of just specifically the leaves.
yes - I hear what you're saying. =)
Where you find this corn seed
what about a smilodon chasing people around hugging them and fixing their posture
Show me some of your purple corn I'm planning to grow some in large-scale farming
Love your video!! Do you have a favorite seed catalog you order from?
Is there a video of this guy running into sweet potatoes?
that's another story
Would love to buy his seeds for my farm. Any idea if that's a possibility..? Thank you
what's with the triple cob? What variety is that? I want to grow that.
could you please tell me how to keep this corn seeds for planting next year?
Do you sell the seed
I would Love buy some of those Beautiful PURPLE CORN seed's!!~ Do you have some for sale?!
The corn coloer neer to Beet coloer ?
Is your purple corn, Peruvian purple corn?
Hi bro
😡 WHY is CZcams NOT allowing me to like this video???
where can i find some seed ?
check out seed catalogues - High Mowing Seeds, Johnny Seeds, Territorial Seed Co. - those are just a few. you can find them online, then order their catalogue.
Unfortunately the magic was doused for me the moment the word "spiders" left his lips..
can you go into his sweet potatoes????????? @Food Farm Earth
Have you seen "A Good Food Farmer"? Anthony talks about his sweet potatoes, starting at 3:14. You watch that video here: czcams.com/video/u8BXYfR9vh8/video.html
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Is there a way to connect with Anthony Boutard? I have watched three of his videos. He has a lot of information that I would like to learn from.
You could google him. His farm is in Gaston, Oregon.
Thank you.
I want to marry him
Like how many people is he feeding 5
monsanto G.M.O Corn ;(
I hope you're not thinking Anthony's corn is gmo - it is not!
i wish...
Food Farmer Earth He literally spends most of the video talking about how he engineered his corn varieties and it's history of changes.
so its G.M.O...;(
cyprus LOK Well yeah, all modern crops are GMOs; have you seen what corn looked like before we engineered it? Because it definitely wasn't as big as modern corn varieties, and was way higher in starch. Whether or not they're modified through gene splicing is a different discussion, but genetic modification is genetic modification.