Once upon a time there was a US airman who went into an ancient tomb and gathered a handful of precious grain from a stone box [...]]]> Today I thought I should tell you a story about one of our grains, Kamut. Hold on to your pants ‘cause this might be too crazy for you too handle.

      Once upon a time there was a US airman who went into an ancient tomb and gathered a handful of precious grain from a stone box in the ancient place of Dashare, Egypt. He took thirty-six kernels of the Kamut grain and sent it to his friend who then mailed the kernel to his father, a Montana wheat farmer. The wheat endured the ocean and the tough terrain of America to the house of the Montana wheat farmer. This farmer was overwhelmed with his great wealth of wheat and did what any Montana farmer would do: he harvested a small crop and displayed the grain as a new innovation at the local fair. Since the belief was still that this “giant” grain kernel was taken from an Egyptian tomb, they dubbed the grain, “King Tut’s Wheat”.  Not long after its brief moment of fame, the grain became forgotten.

Many years later, in 1977, Mark Quinn, another Montana wheat farmer, discovered the remaining jar of the Kamut grain. Mark’s son, Bob, was an agricultural scientist/biochemist so together they researched this “unique” grain. The Quinns discovered that kamut originated in the “fertile crescent” area which runs from Egypt to the Tigris-Euphrates valley.

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Well too bad I won’t end this like a real story since it’s a blog,  in stead  I will  leave you with some food for thought…of course I mean literally! Check out the 100% organic Kamut flakes that we have for sale at Cream of the West.  They’ll be in the Green Barn section.  Kamut, plus all of our other products, are very healthy for you and might possibly inspire some thoughts!  If so, write back and tell me your blog story.

Mission Statement!

greenBarn organics (GBO) is the brainchild of Richard, Alicia, Steve [...]]]> At Cream of the West we have officially introduced our new line of organic flours and grains. We begin our foray by offering our line to natural foods stores in Montana…so kudos to the Good Earth Market in Billings for being our very first GBO customer!

Mission Statement!

greenBarn organics (GBO) is the brainchild of Richard, Alicia, Steve and I, and we have all worked very hard bringing these “Montana-made”, and to a certain extent “Montana-grown”, flours and grains into your home. Bobby and Stacy, our production crew, have labored tirelessly getting our plant in “organic” order, which involved some remodeling and much re-organizing. And our office manager, Liane, has been chugging away seeing that nutritional labels are being generated, customer sheets are being designed, and our inventory system is up to date. Our certification from Montana’s Department of Agriculture came to us in May, and since then we’ve been narrowing down the product list, setting prices, and finally, FINALLY, we are ready to introduce you to greenBarn organics!

meet Green Barn Organics!

Richard and Alicia made the delivery to Good Earth Market last Thursday, so you should be able to head straight to their bulk bins and stock up on some organic and Montana-made grains! Please stay tuned as we expand our list of Montana natural foods outlets, and be sure to keep watch on our website for retail offerings, nutritional information, recipes, and more!

Alicia delivering our first GBO order!