You can get hull-less barley from Bob's Red Mill. They are local for me so
I go there to buy all my grains and some of my beans. Nice thing about
their outlet store is you can buy anything from a handful to a fifty pound
sack. A lot of their stuff is conventionally grown (which is why I buy some
of my beans elsewhere), but an increasing number of their grains are also
available organically grown.
Bob's Red Mill is also on the web. At their site you can order online or
find out if their stuff is carried locally.
http://www.bobsredmill.com/
The prices for their hull-less barley and a recipe are at
http://www.bobsredmill.com/display.asp?prodid=194
If your total order (of everything, not just barley) is two hundred pounds
or more, it will qualify for reduced UPS rates. See this page of the
website:
http://www.bobsredmill.com/products.asp
Fifty pounds (or even half of that) is way too much barley for me, but I do
buy nutra-farmed (which is reportedly sustainably grown) basmati rice from
them in twenty-five pound sacks. Also sea salt, and organically grown hard
and soft wheat, corn grits (yellow only, which pains my Southern heart, but
white grits is hard to find in these Northern parts), oatmeal, and some very
good and relatively inexpensive granolas.
People with wheat or gluten allergies will find Bob's a good source for
alternatives to wheat. They carry hard to find flour such as amaranth and
grains such as quinoa and teff.
Nice people, nice web site, and when I asked they gave me free stick-on
labels to put on my storage jars and buckets. They even give you recipes on
their website and on some of their labels.
Carol (and Brodie, who likes to visit the ducks in the pond at the Mill)
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Subject: Re: [ecopath] Barley seed source?
"Paul S. Hetrick" wrote:
> I've sprouted some I bought at a healthfood store. If it sprouts, it
> should grow OK when planted. Just make sure you get the hulless or
> maked barley and not hulled barley!
Good idea, I hadn't thought of that. By focusing on the Internet to
find hulless barley sources, I overlooked another possible source right
under my nose---feed mills. I'll call around tomorrow and see if anyone
can get it. Might have to buy 50 pounds, but how expensive can barley
be?
Doug
