Kernza's a sustainable wheat that could revolutionize agriculture, if only farmers had a reason to plant it. Beer might just do it, and it turns out the Twin Cities is a hotspot for Kernza brew.
CASTLE ROCK, Minn. — The farmers got off the yellow school bus and walked into the field of waist-high Kernza, a perennial wheatgrass that someday could undergird breads to beers
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The lifecycle of microbes and plants creates a system that can filter and hold more water and nutrients, which provides a buffer against drought and unpredictable rain.