Class: Glenn Roberts, one of the leading purveyors of heritage and landrace grains, will share his wealth of knowledge of the history and context of flavor. Glenn will speak of the significance of grain culture and how it relates to crops in rotation for both the soil and the southern larder.

When/where: Saturday, April 22nd // 12:30 - 2:00 pm // White Labs (Culture Room), 172 South Charlotte Street Asheville, NC, 28801

Instructor: Glenn Roberts founded Anson Mills in 1998 in Charleston, South Carolina, to rematriate lost foods of the 18th and 19th century Southern Pantry. Today Anson Mills grows and produces artisan organic landrace grain, legume, and oil seed ingredients for chefs and home cooks worldwide and provides culinary research support for pastry chefs, bakers, brewers, and distillers through Anson Mills Research Lab. Anson Mills provides pro bono seed biosecurity for the growing community of Southern organic place based identity preserved landrace crop farmers. Glenn is a recipient of the USA Artisan of the Year and National Pathfinder Awards and a founding member of the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation.