A Sustainable Farmer Talks Corn (video)

By Cooking Up a Story

Sustainable Farmer Anthony Boutard Anthony Boutard shares the history behind the different varieties of corn that he grows, and describes their more notable uses. Anyone who knows Anthony, knows this farmer believes in growing a wide diversity of crops, including diversity within a species. It just so happens that corn being one of the oldest grains also has one of the largest number of varieties of any crop species.

These are the different types of corn that Anthony Boutard mentions in this video:

Blue Corn
Dent Corn
Popcorn Varieties of Corn Popcorn: Cochiti Pueblo; Amish Butter; and Pink Beauty
Open Pollinated Corn: Sweet Corn; Black Aztec; and Rainbow Inca
Flint Corn: White Cap Flint; Seneca Nation; and Roy’s Calais Flint