Farmer Tony Van Glad of Blenheim Hill Sorghum is providing a sweet taste of the South for us northerners.
Six year ago, he was growing vegetables for his roadside stand and also making a lot of maple syrup. When he saw some articles about growing sweet sorghum, he decided to give it a try and dedicated 25 acres of land in the Schoharie Valley to growing sorghum, whose stalks resemble corn.
Sorghum hails from Africa, where it was consumed like a cereal grain beginning more than 8,000 years ago. You can find sorghum grain in health food stores, and it can be cooked in things like pilaf. It is also ground into flour, and can be mixed with other flours for baking. The increased popularity of gluten-free products has boosted the sale of sorghum flour.
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