The eco guide to ancient grains

Selective breeding gives the highest yield, but potentially at a price. It’s time to go back to our rootsIf you find the whole business of organic too tame, there’s always landrace crops, which are positively subversive. Landrace crop varieties (sometimes known as folk crops) are ancient versions of the standardised crops we rely on today. Genetically variable, these biodiverse cultivars are allowed to grow at will and to cross pollinate. Farmers collect the seeds from successful cro