Palouse area to host grain confab for first time

Pullman and Moscow with host the Inland Northwest Artisan Grains Conference for the first time ever in July.

Aba Kiser, project manager for WSU Food Systems, said since 2013 the conference has been held on the west side of Washington.

She said Cascadia Grains, the organization who puts on the conference, saw an increase of interest in evolving grain technology on the east side of the state. They decided to hold a pilot conference, and the event sold out with 100 attendees.

Kiser also said Cascadia Grains has a partnership with the University of Idaho.

The two-day conference will include educat...