Rye Working Group – Session 2

Rodale Institute’s Markets team is convening a Rye Working Group focused on developing diverse markets for organic rye.

Several significant rye initiatives already exist. Rather than duplicate them, our intention is to uplift the work already underway, increase shared learning, identify new opportunities, and explore strategies that require more coordination than any one organization can achieve alone. Rodale is convening and facilitating this group to support moving this work forward together.

While this working group focuses on rye, we recognize it is part of addressing a larger systemic need to build markets for the winter grains that make up healthy organic cropping rotations.

This working group intends to bring together growers, processors, millers, distillers, brand buyers, breeders, and researchers from across the rye supply system to coordinate efforts, share market intelligence, and find concrete ways to grow demand for organic rye.

We will be hosting two introductory meetings (September 14 and September 28) where we will share:

– Introductions and a chance to hear what everyone’s already working on

– The working group’s purpose and scope

– Systemic challenges and opportunities for rye markets

In Session 3 (October 5), we will get to work on collective action.

Conveners:

Will Glazik, Rodale Institute

Bridget Gilmore, Rodale Institute

Rachel Kastner, reNourish Studio

Lauren Tucker, reNourish Studio

This event is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).

Details

Date: September 28, 2026 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST

Location:
Virtual, via Zoom

Cost: FREE

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