Securing Non-GMO Corn (because no one lives in a bubble)

The dent corn variety that we grow is called REBELLION, and for good reason! In order to create incompatibility with gmo-corn, good people have bred landraces (local cultivars that have been improved by traditional agricultural methods) with popcorn. Popcorn has a smaller pollen than dent corn. With this crossbreeding this trait is incorporated, so that if large gmo pollen lands on the silk of this variety, the gmo pollen is unable to “travel” down the silk, preventing cross-breeding with gmo varieties.

Cooking Recommendations

Whole, corn kernels are traditionally nixtamalized. The nixtamalization process might sound daunting if you do not know it, but it is an amazing human discovery worth looking into, and not very complicated at all. Simply, it is a matter of pre-cooking the kernels in a wood ash tea. It is the process of nixtamalization, which makes nutritionally available the niacin in the corn, that allowed the native peoples to subsist on corn (without falling sick of pellagra as later peoples who did not carry forward the wisdom of this process did). It is also the process by which corn tortillas are even possible.

Whole corn can also be ground into corn grits, meal, or flour if you have a home mill. Otherwise, we can mill it for you.

Milling Corn with Stone Burs – Two Options

MILLING AT CORN GRIT SETTING: At a minimum of 25 lb, we can mill corn and provide the millings sifted at an approximate ratio of 60% corn grits, 20% cornmeal, and 20% corn flour. When we set the stones close, about 1/4” to 3/16” apart, and then sift the product with different sieves, we end up with these three different products: corn grits, cornmeal, and corn flour. The 1^st sieve is a 44 mesh sieve (44 openings per linear inch) and that yields corn flour at a rate of ~20% of the total. The 2^nd sieve is a 20 mesh sieve, and here another ~20% falls through. This is coarser and is called cornmeal. The 3^rd sieve is non-existent, yielding everything larger than that which can go through the previous 20 mesh sieve. These are the corn grits at a rate of ~60% the total. As per your request, these three different size millings can be provided separated or not.

MILLING AT CORN FLOUR/MEAL SETTING: At a minimum of 25 lb, we can mill corn and provide the millings sifted at an approximate ratio of 50% corn flour and 50% cornmeal. When we mill and set the stones to barely touch each other, held apart by the corn alone, we end up with two different products: corn flour and cornmeal. The 1^st sieve, 44 mesh, yields ~50% flour.  The 2^nd sieve, 20 mesh, yields ~ 50% meal. As per your request, these two different size millings can be provided separated or not.