How Delta Barley Lives On

Photo by Erin McKinstry
Water droplets cling to stalks of Sunshine hulless barley at Bryce Wrigley’s farm outside of Delta Junction. Wrigley’s Alaska Flour Company is the only farm in Alaska that grows barley for human consumption on a commercial scale.
Photo by Erin McKinstry
Bryce Wrigley cuts into a turnip pulled from a field of cover crops. Nitrogen-fixing plants like turnips and peas can reduce the need for fertilizer and increase microbes in the soil.
A moose stands in a field at the Wrigleys’ 1,700-acre farm outside of Delta Junction.
Photo by Erin McKinstry
a handful of freshly milled barley
Photo by Erin McKinstry
a stalk of Sunshine hulless barley
Photo by Amy O’Neill Houck
Alaska Barley couscous salad
Photo by Bryce Wrigley
a combine in a field of barley