WESTFIELD, Vt. — Amber waves of grain are rippling again in parts of New England, once considered the region's bread basket.
Vermont and Maine ceded that distinction to the Midwest in the 1800s, when the Erie Canal and intercontinental railroad made it easier to move grain long distances.
But small farmers on the nation's coasts have begun planting wheat again as more people clamor for locally grown food. Along with New England, fields have been sprouting in California, Oregon and Washington in the last five years.
Stephen Jones, a wheat breeder at Washington State University, described the local grains movement as "huge."
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