PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 14, 2023
Allagash Brewing Co. recently partnered with Patagonia Provisions – the food and beverage arm of the outdoor outfitter Patagonia – to brew an experimental beer using Kernza. Kernza is an “intermediate wheatgrass” and is billed as a perennial grain crop. Allagash was one of 11 independent craft breweries from across the country to participate as part of the inaugural Good Grain Collaborative program. The goal is to encourage regenerative farming practices by promoting the use of ingredients with a lower environmental impact. For brewers and the farmers they rely on, that means developing more sustainable forms of ingredient production. Last month, Allagash was recertified as a B (“Benefit”) Corporation, which means a company demonstrates measurably positive social and environmental impacts and a commitment to accountability to all stakeholders (as opposed to merely shareholders).