The day ticket gives entry to the European Grain Festival on either Thursday or Friday, where you can dive into the world of grains alongside professionals in the grain value chain.
Meet committed farmers, bakers, millers, scientists and food artisans who share their knowledge, experiences and passion for grains.
Through presentations, workshops, field walks and tastings, you will have the opportunity to experience grains from seeds to finished food. We have invited a number of international experts who, with different angles, make us more aware of cereals as a raw material.
The festival takes place at Kalø Ecological Agricultural School, which provides the setting for both professional talks and informal meetings. The European Grain Festival is more than a professional event — it is a gathering point for exchange, networking and community around cereals.
We hope you will come home with new knowledge, new connections and a renewed understanding of the importance of grains — in agriculture, in food and in the food systems of the future.
- 🌾 Professional presentations and conversations with European voices from the grain value chain
- 🤝 Meetings and Networking with practitioners, researchers and food professionals
- 🌱 Workshops and field walks focusing on craftsmanship, ecology and diversity
- 🍞 Tastings and communal meals based on grains and local produce
- 🎤 Conversations and knowledge sharing across subjects and experience
- ✨ A community around grains, crafts and the foods of the future
European Grain Festival brings together the European movement of grain professionals.
The festival's official program begins at 10 a.m. on June 25 and ends at 3 p.m. on June 26.
The primary language of the festival is English. But there will also be presentations in Danish.
Arrival and Check-in
Check-in for participants with overnight accommodation is possible from Thursday morning at Kalø Organic Agricultural School. Details of arrival and check-in will be sent to participants prior to the festival.
It is also possible to purchase an extra night to arrive at the location on 24 June.
Ticket and catering
With an overnight party ticket, you have access to the full professional and social programme as well as catering during the festival days. The food is organic and prepared by Kalø's skilled chefs.
There is a communal dinner on Thursday evening for all participants -- a central part of the festival, where the professional and social meet around the food.
Overnight
You will stay at Kalø Ecological Agricultural School, and all the activities of the festival take place within walking distance.
Bring even towels .
Linen may be opted in connection with ticket purchase.
The organic farmers’ own seed system
Landsorten was established in 2021 and is a Danish organization that develops and disseminates new and old organic cereal varieties with special qualities for food and people.
More than 25 years of breeding work by selected researchers — primarily the Danish researcher Anders Borgen of Agrologica — form the foundation for Landsorten’s current portfolio of more than 50 different organic cereal varieties.
Landsorten is an association with 140 members, mainly organic farmers, mills, distilleries, and bakeries that grow and process the cereal varieties.
Landsorten is responsible for maintaining varietal purity and coordinates the multiplication of high-quality seed in collaboration with its member growers.
Landsorten also promotes awareness of the varieties among end users in the market.