Danny Cowan

Danny is a co-owner of Red Tail Grains, alongside George Allen. Located in Orange County, North Carolina, Red Tail Grains specializes in growing and milling heritage and modern grains for local bakeries, breweries, and consumers. They farm with a holistic & systems approach excluding the use of herbicides, fungicides, and synthetic fertilizers. 2023 marked their tenth year harvesting winter & summer cereals, with varieties ranging from Turkey Red Heirloom Wheat to Cateto Orange Flint Corn.

Danny worked on mixed vegetable farms from 2009-2014, beginning with a sustainable agriculture program at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. After farming in Ohio for two years, he moved to North Carolina in 2011, where he worked for two seasons at Maple Springs Gardens in Cedar Grove, NC. His background also features experience in baking—he ran Three Bellows Bakery, a small wood-fired bakery in Pittsboro, in 2013 and 2014. He apprenticed with Rob and Monica Segovia Welsh of Chicken Bridge Bakery and thinks a lot about how grain affects bread.