With transportation costs high, entrepreneur aims to fill grocery stores with Kansas-grown wheat

As transportation costs continue to rise, entrepreneur Charles Brodie aims to take Kansas wheat to grocery stores around Kansas and, eventually, ac...

August 1, 2022
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As transportation costs continue to rise, entrepreneur Charles Brodie aims to take Kansas wheat to grocery stores around Kansas and, eventually, across state lines.Cimarron Trails Products, LLC, plans to work with Amish farmers and other local producers to purchase their wheat, transport it to two flour mills, Stafford County Flour Mills and Farmers Direct Stone Ground Mill, and put the product in stores across Kansas.Brodie said Stafford County Flour Mills in Hudson is one of the top flour mills in the United States, while Farmers Direct in New Cambria produces stone-ground flour for specialty products.

Olivia Bergmeier