Learn About Growing Sorghum: A Natural Sweetener

By George Kuepper
Published on November 1, 2012
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Sorghum syrup can be homegrown or purchased as a syrup; it is a great natural sweetener. This tasty product is highlighted in
Sorghum syrup can be homegrown or purchased as a syrup; it is a great natural sweetener. This tasty product is highlighted in "Sweet Sorghum" by George Kuepper with the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. His book explains growing sorghum and sorghum production.
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Hand cutting can be done with any tool suitable for severing thick-stalked vegetation. Machetes and corn knives are two of the more effective implements. Some old-time growers use a sharpened hoe attached to a shortened handle.
Hand cutting can be done with any tool suitable for severing thick-stalked vegetation. Machetes and corn knives are two of the more effective implements. Some old-time growers use a sharpened hoe attached to a shortened handle.

Covering the modern homesteading tradition of growing sorghum in his book, Sweet Sorghum (Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture) George Kuepper discusses ways to transform this natural sweetener from plant to plate. Growing sorghum is a custom in which the product, sweet sorghum, is transformed into a nutritious homemade syrup.This excerpt is from Chapter 10 and describes growing sorghum. Learn how to process your sorghum into sweet sorghum syrup by reading Sorghum Production: Milling and Cooking.

You can purchase this book fromKerr Center Publications: Sweet Sorghum.

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