Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project

Alex Weiser stands in a field of Abruzzi rye at Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi. Weiser is co-founder of the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project.

Alex Weiser, left, Kim Durham and her boyfriend Jon Hammond in a field of Sonora wheat at Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi.

The sun sets above a field of Sonora wheat at Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi.

Jon Hammond shows Sonora wheat berries grown in Tehachapi that are part of the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times )

Alex Weiser, left, Jon Hammond and his girlfriend Kim Durham walk through a field of Sonora wheat at Weiser Family Farms, with the Tehachapi Mountains behind them.

Alex Weiser co-founded the Tehachapi Heritage Grain Project with Jon Hammond.

Carrots are harvested at Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi.

Alex Weiser is photographed in front of an old freight car on the grounds of Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi.