The hope is the Bentley rye can be combined with another variety known as Rosen rye to create a historic crop that can be ...

Williams, 95, was a city native and entrepreneur who established one of Bridgeport's better-known waterfront attractions.

The Bentley seeds can’t grow on their own, but Olson’s goal is to take DNA from those seeds and put it into the DNA sequence of another existing rye seed. This will allow the extinct rye seeds to grow ...