Smoked Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Grain Bowl

Ingredients

• 2 cups rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 beets, medium sized, any color
• 2 tbsp oil, olive, extra virgin
• 1 orange(s), halved
• 1 1/2 cup pickling solution
• 1 sprig thyme, fresh
• 1 cup mustard seeds
• 1 bay leaf, fresh
• 2 cups Farro
• 1/2 head fennel, halved
• 3 garlic, clove(s), smashed
• 1/2 onion(s), white, halved
• 2 tbsp caraway seeds, whole
• 1 tbsp garlic, powder
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 2 tbsp poppy seeds, whole
• 1 tbsp flake sea salt, Jacobson’s preferred, Maldon a good substitute