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How to fix your relationship with bread by Dr Vanessa Kimbell

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Farm To Loaf Directory

Find Flour and Grain With A Direct Connection to The Farm

The most important ingredient in your bread is the one most people never think to question. Flour arrives in a bag, anonymous and interchangeable, with no story and no face behind it. This directory exists to change that.

Here you will find farmers and millers I have sought out, researched, and in many cases know personally — people who are growing grain with genuine care for the soil, for diversity, and for the nutritional integrity of what ends up on your table. Some are working with ancient varieties that industrial agriculture all but erased. Some are rebuilding regional grain economies from the ground up. All of them are growing food that is worth knowing about.

When you buy grain directly from a farmer, something shifts. You are no longer a consumer at the end of a supply chain — you are part of a relationship, and relationships change how we grow, mill, and bake. This is how a better food system actually gets built: one connection at a time.

Browse below to find grain growers, millers, and suppliers. Reach out to them directly. Ask questions. Tell them what you are baking.

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Browse the entries below to find grain suppliers, farmers, and mills near you. By connecting directly, you’re playing a vital role in supporting farmers and strengthening the bond between those who grow our food and those who transform it.

Corston Fields Farm

Bluebird Grain Farm

Appel Heights

Cornish Golden Grains

Scotland The Bread

Gothelney Farm

Great River Organic Milling

Ashery Country Store

Maismühle Landolt GmbH

Maismühle Landolt GmbH

N.R. Stoate & Sons Cann Mills

Maple Farm Kelsale

Wylde Market

Altbachmühle AG

Brow Farm Ltd

Badger’s Garden

Rushmere Farm

Gothelney Farm

Dartington Mill CIC

Gran Alpin

Les Culs Terruex

Ardent Mills

Bio-Oz Buckwheat Enterprises

Brenner’s Bestes – Waldviertler Urgetreide

New Zealand Biograins

Nine Flowers

La Petite Ingredients

Rota das Indias

Goksular Flour Mill

Borgeby Kryddgard

Spices Cave

Orlando’s Idee

Herbathek

Ottawa Edible Flowers

Bio Babalscy

Bioklasa

Eden Valley Biodynamic Farm

Woodstock Flour

Treasure Life Flour Mills

Hadjigiorkis Flour Mill

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Todays live for diploma students will be on 'How t Todays live for diploma students will be on 'How to engage your patient in the lifestyle changes of the BALM' with @vanessakimbell 

In their 6pm live session, we help keep our students on track with the syllabus and discuss the application of Baking As Lifestyle Medicine to the 6 pillars of Lifestyle medicine, applying the research papers, application of the Research, and how this ties into prescribing, along with guest lecturers, discussions and sharing knowledge.

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BAKE, ANALYSE, EAT; RECALIBRATE & REPEAT. 📆 The S BAKE, ANALYSE, EAT; RECALIBRATE & REPEAT.

📆 The Sourdough School Clinic - Thursdays 8pm - for students of The Sourdough School 

✏️ In this weekly live session, we cover technical baking questions. Students can submit their Baking Record Sheets in advance of the session.

📋 We look at the details of our student's bakes - the specifics of the flour, timings and temperatures. Using our sourdough record sheets Vanessa will make suggestions on how they might modify, or recalibrate the next time they bake.

Follow the link in the bio to learn more about becoming a student at The Sourdough School 👆

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IBS AWARENESS MONTH Do you suffer from irritable IBS AWARENESS MONTH

Do you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? It can be tough to deal with the uncomfortable symptoms of stomach cramps, constipation, diarrhoea and bloating. But did you know that making dietary changes, such as incorporating sourdough bread into your diet, could help alleviate some of those symptoms?

Studies have shown that sourdough's long, slow fermentation process can reduce IBS symptoms. Plus, during #ibsawarenessmonth, we're exploring how adding different herbs and spices to your sourdough can further improve both the flavour and the digestion of your bread.

Let's talk about gut health, fermentation, and how sourdough can be a delicious and healthy addition to your diet. Join the conversation and share your experiences with IBS and sourdough.

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THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME On THE SOURDOUGH SCHOOL – HAND CARVED WOODEN LAME

One of the biggest issues around using a plastic lame to score sourdough, of course, is that eventually the blade will become blunt and the lame could end up in landfill.  So several years ago I talked to my dear friend EJ about developing a lame with a replaceable blade. And he came up with this very beautiful hand carved wooden lame.

Very sadly EJ is no longer with us. Recently a friend of EJ’s who is also a wood turner and carver offered to make these again for us in remembrance of our dear friend.

Follow the link in the bio to our shop where you can find our full selection of wooden sourdough tools 👆

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The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol The Baking As Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol

The current food system is broken at multiple levels, from the pesticides used in our soils to the emulsifiers and additives adulterating industrially-processed foods. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the bread we eat.  The figures reported by the UK Flour Millers say that bread is bought by a staggering “99.8% of British households” and that “the equivalent of nearly 11 million loaves are sold each day. Approximately 60-70% of the bread we eat is white and sandwiches are thought to account for 50% of overall bread consumption. Average bread purchases are the equivalent of 60.3 loaves per person per year.” 

Most bread sold is made by modern processing methods that strip heart-healthy whole grains of their nutrient contents, resulting in low-fibre bread with a high glycemic index. Over time, white processed bread can increase a person’s risk of insulin resistance alongside other lifestyle diseases.

We’re on a mission to revolutionise the bread making process at every level – from soil to slice. The rules governing this are laid out in our Baking As Lifestyle Medicine protocol. 

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