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Deux jours au Danemark.
Des dizaines de passionnés.
Et une conviction renforcée 🙏

Le European Grain Festival by Landsorten nous a confirmé une chose : partout en Europe… et bien au-delà, de plus en plus de professionnels souhaitent reprendre la maîtrise de leur matière première.

Nous avons rencontré des boulangers, paysans-boulangers, meuniers et agriculteurs animés par la même envie : produire une farine et un pain de qualité, gagner en autonomie et redonner de la valeur à leur métier.

Pendant ces deux jours, nous avons eu le plaisir de faire découvrir le Moulin Pionnier, le Moulin Révolution et la Brosse à Grain Astréïa à des visiteurs venus de toute l’Europe… et même des États-Unis.

Les retours nous motivent énormément :
🌾 Des installations compactes pensées pour optimiser l’espace.
🔇 Un fonctionnement étonnamment silencieux.
⚙️ Une intégration facile dans un atelier, une boulangerie ou une exploitation agricole.
❤️ Des équipements conçus pour durer.

Au-delà des démonstrations, nous repartons avec de belles rencontres, de nouveaux projets et la confirmation que cette filière internationale partage les mêmes valeurs : qualité, autonomie et savoir-faire.

Un immense merci à @landsorten pour son accueil, ainsi qu’à toutes les personnes venues échanger avec nous. Merci à toutes celles et ceux qui sont venus nous rencontrer. Et si nous ne nous sommes pas croisés cette fois-ci, ce sera avec plaisir lors d’un prochain événement ! 🌾

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Working together as farmers, millers, bakers, researchers and artists to characterise diverse grains, and unpick our hopes and dreams for a better tomorrow at @nottingham_mill_coop yesterday. There's more to this alternative grain economy than it seems @yorkshiregrainalliance and beyond 💖

Shout out to @novabakehouse - who coined the term Grain Changers. They are leading the way in Leeds alongside @leedsbreadcoop @fat_pigeon_bakery. Look out for the Grain Changer products on their shelves, grown by @alfraser1 and @j.stringerandsons. We're only just getting started.

Head to @betterfoodtraders and order more copies of Baking a Better Tomorrow now (via their linktr.ee). Spread the word! We are doing our final shipment tomorrow ✊ by @uk_grain_lab

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Who would like some copies of Baking A Better Tomorrow for their business?

We’re imagining a future grain system, rooted in care, justice and joy.

The grain revolution has already started and you can read all about it in these pages.

Head to the link in our bio to request 5 copies. We can currently only send to UK addresses at this time, however digital downloads are available!

#changetastesgood #betterfoodtraders #ukgrainlab #realbreadcampaign #organicresearchcentre bakingabettertomorrow by @uk_grain_lab

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7 months ago

Baking a Better Tomorrow is travelling the country.

From coastal towns to city centres, the grain conversation is growing 🌾.

This publication celebrates the people reclaiming grain - growing diverse varieties, milling locally and baking in ways that strengthen communities and shorten supply chains.

If you’d like your copy:
📥 Download the digital edition
📦 Or order 5 copies for your business to share with your team and customers
🔗 Head to the link in our bio

Let this be your nudge to explore alternative grains, ask where your flour comes from and seek out local mills wherever you are.

Big thanks to everyone who has already downloaded and supported the project, alongside our brilliant collaborators:
@uk_grain_lab
@betterfoodtraders
@realbreadcampaign

The future of grain is local, diverse and collaborative.

#bakingabettertomorrow #realbreadcampaign #ukgrainlab #organicresearchcentre by @uk_grain_lab

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We have to be active to create the change we want to see.

What type of future do you want to live in?

By 2036, we’re imagining a system rooted in care, justice, and joy. From seed to loaf, and beyond.

A future where children know the names of grains the way they know the names of birds.

Where bread tells the story of soil, seasons, and skilled hands.

Will you be part of it?

Grab 5 free copies of Baking A Better Tomorrow for your business (or your favourite shop or bakery) via the link in our bio.

Learn more: ukgrainlab.com / realbreadcampaign.org / betterfoodtraders.org
#GrainChangers #BakingABetterTomorrow #UKGrainLab #RealBread #FoodRevolution @swgrainnetwork @southeastgrainalliance @yorkshiregrainalliance by @uk_grain_lab

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Did you know that humans have been eating bread for at least 14,500 years, originally in the form of flatbreads made from wild grains, ground between stones.

If you want to get started on (or continue) your bread baking journey you’re in the right place for a tasty recipe!

Hackney resident, Hatice, makes & sells delicious Gozleme (Turkish-style filled flatbreads) at the @growingcommunities all-organic farmers’ market every Saturday. She only uses organic flour and sources other ingredients from farmers and producers at the market.

You'll find this recipe in the Baking A Better Tomorrow magazine - comment 'I love baking' and we'll send you a link to a digital download.

But if you don't fancy baking and are local / in the area - swing by to the Growing Communities market in Stoke Newington for a totally delicious weekend outing and one of Hatice's bakes!

#Breadbaking #BreadRecipe #RealBreadWeek #FlatbreadRecipe #SeasonalEating #RealBread by @uk_grain_lab

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Two grain systems, two futures. Comment A or B to choose your food future.

#changetastesgood #bakingabettertomorrow by @uk_grain_lab

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Say hello to some of the amazing Grain Changers reshaping the bread we eat for a better tomorrow 🙌

Comment ‘Grain Changers’ and we’ll send you a digital download which expands on these stories and explores what the future could look like when we move away from a monopolised, industrial system.

Essential reading? We think so! Please share far and wide.

📸 Photo Credits: Slides 1 & 2: @tessabunney 2 & 5 @Gothelneyfarmer, Slide 3 @gilchesters, Slide 4, @patricianiven

@yorkshiregrainalliance @fieldbakery @southeastgrain @swgrainalliance #grainchangers #changetastesgood #RealBreadCampaign #ArtisanBaking #stonemilling #diversegrainsandflour #SeedFreedom #OrganicFarming #BiodiversityCrops #agroecologicalfood by @uk_grain_lab

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➡️ Who wants a copy?

Comment 'I love grains' and we'll send you a link to get a digital download.

🌾 What does a food system rooted in care really look like - and who are the people challenging our industrial farming model?
🌾 Where can I get my hands on some tasty, real bread?
🌾 And how do you bake Gözleme?

Baking a Better Tomorrow answers all these questions (and a lot more).

We've filled it with inspirational stories from farmers and millers, bakers and retailers - celebrating the people rebuilding our grain supply from the ground up.

It's the perfect read to kick off #RealBreadWeek

#ChangeTastesGood #RealBread #RegenerativeAgriculture #GrainChangers #SustainableFood #UKGrainLab #RealBreadCampaign

📸 Front Cover Image @tessabunney @ryedalefoldmuseum
📸 Back Cover Image Fred Price, @gothelneyfarmer by @uk_grain_lab

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The result of a brilliant collaboration between @uk_grain_lab, @realbreadcampaign, @betterfoodtraders and @orgrescent.

Baking A Better Tomorrow is a celebration of the people reshaping our grain and bread system.

It features some truly inspirational voices from across the UK who are championing diverse grains, agroecological farming and Real Bread made with integrity.

🌾 Available for digital download from Saturday 21st Feb
📰Hard copies from selected Better Food Traders, bakeries & independent retailers

This is about the future of our food system and the grain changers shaping it from field to fork.

We cant wait for you to read it!

#GrainChangers #RealBread #ChangetastesGood #BetterFoodTraders #realbreadcampaign #ukgrainlab #organicresearchcentre by @uk_grain_lab

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Yesterday was such an amazing experience!

Baking day for the trial wheats grown, harvested, cleaned and milled by a far reaching collaboration of members of the Alliance and hosted by Botton Village community in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors.

Bread, crackers, pasta and pastry made and compared - some of the varieties used never before tasted!

And much knowledge, experience and joy shared too 🥰

Held by UK Grain Lab this project has explored a diversity of different wheats both for performance in the field in organic farming systems in Yorkshire, and in terms of their applications for different types of grain-based foods.

Results will be shared as soon as they're collated and will inform which varieties will be taken forward at scale in the coming years.

Almost too many people to thank but Botton Village, Esk Seeds, bakeries Nova, Leeds Bread Co-op and Fat Pigeon, and Nottingham Mill Co-op amongst them! by @uk_grain_lab

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