How to create and mill Botanical Blend Flour

Welcome to the Botanical Blend Flour Open Source Knowledge Library - learn how to ditch monoculture in your bread

The traditional approach to flour has to change if we are to change the system, nourish the gut microbiome, and support environmental diversity. Monoculture in our food undermines gut health by reducing dietary diversity and increasing exposure to harmful chemicals. Environmentally, monoculture leads to soil degradation, biodiversity loss, increased pest and disease vulnerability, and water-related issues. Shifting towards more diverse and sustainable agricultural practices can enhance both human health and environmental resilience.

Empowering others to bake nourishing bread has been the mainstay of my work, and I have built up an amazing understanding of how to change how we bake bread.  This knowledge must be shared to change things, so in this section, you can access my knowledge and research and lessons so you can make up any blend to bake with, but we use some signature blends. You can find them here in The Botanical Blend Library. This section provides the lessons and supporting worksheets are here on how to create and mill botanical blend flour.

Why Empowering Bakers?

• The lessons here are shared to make my knowledge accessible. Providing a detailed research database and methodologies empowers small bakers to innovate and contribute to the field. This promotes transparency and shared progress in bread-making.
• Promoting Social Justice: Ensuring that valuable information is accessible to small artisan bakers helps promote equality and supports those who might otherwise not have access.
• Affordable Licensing:  I offer the licence for small bakeries for just £1, which helps align baking practices with sustainability and health, supporting small businesses and fostering a community dedicated to nutritious bread.
• Preventing Supermarkets from Monopolising Bread: Many small bakeries have to justify their amazing breads from those produced by supermarkets. Sharing knowledge on botanical blend flour actively helps prevent large companies from monopolising sourdough and artisan bread, so small bakeries can do something different - and that supports the artisan bakers,  in turn this supports the well-being of their communities and helps to support ethical baking practices - which aligns with the aim of improving bread for all.

Botanical Blend Flour is a registered trade mark  - For commercial licensing of Botanical Blend flour, Please contact our Commercial Director in the first instance through [email protected]

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