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9/9/2009
Hi Robin,
Well, talk about last minute… I just pulled
some perfectly good bread from the oven, and
it was made ENTIRELY FROM LOCAL WHEAT GROWN
AT AURORA FARMS IN CHARLOTTE, VT!!!
For the third year running, Tom Kenyon at
Aurora attempted to grow wheat for us. The
first two years did not produce results that
were fit for milling, but this year we
struck it rich. His 30 acre plot yielded
1500 bushels of wheat that had promising lab
test results. Last week Tom brought 4000
lbs. of this wheat over to Champlain Valley
Mills to be milled into white bread flour. I
picked the flour up a couple of days ago
and, having baked with it, I have to say
that I am absolutely giddy!
This opens up a world of possibilities
for us. Tom has enough of this wheat to
produce about 60,000 lbs. of flour, so I’m
beginning to work on what our year-round
100% local bread will be.
In the mean time, I want to let all the
those taking the localvore challenge know
that we’re ready to make bread entirely from
Vermont wheat—and this time there will be no
disclaimer because there doesn’t need to be
one!
Tomorrow I will be contacting Hunger Mt.
Co-op and City Market, but unlike in the
last couple of years, if any localvore
groups want to do a special order, we can
accommodate that too.
Randy George
Red Hen Baking Company |
