By Andrew Whitley, co-founder and honorary chair of Scotland The Bread In the autumn of 2017, Balcaskie Farms sowed five varieties of Scotland The Bread winter wheat and rye on some of their newly-converted organic acres. So began an experiment – to see whether it was possible to grow nutrient-dense breadmaking grain in Scotland. Why bother, […]
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May
May
Recipe from our Miller-Manager Connie Hunter, who also runs East Neuk Market Garden on Balcaskie Estate. I make 100% wholemeal loaves, anywhere between four and eight per week depending on how many people we have working on the farm. I don’t have a lot of free time, so the fact I can fit it in […]
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Feb
Feb
Real Bread Buddies Day activities can be anything from a pizza-making session, to teaching children how to make flatbreads, to a breadmaking event like those held at Summerhill Community Centre. The first ever Real Bread Buddies Day is on Sunday 27 February. The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging people to mark the culmination of Real […]
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Sep
Sep
“Folic acid is to be added to UK flour to help prevent spinal birth defects in babies” BBC News 20 Sept 2021 A personal view by Andrew Whitley, author of Bread Matters and co-founder of Scotland The Bread Quick wins and white lies Adulterating all the UK’s wheat flour except wholemeal with synthetic folic acid […]
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Sep
Sep
Thanks go to Liz Grieve of Doughlicious for this recipe. Liz suggests one loaf is made to gift, saying: “Gifting a loaf introduces people to good bread and maybe encourage people to start making a loaf of bread.” Liz Grieve started the Doughlicious Bread Club in January 2019 with the vision of making bread-making accessible […]
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Aug
Aug
Photo credit High Rise Bakers Our thanks to Pete from High Rise Bakers for this recipe. High Rise Bakers’ vision is to bring tasty, nutritious, affordable bread to the Gorbals in Glasgow, made by people living in Gorbals. It’s part of Bridging the Gap, a local community project serving the Gorbals area that aims to […]
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Jun
Jun
Many thanks to our supporter Nuria Cabellos González for sharing this summer recipe with us, for Salmorejo soup made with bread and tomatoes. Like her wintry migas, it’s another way to rejuvenate an elderly loaf. Summer having just started, I would like to welcome the new season by drawing a parallel to the welcoming […]
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May
May
Image from Summerhill Community Centre Report by Project Coordinator Lyndsay Cochrane The ‘Flour to the People’ project aimed to work alongside community food hubs and bakers to make Scotland The Bread’s nutritious flour, and bread made with it, more accessible to communities across the country. We approached this overall goal from a variety of angles: […]
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Apr
Apr
Today marks five years since the formal incorporation of Bread for Good Community Benefit Society – better known by our trading name Scotland The Bread. This innovative not-for-profit social business, owned by our 300+ member/shareholders, researches and mills nutritious organic grains to create a Scottish home-grown flour and bread supply that is healthy, fair and […]
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Mar
Mar
We approached Real Bread Week 2021 (20 – 28th February) as an opportunity to show our support to community bakeries and bakers, and some of the artisan bakeries in our network committed to Real Bread. We aimed to spread the word about our Solidarity Bags: free bags of Scotland The Bread flour for community bakeries […]