Corn and the Cold
Corn Harvest!These last two weeks we have started harvesting our flint corn varieties and we are happy with the results thus far! Flint corn varieties are different than the corn you may be used to having on the dinner table. The cobs have a very hard kernel and can come in many different colors. Rather than […]
Learn all about Sourdough
CSA Products and News Vegetable Share:OkraEggplantChardBeetsCilantroKaleBasil Bread Share:MicheLiterally “loaf” in French, Miche (pronounced “meesh”) is an extra large loaf of bread, typically made with some whole grains. We feature whole spelt, whole wheat, and a bit of rye to make for a very flavorful loaf. A crusty unsliced loaf with a spongy interior.This is a […]
Some Sweetener for Sour News
What is Sorghum?It’s a product you may find at your local farmers market or you see on our bread’s ingredient list. Sorghum, pronounced sor-gm, is a sweetener that is able to be grown locally. Often compared to molasses, it is a syrup deriving from the Sorghum plant. Originally from Africa, Sorghum arrived in the US […]
More Bread and More Soil
The Flour District DistributionWe are happy to announce we are now making multiple deliveries to the Flour District every week! This way, you can get our bread from Wednesday through Sunday on Bedford Avenue in Lynchburg! The types of bread will vary, but no matter what you can expect great sourdough to be available. We are so excited […]
Let’s Talk Dough
Please Note We Have Changed the Deadline for Saturday Orders to 4PM on Friday! Let’s Talk DoughIn March we gained a new team member, Brian Ray, who has been helping Michael with an increasing workload in the bakery. With 2 Saturday markets, the mid-week farm stand, the largest CSA bread share we’ve had, as well […]
Smoke and Lack Thereof
Break for BreadLast week marked the start of our small grain harvest! We have 1 acre of rye and 1 acre of wheat to be cut by hand, dried in the field, and threshed using a small plot threshing machine. This is a labor-intensive process, but it’s also a lot of fun to engage with these crops […]