Biodynamic ingredients will always be our first choice - they are simply more than organic - but there isn't much grown in the UK. Imported biodynamic grain has got very expensive - so we switched to mainly organic, despite having spent the last 20 years promoting biodynamic products. We are hoping to encourage more farmers to grow biodynamic grain. We are currently using the following:
Rice, Quinoa, Amaranth, Buckwheat, Linseed
Our specialist supplier Ziegler & Co, have their own quality testing laboratories where they test for quality and gluten. They have helped to set up small scale agricultural cooperatives and comply with the principles of fair trade. They employ agronomists in Bolivia and Peru helping producers to meet organic international standards. Child labour is excluded and they have implemented a social security system in the communities and contribute to local infrastructure projects. Certified to: DIN ISO 9001-9002, ISO 14001, Organic certification to EEC 2092/91 Spelt
We made it our mission to ensure our spelt comes from the spelt species named below which are known not to have been crossed with wheat to ensure that our spelt bread meets your requirement for common wheat free bread (spelt = triticum spelta is a member of the triticum family / wheat = triticum aestivum) Not only do they have botanical differences, Dr. D'Adamo explains in his publications and on his website that the lectins in the two grains react differently with the lectins in your blood. We label our spelt bread suitable for blood group 0, whereas wheat is not suitable for blood group 0. Follow the link from our website to find out more. We do not use spelt breeds that have been crossed with common wheat and therefore never buy spelt grain on the open market - we only buy spelt from single farms who can specify the breed of spelt that they grow. April 2010 Biodynamic grain from the UK! J&S Bradley, Hungary Lane Farm, Leicestershire Frankenkorn.
Autumn 2009 Oberkulmer Rotkorn grown by Marcel et Monique Bresnieres on their biodynamic farm in Chevaigne du Maine, Northern .
These breeds are known not to have been crossed with wheat: Sirino (a biodynamic breed), Oberkulmer Rotkorn, Frankenkorn, Schwabenkorn, Bauerlaender, Steiners Roter Tiroler, Holstenkorn. Wheat
We do not use that much wheat but even then we could not find any single estate organic wheat this season - the wheat we currently use is bought from a grain merchant. Pumpkin seeds
Demeter super quality from Prasser Viktorhof, Kappel.
Kamut®
Not yet available in Europe, organic Kamut is grown by Bob Quinn in Montana.
Could a little book for £ 6.99 have saved the grain harvest in the summer of 2008?
Unfortunately 2008 has been an almost complete harvest failure of biodynamic and organic grain. Maria Thun's 'Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar' (available from Floris books) said it would be wise to have all grains harvested by the 12th of August 2008! We can't help thinking if all farmers had bought one - it could have saved the harvest...? Prices shot up and they have come down again since. Predictions are that grain prices are to rise again. |
