January 1, 2010 - 3:44am
Buying/finding flour from local mill close to Oxfordshire UK
First: Happy New Year to all!
I know this site has mainly US readers, but I thought I'd try my luck anyway.
For the holidays I am in my homeland Holland where it is quite easy to find mills selling their own products. Within a radius of about 20km (13miles) there are at least three operational grain mills that I know of.
In Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK where I currently live I find it very difficult to find mills that sell local -organic- produce. There is one close to Chipping Norton, which is not really on my route.
Would you be able to help me find more millers in or around Oxfordshire, pls?
Thanks in advance!
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How about this? Or maybe this? Just a couple of possibilities that I located using the Search tool located at the upper left-hand corner of the page.
Happy New Year and good hunting!
Paul
Try this link:
http://www.oxfordlocalbread.org/2009/04/26/the-oxford-bread-group/
You should contact John Letts. I attended a Rise of Real Bread conference in November at one of the Colleges in Oxford. John was one of the key speakers there; truly fascinating man.
He knows more about growing wheat than just about any one alive right now.
Hey, it's good to come across someone from UK active on the site.
I am a lecturer based in Newcastle upon Tyne; check me out on the Baker Blogs as Anandas Blog.
Best wishes
Andy
Hi Andy,
A few weeks ago I found info about that conference in Oxford. Unfortunately I only started to make my own bread end of November, so I missed that conference. Otherwise I certainly would have attended!
Thanks
BTW:nice start of your blog.
Thank you for all your help.
I'll check out the links -also in the links-
Wessex mill seems close enough and seems to have good flour. I'll swing by once I'm back in the country.
After all those years I still have to get used to the much bigger distances in the UK compared to Holland. It certainly has pros and cons.