Bread went from being a major part of our ancestors’ food intake to being a very small part of the food we eat today. Heavy, rich, and nutritious bread was once a daily staple; today commercial “industrialized” bread is produced in fully automated factories and is full of chemical additives and preservatives, too much salt, and has too little nutritive value. What went wrong?
Read more: When Did Our Daily Bread Take a Wrong Turn?
Our “National Hymn,” America the Beautiful, opens with the image of endless skies over fields of ripe golden grain that reach to purple mountains on the horizon. Poet Katharine Lee Bates would probably be appalled to realize that she was eulogizing one of the worst examples of mono-cropping in existence – second only to the carpeting of Iowa with corn.
Read more: Local Grains: Taking Back Our Wheat
GoodFood World Staff, January 27th, 2016 
Then one day, in June of 2007, Kevin was checking Craig’s List for bargains and came across this ad: “Fairhaven Organic Flour Mill for sale…” Kevin didn’t know a thing about flour or milling, but he was willing to learn and to work hard.
Read more: How to Buy a Flour Mill: Check Craig’s List
Gail Nickel-Kailing, December 7th, 2015 
At GoodFood World we’re always on the lookout for something special for dinner. This week we picked up a “2-Serving Portion” of wild sockeye salmon from the Loki Fish Co. stand at Ballard Farmers Market.
Read more: We Recommend: Sockeye Salmon from Loki Fish Co.
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Griz Read 2017:
Lentil Underground
Free and Open to the Public
September 21, 2017
University of Montana, Missoula
The purpose of the Griz Read is to provide new students with a common connection through a thought-provoking book. This year, a committee of faculty, staff, and students selected Lentil Underground, by Liz Carlisle.
Journalist and native Montanan Liz Carlisle weaves an eye-opening and richly reported narrative that will be welcomed by readers of food and farm memoirs, as well as everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world.
Details here.
A Video You Don't Want to Miss!
This one comes recommended by Gabe Brown, expert in Regenerative Agriculture and Holistic Management!
Gabe Brown, will a keynote speaker at the AERO 2017 Expo,
Oct. 20-22, Butte MT.
Book of the Month
Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups
By Andrew Fisher
Food banks and food pantries have proliferated in response to an economic emergency. This was meant to be a stopgap measure, but the jobs never came back, and the “emergency food system” became an industry.
But there is reason for hope that we can end hunger, not just manage it. Read on...
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