Sometimes it’s easy to forget how radical Organic Agriculture can be in the Midwest. Reactions to the topic still often vary from bemusement, to disbelief, to something bordering on pity, to outright hostility. It’s odd.
My favorite bakeries here in Kansas City (Fervere and Whole Foods) use Heartland Mill flour. I had noticed it, registered it, but from the nondescript white bags and hinterland origins (Marienthal, KS), I had never even bothered to investigate.
Shameful, really, considering my mantra for the past few years has been the infamous, “Know Your Farmer!”
Why didn’t I know my miller?
This wonderful New Farm article set me straight. It’s heartening to see farmers in the belly of the beast rely on common sense and their own instincts to solve the soil’s problems — not just turning to corporate ag and dumping chemicals the way so many of their neighbors do.
Heartland Mill also has a website and accepts online orders. I know where my next batch of Steel Cut Oats is coming from. I’ll let you know how they are.
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