MILL
From Field to Flour
About the Mill
Why Local Flour? After decades of disinvestment in grain production and processing, we are now in the midst of a regional grain revival. We are witnessing a re-birth of interest in all things local, including grains, beans and other staple foods. A re-localized food system provides us with better food and vibrant farms all while creating jobs, sequestering carbon and regenerating the soil.
Forget the large roller mills of the midwest. Forget commodity flour that is bleached, bromated and chemically enriched. Instead follow our wholesome, small batch flour from the plate back through the mill to the farm where it began.
Eat Good Food and Enjoy!
The Mill at Naga
We are in the home stretch of the construction process to re-purpose an historic 1800’s barn which will be the new home of the Mill at Naga Bakehouse.
The expansion of this regional gristmill will positively impact the agricultural economy in southern Vermont and will exponentially increase the small-scale production of nutrient dense, organic, whole grain flour.
Stone ground? Whole grain? Who cares?
Eating is important, of course, for reasons including taste AND nutrition. Using mill stones to grind flour means that the flour is ground slow and cool, protecting the nutritional value of the berry.
Whole grain?
Yup, the whole thing is in the bag.
Nothing is removed or added.
The bran, the germ, it’s all in there. Great flavor and good for you!
Naga Bakehouse featured on Restoration Road
Our barn restoration project is currently being featured on Discovery + as part of the Magnolia Network’s program, “Restoration Road with Clint Harp”. You might remember him as the dumpster-diving, reclaimed-wood loving carpenter on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper”. In Restoration Road, Clint searches America for incredible historic barns that are in need of restoration, while exploring their origins and dreaming of their future. In our episode, you will see the transformation of an old barn into a working gristmill.
Official Site:
magnolia.com/watch/show/restoration-road-with-clint-harp
Look for Season 2, Episode 5: Vermont Grist Mill