Comments on: A Tale of Two Flours http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/2010/02/a-tale-of-two-flours/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jean Hollar http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/2010/02/a-tale-of-two-flours/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Jean Hollar Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:34:28 +0000 http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/?p=237#comment-1541 Shepherd's Grain flours are available in 50 pound sacks from some outlets. I get mine from the URM warehouse (open to the public) here in Spokane. Currently, the "low gluten" or all-purpose flour is $13.39 per sack, the "high gluten" or bread flour is $15.79 per sack, and the whole wheat is $13.49. A "soft" or cake flour is also available. These are great prices and the flour is beautiful to work with. I think you could also buy through a local bakery that uses Shepherd's Grain flours. Shepherd’s Grain flours are available in 50 pound sacks from some outlets. I get mine from the URM warehouse (open to the public) here in Spokane. Currently, the “low gluten” or all-purpose flour is $13.39 per sack, the “high gluten” or bread flour is $15.79 per sack, and the whole wheat is $13.49. A “soft” or cake flour is also available. These are great prices and the flour is beautiful to work with. I think you could also buy through a local bakery that uses Shepherd’s Grain flours.

]]> By: Dennis Galvin http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/2010/02/a-tale-of-two-flours/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Dennis Galvin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:48:21 +0000 http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/?p=237#comment-1512 Josh raises a good point about the pricing and indeed the Stone-Buhr flour is lower in price than most all but the store-branded products and the extra large Costco sized packages of Multinational produced products. In the 1970's I honed my baking skills with Stone-Buhr products, and I'm very pleased to see the new Stone-Buhr is back on my radar after a long absence. And the traceability is there to boot. It is Josh's ownership and leadership at the company which has brought a great, traceable, local (to the Northwest) product to independent grocers, and even Sam Walton's stores. Josh raises a good point about the pricing and indeed the Stone-Buhr flour is lower in price than most all but the store-branded products and the extra large Costco sized packages of Multinational produced products.

In the 1970′s I honed my baking skills with Stone-Buhr products, and I’m very pleased to see the new Stone-Buhr is back on my radar after a long absence. And the traceability is there to boot. It is Josh’s ownership and leadership at the company which has brought a great, traceable, local (to the Northwest) product to independent grocers, and even Sam Walton’s stores.

]]> By: Josh Dorf http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/2010/02/a-tale-of-two-flours/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Josh Dorf Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:48:52 +0000 http://sustainablecrownhill.org/wp/?p=237#comment-1508 Thanks for the note! In the WA state market I mostly find our products below the cost of our competitors! Especially that crazy knight from New England and those with red roofs.... part of our mantra is that the product should be accesible to the average consumer and not priced too high.... Thanks for the note! In the WA state market I mostly find our products below the cost of our competitors! Especially that crazy knight from New England and those with red roofs…. part of our mantra is that the product should be accesible to the average consumer and not priced too high….

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