Greener Living
King Arthur Flour Brings Climate-Friendly Farming to the Kitchen
Regenerative agriculture is a term usually found at farmers markets. But a new “climate blend” of flour is making it more tangible than ever.
The oldest flour company in the US, King Arthur committed in 2022 to obtaining all of its wheat from climate-friendly sources by 2030.
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You can rarely smell three decades of research. But on a sunny December afternoon in my Oakland, California, apartment, scientific progress smelled just like a loaf of fresh bread.
Pulling any successful bake from the oven is its own kind of reward. But this particular loaf wasn’t a credit to my culinary talents alone: It was made with Climate Blend whole wheat flour, a new product rolled out by Vermont-based King Arthur Baking Company in November.