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A smiling couple holding their baby next to a flour sifter.
A hand holding some flour over a bag full of flour.
A smiling couple holding their baby next to a flour sifter.
A hand holding some flour over a bag full of flour.
19 March 2023
19 March 2023

Bake the World a Better Place

Grant Amount: $50,000

Region: North East Victoria

Delivered by: Woodstock Flour

Year funded: 2022

Project status: Complete

The Challenge

Woodstock Flour, based in North East Victoria, identified local demand for high extraction white milled flour but no local or regenerative options were available. All white flour consumed in the region was conventionally grown and shipped in from other places. To develop a local and regenerative high extraction white milled flour and strengthen local food systems, Woodstock Flour required additional infrastructure.

The Innovation

Family farmers, Courtney and Ian from Woodstock Flour, purchased a sifter for their farm-based flour milling operations. They are using the sifter to trial the production of a high-extraction flour (similar to a white flour) made from organic grain grown on their farm. The pair hope to demonstrate that there is a market for this product and eventually expand to mill grain grown by other organic and regenerative farmers in the region.

The project’s key objectives were:

  • Purchase and install a commercial sifting line in their flour milling operation.
  • Produce 25-50 tonnes of high-extraction flour in the first 12 months of operation and market product to the local border region and North East Victoria.
  • Sustainably scale the business to a position where they can purchase and operate a third larger stone mill (that can feed into the sifting line) and begin purchasing grain from local regenerative and organic growers.

Why did Sustainable Table fund this project?

The transformation of Australian food and farming isn’t possible without the right infrastructure in place. Farmers have a lot on their plate growing our food and thoughtfully stewarding the land, all while battling a climate crisis. Supporting Woodstock Flour, a small family business focusing on regenerative practices and local values, with the purchase of a sifter allows them to develop their offering and strengthen local food systems.

What were the outcomes of this project?

This project is complete. Learn more about the impact the sifter has had here.

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