Scotland The Bread

Scotland The Bread A collaborative project to grow better grain and bake better bread with the common purposes of nouri

Bread For Good Community Benefit Society, trading as Scotland The Bread, is a food justice charity offering tasty solutions to diet-related problems. We produce flour for bread that meets the needs of the times – to nourish everyone fairly in harmony with nature. The idea is simple: grow nutritious wheat locally and bake it close to home. This supports local farmers, reduces food miles, enhances nutritional value, and creates jobs as we equip community bakers to use local grains. Bread For Good Community Benefit Society was formed in April 2016 to take over this project, which was initially created in 2012 by Andrew Whitley and Veronica Burke of Bread Matters Ltd. Working with scientists in leading institutions, we began to research heritage Scottish and Nordic wheats to find nutrient-rich varieties that do well in local conditions.

Shout out to the stall holders and traders joining us on Saturday 28th at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread! We're loo...
20/02/2026

Shout out to the stall holders and traders joining us on Saturday 28th at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread! We're looking forward to welcoming:

Cloverlea Apiaries -'The Friendly Bee Company' : beautiful blossom honey, heather honey and infused honey, all minimally filtered. Delicious honey mustards, hand-make bees wax candles, and a skin care range ‘Bee Natural Skin Care’.

Katiebirdie Makes: artwork, homeware and accessories, unique designs inspired by natural surroundings.

Mungoswells Malt & Milling : Scottish flours with exceptional traceability. From field to flour on their East Lothian family farm

: powerhouse kitchen provisions with a rowdy cowboy attitude. Pickles, spice blends and gift packs.

: Hungry Squirrel's award winning nut butters are made in Aberdeenshire

: Lapwings community mill is based in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. They work hand-in-hand with local farmers to grow quality cereals and mill nutritious, tasty flour.

: hand-made wax wraps and other eco products from Markinch, Fife

: the UK’s first authentic kvass, with live cultures and high fibre for gut health. Kvass is a 1000-year-old healthy non-alcoholic beverage made from fermented rye and barley.

: absolutely delicious Authentic Sri Lankan street food, available to eat fresh.

Public Diners meets The People's Bread tickets are now sold out for the pop-up lunch at the Scottish Festival of Real Br...
18/02/2026

Public Diners meets The People's Bread tickets are now sold out for the pop-up lunch at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread, but diner or not you can still learn all about this UK-wide campaign to bring back state-supported restaurants.

This event will involve a presentation from Nourish that non-ticket holders can listen in on, as well as an exhibition viewable by all. It'll also include an introduction to our People's Bread concept (and bread tasting for diners and audience members), and the great opportunity Public Diners would offer for Real Bread to take a starring role on the table.

Nourish

The Bread Sangsters: a fun community singing opportunity at the Scottish Festival of Real BreadThis year we are hosting ...
16/02/2026

The Bread Sangsters: a fun community singing opportunity at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread

This year we are hosting a singing workshop for the first time, bringing together bread enthusiasts and those who enjoy singing to create the Bread Sangsters. We will learn some short easy-to-learn songs that we can share with everyone at the Festival and hopefully get everyone humming the praises of Real Bread on their way home!

Turn up on the day, or email Marie Louise at queenofrevelry@gmail.com for more info.

It would be wonderful to get lots of folk involved. No singing expertise required, just a willingness to take part.

We have lots on the programme just for budding Real Bread fans at our Festival on the 28th Feb!Make sure you book a tick...
10/02/2026

We have lots on the programme just for budding Real Bread fans at our Festival on the 28th Feb!

Make sure you book a ticket for the children's fermented flatbread-making workshops, these always sell out. They will mix up a dough to shape into their flatbreads, and also make some hummus to dip their freshly baked breads into (not suitable for children with a sesame allergy).

It's a good idea to book a (free) spot for The Big Thrash too, where our smaller visitors can experience threshing their own grain (into a bag), winnowing it (we’ve a little machine to help) and grinding it into flour on a hand mill. See and feel the beauty of the grains – and learn about the hard work – at the heart of Real Bread.

New this year we also have a Kids' Corner, full of fun sensory play and craft activities to keep little ones entertained and familiarise them with the grains that we have to thank for our favourite Real Breads.

Book here: https://www.citizenticket.com/organiser/scotland-the-bread/?organiser_id%5B%5D=3517&keywords=&from=&to=&page=1

📸 Chris Young The Real Bread Campaign

The full programme is now up for the Scottish Festival of Real Bread! Workshops, tours, demos and children's activities:...
09/02/2026

The full programme is now up for the Scottish Festival of Real Bread! Workshops, tours, demos and children's activities: our aim is to inspire everyone with a love of Real Bread, an appreciation for those who make it and the skills to give it a try at home.

Spaces are already booking up for our ticketed events, book here: https://scotlandthebread.org/event/scottish-festival-of-real-bread-2026/

Tickets are available now for bookable events and activities at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread on Sat 28th Feb!Two ...
06/02/2026

Tickets are available now for bookable events and activities at the Scottish Festival of Real Bread on Sat 28th Feb!

Two of these five events are free ⭐ The pop-up 'Public Diners meets People's Bread' lunch and the children's flatbread workshops are just £5 pp (plus booking fee). All the events have sold out in previous years, so make sure you book your place soon.

Full programme will be up very soon!

https://www.citizenticket.com/organiser/scotland-the-bread/?organiser_id%5B%5D=3517&keywords=&from=&to=&page=

Nourish Bowhouse The Real Bread Campaign

What a fantastic Food & Farming day we had yesterday! The children were so engaged, and loved touching and tasting the g...
05/02/2026

What a fantastic Food & Farming day we had yesterday! The children were so engaged, and loved touching and tasting the grain, flour and breads. They seemed very proud to hear all about Fife's wonderful soils and all the great things they produce! See Balcaskie's original post for more great photos 🧡

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Yesterday we hosted a fantastic event that brought over 150 children to Bowhouse to learn all about farming, food production and land management for the day.

A huge well done to everyone that took part - RHET, all the children, the Balcaskie team, volunteers and teachers for making it all possible.

Two-day turnaround, but if anyone has a lightbulb moment for Real Bread Campaign merch design, you could soon be wearing...
03/02/2026

Two-day turnaround, but if anyone has a lightbulb moment for Real Bread Campaign merch design, you could soon be wearing it 🙂 full details below:

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Fancy supporting our charity's work by creating the design for this year's limited edition Real Bread Week t-shirt, apron and mug?

It needs to be something simple, bold, eye-catching and likely to help shift a shedload of them as a a fundraiser for the Real Bread Campaign.

Ridiculously tight turnround: please email your initial sketch by 12pm GMT this Thursday (5 February) to realbread@sustainweb.org We'll pick one by Monday 9th at the latest and ask for the final artwork (no AI, thanks) by Thursday 12th. Yup - that tight.

It's not officially a competition and there's no prize other than glory - though if the chosen one is in the UK, we can probably stretch to sending them a piece of the merch with their design on it.

(Totally understand that 'thanks' and a mug doesn't pay the bills and so this pro-bono gig isn't an option for everyone.)

A couple of stalls have become available at our Festival market on Sat 28th February. Priority will be given to Real Bre...
03/02/2026

A couple of stalls have become available at our Festival market on Sat 28th February. Priority will be given to Real Bread & grain-related producers but that’s a broad church! Preserves, butter, grain crafts, artisan meats...(no bread bakers though please, as we have a separate fully stocked bread stall).

Contact: catherine@charliedeltaevents.com

Bowhouse

29/01/2026

We'll be running behind-the-scenes tours all day during the Scottish Festival of Real Bread on Sat 28th Feb, come and see how our cyclone mill works to produce our soft wholemeal and rye flours!

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