The Wheat Project is a response to the challenges facing UK agriculture

It brings together 10 UK organic farmers to improve soil health, crop resilience, and grain nutrition, while producing more flavourful, nourishing flour milled with heritage grains grown without chemical fertilisers or pesticides, using soil-positive methods that restore the land.



Unique Blend- 100% British Wheat

New organic T80 Heritage Flour Resilience Blend

This Shipton Mill all-purpose flour is made with a blend of different heritage organic wheat populations that are selected for their ability to thrive in an organic regenerative system whilst achieving the protein quality needed to give our flour both flavour and function.

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Biodiversity - Sustainability - Community

Historically, the varieties of wheat we grew would have been adapted for local weather and soils. This new Flour is milled from a blend of UK grown organic “chaos” wheat – a mix of different species and varieties (“maslins”). By growing this blend of wheat, it offers an insurance policy against difficult climate conditions, diseases, and plants compete less with each other for soil resources. It reintroduces biodiversity to agriculture through growing a variety of wheats, to move away from monoculture.

It could take several years to fine tune a
blend of wheat for a specific environment. The idea is that chaos wheat can deal with chaotic climate events it may encounter.

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This is a light brown flour with fine bran particles, milled from a blend of UK grown organic heritage wheat – a mix of different species and varieties (“maslins”). It reintroduces biodiversity to agriculture through growing a number of wheat varieties, to move away from the current monoculture of single varieties.
We class this flour as an “all-purpose” style flour due to the more delicate gluten.
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Shipton Mill Flour Organic Heritage T80 Flour – Chaos Blend Shipton Mill Flour Organic White Flour 100% Maris Wigeon
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Grains that speak of People & Traditions

Heritage wheats can create strong connections between people and places. Historically, wheat fields often contained multiple varieties. Farmers would save and trade seeds and pass them from generation to generation. Heritage populations build more resilience to climate change and plant disease as they are made up of multiple different varieties. For example, where one variety might be susceptible to a particular plant disease, the other varieties may not be affected and the harvest survives (unlike with a monoculture). Over time, the population adapts to the land and weather, with the most successful varieties thriving. Heritage varieties have deeper root systems so they can extract nutrients from deeper in the ground.

Organic farming is restoring and stewarding the farm ecosystem

·       Forbids the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers, or weed killers. Organic standards prohibit the use of glyphosate, a synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic.

·     Uses crop rotations to build soil fertility naturally.

·       Guarantees the highest animal welfare standards.

·      Encourages biodiversity and protects natural habitats.

·       Minimises waste, feeding as much
as possible back into the farm.

Organic farms use less energy, reduce nitrogen pollution, and store more carbon.

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Story of One grower

Goodwood Farm

Our “Wheat Project” organic UK growers are focused on improving the soil and the biodiversity on the land. . These growers are all incredibly inspiring, and it’s exciting to be working with people who are willing to dedicate their entire livelihoods to overcoming challenges that organic farming can face, challenges from the climate, and who are so driven to make a positive impact on the land.

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Pictures Credit: Tess Lister and Elliot Sheppard