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Janie's Mill Stone-ground Flours for Professional and Home Bakers
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This Cracked Wheat Porridge Sourdough by Annie Clapper of The Family Crumb is one of the all-time favorite recipes on th...
09/06/2026

This Cracked Wheat Porridge Sourdough by Annie Clapper of The Family Crumb is one of the all-time favorite recipes on the Janie’s Mill website. And it’s the perfect way to put our Cracked Wheat—currently ON SALE for 20% OFF! — to good use! 🍞

Annie grew up eating cracked wheat porridge as a cozy winter breakfast, and this loaf is her delicious nod to those memories. The cracked wheat is soaked overnight and cooked into a warm, creamy porridge before being folded into the dough. And that addition does some really special things: It keeps the bread moist and fresh for longer, adds a wonderfully creamy, tender crumb, and gives each slice a depth of flavor that plain sourdough bread simply can’t match.

This recipe uses our Sifted Artisan Flour as the base, with 200g of your choice of whole wheat flour — Whole-Kernel Bread, Turkey Red, Red Fife, Einkorn, or Black Emmer all work beautifully here.

Annie says that flour from Janie’s Mill makes some really happy bread. We couldn’t agree more! 🙌

Head to janiesmill.com for the full recipe and don’t forget our Cracked Wheat is still 20% off through midnight September 10th! 🤍

Get the recipe: https://www.janiesmill.com/blogs/recipes/sourdough-made-with-cracked-wheat-porridge?_pos=24&_sid=0f9363c2f&_ss=r

Happy National Food Bank Day! 🤍 It’s the perfect day to share something we are very proud of: our Neighbor Grains progra...
09/04/2026

Happy National Food Bank Day! 🤍 It’s the perfect day to share something we are very proud of: our Neighbor Grains program.

People are at the heart of everything we do: from the grain we grow to the flour we mill to the communities we serve. Neighbor Grains is one of the most meaningful ways we live that out. The idea is simple: for every 1.5 lb bag of Neighbor Grains All-Purpose Flour you donate, Janie’s Mill matches it one-to-one. Your generosity goes twice as far, every time!

🌾 Since launching Neighbor Grains, our community has helped us give thousands of pounds of versatile All-Purpose Flour to incredible organizations including Operation Food Search, Rooted For Good, and Eden Place Farms — great groups working on the ground to get nutritious food to the people who need it most.

Our current Neighbor Grains recipient is the Northwest Indiana Food Council, working to build a just and regenerative food system for all. Swipe through to learn more and see the impact your donations have made.

Head to janiesmill.com to learn more about our Neighbor Grains program or to donate!

https://www.janiesmill.com/pages/neighbor-grains-program

09/02/2026

On Janie’s Farm, we have many tools and practices to control w**ds without using chemicals - and now we have a new one, the Redekop Seed Control Unit! 🔧

We mounted this new tool on our harvest combine August 21 so that while we’re harvesting our crops, we also “harvest,” pulverize, and kill w**d seeds. Crushing the w**d seeds before putting them back on the field turns a negative (next season’s w**ds) into a positive (nutrients for next season’s crop)!

Farmer Tim walks us through the new w**d seed control system, and explains how it works. During harvest, w**d seeds pulled into the combine along with the grain are separated at the back of the machine in what’s called the chaffer. Instead of those w**d seeds being thrown directly onto the field where they’d germinate and become next year’s w**d problem, the Redekop Manufacturing system runs them through a hammer mill that pulverizes the seeds. No germination. No next-season w**ds. No chemicals needed! 🙌

At Janie’s Farm, we are constantly trying out and evaluating new kinds of non-chemical w**d control. Every tool we adopt is chosen with the same goal in mind: keeping our fields clean, our soil healthy, and our grain pure without ever reaching for glyphosate or other synthetic herbicides.

This is what organic farming innovation looks like, and we are happy to share this and other behind-the-scenes insights with you. 🌾

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Once a year, this incredibly important visit happens, and we look forward to it every single time! 🌾This is our Mill Man...
09/01/2026

Once a year, this incredibly important visit happens, and we look forward to it every single time! 🌾

This is our Mill Manager Jill with Jeremy, our OCIA organic certifier, during our annual certification inspection last week. Every year, a third-party inspector comes to Janie's Farm and Janie's Mill to independently verify that everything we say we do in accordance with the USDA Organic rules is actually what we do. No shortcuts, no self-reporting, no taking our word for it.

When you see the USDA Certified Organic seal on every bag of Janie's Mill flours, grits, and grains, it means an inspector came here, looked at our records, inspected our operation, and confirmed that we meet all of the strict organic standards: no synthetic chemicals, no glyphosate, no GMOs, and a continual commitment to improving the health of our soil and our practices year after year.

In a world where "natural" and even "regenerative" can be used by anyone without verification, organic certification is one of the few labels backed by genuine independent accountability. We take that seriously, and we are proud to earn it every single year.

To everyone who chooses Janie's Mill because you trust what's in the bag: this annual inspection is part of why you can. 🤍🌾

08/31/2026

When the fields are wet, the work doesn’t stop … it just moves to the farm shop! 🔧

Farmer Tim gives you a peek at what a rainy day at the farm shop looks like when our delivery vehicles are due for maintenance. From oil changes to tire inspections to chassis checks, Tim and the farm shop team make sure everything is working properly before our drivers hit the road. It might not be the most glamorous side of what we do, but it is essential to ensuring your order reaches you in a safe and timely way! 🙌 

There is so much that happens behind the scenes to get your flour and grains to you, and we love pulling back the curtain to show you all of it. From the fields to the mill to your kitchen, we are transparent and proud to share it all with you!🌾

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We’re growing and we want you on our team!🌾Janie’s Mill is looking for qualified, passionate individuals to join us here...
08/30/2026

We’re growing and we want you on our team!🌾

Janie’s Mill is looking for qualified, passionate individuals to join us here in Ashkum, Illinois, about an hour south of Chicago along Interstate 57. If working for a small, family-run organic stone mill sounds good to you, or to someone you know, get in touch!

We’re a team that genuinely cares about what we do: from the grain we grow, to the flour we stone-mill, to the people we work alongside every single day. If that resonates with you, head on over to the Jobs section of our website to learn more and to apply.

Apply here 👉 https://www.janiesmill.com/pages/jobs

Our very own Farmer Harold is one of the featured speakers at the Slow Food USA Community Meal and Discussion at Prairie...
08/26/2026

Our very own Farmer Harold is one of the featured speakers at the Slow Food USA Community Meal and Discussion at Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery in Champaign, IL and we’d love for you to be there! 🌾

Join us for a delicious meal featuring local grains and thoughtful conversation about the growing movement to bring grain back into our regional food system. You’ll learn more about grains grown for flavor and nourishment, milled close to home, and connected to the farmers, millers, bakers, brewers, distillers, and chefs in our community.

Although Illinois is one of America’s largest grain-producing states, most of what’s grown here enters a global commodity system: bound for livestock feed, fuel, export, and industrial processing. This Community Meal features people who are changing that by bringing local grains and flours to you.

In addition to Farmer Harold, the panelists include Marty Travis of Spence Farms and Jeff Hake of Funk’s Grove Heritage Grains, with remarks from Slow Food USA Executive Director Kris Reid.

Join us on Saturday, September 5th at Caprae Restaurant at Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery in Champaign, IL. It’s the kind of evening we love to be part of, and think you will, too!

And the dinner menu? A beautiful, locally-sourced buffet featuring freshly baked cornbread made with Janie’s Mill stone-ground cornmeal. 🙌

Visit the link here to get your ticket! We hope to see you there: https://www.exploretock.com/prairie-fruits-farm/event/619739/slow-food-usa-community-meal-and-discussion

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