BROOKLYN BREAD CLUB

Brooklyn Bread Club (BkBC) is a bakery that operates a subscription and market-based model. With a big concept - baking bread and other goods with stone ground flour from 100% Northeast grain - our model prioritizes interacting directly with our customers, millers, and farmers. After working with various flours and grains, exploring farms and mills, building relationships across the northeast, and even beginning the process of cultivating our own grains, we are ready to share the results throughout Brooklyn... The Northeast has the perfect environment to grow grains: cold winters and hot summers. With a higher gluten content than other types of wheat, the preferred grain for bread is winter wheat. This is planted in the fall, germinates, and then goes dormant in the winter, ideally under a snow cover. Come spring, the wheat "bolts" and is usually ready to harvest by the end of June. Rye follows a similar life cycle to winter wheat. Spring wheat, on the other hand, is planted at the..