Seed to Bread: Post Harvest Grain Processing with Scotland The Bread

Together with Project Coordinator Lyndsay Cochrane, we’ll take the next step in our journey from soil to slice. After sowing Balcaskie Landrace wheat in spring, we’ve nurtured the crop through its growing season — and now it’s time to transform it.

In this session, participants will:

Thresh – remove the grain from the stalk

Winnow – separate the wheat from the chaff

Clean – remove stones and seeds

Mill – grind the grain into wholemeal flour

This will be a lively and collaborative afternoon where we’ll set up activity stations and work as a team to process the harvest — turning a modest urban crop into nutritious, community-milled flour. We'll also learn more about Scotland The Bread’s work, the value of grain diversity, and the role of community food systems in improving health, resilience, and access.

There will be space for discussion, questions, and connecting over shared skills.

The flour produced will be used in one of WHG’s weekly community lunches, keeping the spirit of sharing and local food alive.

We’ll also document the day to contribute to Scotland The Bread’s national grain-growing knowledge base.

Suitable for adults and older children (under 16s with an adult)

Accessibility & Notes:

The session will take place outdoors and involve hands-on activities.Some processes can be dusty — please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or sensitivities in advance.Tea and light refreshments will be provided.

This workshop is part of our ongoing commitment to community food growing, food sovereignty and collective nourishment. Whether you joined us in spring or are new to the series, all are welcome!

The Wash House Garden is sloped with rough ground, and may be suitable for off-road wheelchair users. There is a composting toilet on site, with public accessible toilets in a nearby pub around 100m away.

Please email satya.dunning@glasgowfood.net for more information or to make an access request.

Getting here:

Closest transport links are: The garden is located a 2 minute walk from bus stops serving buses 61, 240, 255 from the city centre going down Gallowgate. Carntyne train station is a 15 minute walk away. There is free on-street parking just outside the garden. Bikes can be brought in and stored in the garden.

About the organisers:

Scotland The Bread is a community benefit society and charity working with a wide range of people to establish a Scottish flour and bread supply that is healthy, equitable, locally controlled and sustainable. Our idea is simple – grow nutritious wheat and bake it properly close to home.

We grow genetically diverse grains in Fife and mill them fresh for individuals, bakeries and community groups. Our milling process turns whole grains into ultra-fine whole- meal flour, while preserving higher-than-ordinary nutrient levels and great flavour.

Our grains are chosen with the following priorities in mind:

• suitability for the Scottish growing conditions and climate
• creating diversity within the field
• higher levels of vitamins and minerals than others on the market
• exceptional flavour

The Wash House Garden are a Workers Co-operative of Queer Community Growers, stewarding a beautiful piece of land in East Glasgow. We seek to actively contribute to the struggles for food sovereignty and land justice in Glasgow, Scotland and beyond.The Wash House Garden was borne out of a desire to feel a sense of mutual support and solidarity in a society in which communities have been decimated across the generations, and to grow and eat delicious food that nourished body and soul, soil and planet in spite of our globalised, environmentally damaging, and frankly bland modern food system.Faced with these at times overwhelming issues, and in the hope of inspiring ripples of change, here in Glasgow’s East End we are taking a small step in the direction we would like to see our society, environment and economy move in.We are thankful to be working in partnership with Glasgow Community Food Network as part of the Food & Climate Action project.

Glasgow Community Food Network's Food and Climate Action project, funded by The National Lottery, the Food & Climate Action Project is a five year partnership between Glasgow Eco Trust, St Paul’s Youth Forum, Central and West Integration Network, The Wash House Garden & Urban Roots, and is led by Glasgow Community Food Network.

The FCA project aims to co-design alongside communities a kinder, fairer & more resilient food system for Glasgow.

Project activity spans across 3 main strands of work: Movement Building, Food Education & Urban Agriculture.

Lyndsay Cochrane - Facilitator

With a background in Social Policy, Lyndsay took a specific interest in the issue of food insecurity following an internship with a foodbank run by the French Red Cross. She worked with The Trussell Trust to support the Scottish network of over 50 foodbanks and engage with the public, press and politicians to highlight causes and effects of food poverty.

A belief in the importance of sustainability, seasonality and locality in the food system led Lyndsay to become involved in the Slow Food Movement and to establish a group in her area to encourage better connection to food, cooking and food issues.

Alongside her current role as Project Coordinator, Lyndsay works in Sunrise Bakehouse in Burntisland and enjoys being able to witness firsthand the power of bread and bakeries in creating a strong community.