Doves Farm Flour

Doves Farm started with a passion, as all good things do. Driven by a fascination with wholegrains and organic farming, founders Clare and Michael Marriage sowed their first seeds in 1977 with the simple idea of making great quality wholemeal flour from grain grown to the toughest organic standards. 

Water, wind, soil and sun sustained their crop, and with a little time and patience, a year later their first grains were ready to harvest. They purchased an old stone grinding mill and then began to mill their wholegrains into wholemeal flour and pack it by hand into flour bags.

Back then, the nation’s daily loaf was of the shop bought, white, uniformly-sliced variety and people didn’t think too much about what went inside or how it was made. So, it took some convincing to get retailers to stock their flour. Soon though, health food store after health food store realised the brilliance of organic wholemeal flour, and the journey to bring home baking back to the country’s kitchens had begun. 

As interest in speciality grains grew, Doves Farm pioneered the re-introduction of some of the UK’s lost ancient grains back to our soils. Rye was first, then Spelt and Einkorn, and Emmer soon followed. They also started milling other interesting grains such as Khorasan, Oats, Quinoa and Teff.

Today, Doves Farm flours can be found in all major retailers and we have become the UK’s favourite organic flour brand of which they are immensely proud. Doves continue to be driven by their original mission to make quality organic flour from sustainably grown grains and they're excited to be inspiring people with a range of unique and distinctive flours that make home baking a joy.

Buy Doves Farm at Ratton Pantry.