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Help us establish an on-farm Wood-fired bakery in Lithuania
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We are raising funds to support the establishment of a sustainable, wood fired bakery, along with the cultivation and milling of landrace grains here in Lithuania.
After experience running a wood fired bakery in the UK, we will bring lost heritage wheat varieties back to Lithuania, establishing a mill and traditional wood-fired bakery. In addition to production, we will involve young people in educational journeys of growing, milling and baking & offer immersive experiences on the land.

Our unique blend of many old wheat varieties, growing together.
We are making the first steps, to create a traditional bakery situated on a family run organic & biodynamic farm just north of Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania.
Before we came to Lithuania we grew wheat, milled and built a bakery in Wales and we bring this experience with us.
We already have a small stone mill, a wood fired oven and we planted 6 hectares of our very special mix of 100 old wheat varieties. We are embarking also on a project to bring back old Lithuanian wheat varieties no longer cultivated, and make bread from them, contributing to a restoration of the Lithuanian culinary and farming heritage which was severely depleted during the soviet era.

Our 'Astrie' granite stone mill, waiting for this years wheat harvest.
We are fundraising for essential startup costs as follows:
- Cost of wheat harvest and after harvest drying, cleaning & storage. £4000
- Bakery setup inside a shipping container including baking equipment, cost of construction of a professional dough trough, roofing materials for the outside oven area. £6000
- Total £10,000
We very much appreciate your help in supporting our family to create a way of life which can contribute to the rich cultural heritage of Lithuania, rural livelihood and the ecological restoration. Please do contact us with any further questions. We are also happy to discuss loans as well as donations.
As a thank you to all our supporters, we will gift you:
- Advice and support on your own journey with sourdough baking & growing heritage wheat.
- The opportunity for us to send you some of our freshly milled flour, sourdough starter and heritage wheat grains.
If you would prefer to look at your support as an investment, we would be happy to discuss this further with you so please get in touch.
Thank you so much, Rupert and Indre

Our granite stone mill
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Rupert Dunn
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