{"id":1715,"date":"2024-09-05T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moulin-astreia.com\/paysan-boulanger-re-gagner-son-autonomie-pour-relancer-son-activite\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:50:26","slug":"farmer-baker-regaining-his-independence-to-relaunch-his-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moulin-astreia.com\/en\/farmer-baker-regaining-his-independence-to-relaunch-his-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer baker: regaining his independence to relaunch his business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Autonomy against the agri-food lobbies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By choosing to be a farmer-baker<\/strong>, you move away from integrated production models: this means that you are no longer dependent on large agri-food companies to produce and sell your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re counting on yourself to make the most of your cereals and the products that come from them: bread, pasta, buns, biscuits, cakes<\/strong>\u2026 And that’s just as well, because consumers are counting on this new resolution. They’re looking for direct sales from producers, they’re looking for short distribution channels<\/strong>. They shun the agri-food industry<\/strong>, which has largely abused their trust by introducing numerous toxic substances into their food\u2026 So the trusted alternatives in the fight against agri-food lobbies<\/strong> are local bakers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a self-sufficient farmer-baker by producing your own flour<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A farmer-baker<\/strong> has to master a number of skills. First of all, they need to know how to work the land and organise cereal production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To develop, it’s essential to think carefully about the choice of seeds<\/strong> and the benefits of using old varieties<\/strong>. And since being a farmer-baker<\/strong> means managing everything from growing the cereals to turning them into bread, there’s one key stage that you also need to have a hand in: turning the cereals<\/a> into flour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding the right mill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to be a self-sufficient farmer-baker<\/strong> and stand up to the industrial lobbies<\/strong> by turning your cereals into flour<\/strong>, you need to choose a mill that :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meets your yield requirements Helps you get away from these lobbies, by focusing on healthy products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And to succeed in producing quality flour<\/a><\/strong>, the solutions are actually quite limited. Because the problem with traditional stone mills and roller mills<\/strong>, which are the most common types of mill, is that they don’t respect the cereals you’ve worked so hard to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these mills<\/strong> and their excessively fast rotation speed<\/strong>, the cereal is oxidised<\/strong>: the result is refined white flour that is not very digestible<\/strong> and is very poor in nutritional terms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you want to be a self-sufficient and profitable farmer-baker<\/a><\/strong>, you’re going to have to rely on another ally. And that ally is the Astri\u00e9 mill<\/a><\/strong>. It supports bakers <\/strong>and cereal growers<\/strong> who want to promote themselves and their cereals, by enabling them to produce quality unrefined flour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to achieve this, it’s all down to the millstones<\/strong>: made from Sidobre granite<\/strong>, the mill’s two grindstones are micrometrically<\/strong> adjusted, so that they don’t crush the grain, but unroll it<\/strong>. The big advantage? You can choose to unroll any grain (wheat, buckwheat, rye, maize, chestnut\u2026) as long as it is sufficiently dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s the key to being a self-sufficient farmer-baker!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to use the mill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But once you’ve found the right mill to help you become self-sufficient, you’ll need to learn how to use it by learning how to mill<\/a>! Because becoming a miller isn’t something you’re born with \u263a You’ll need to go through a discovery phase<\/strong>, during which you’ll learn how to make the most of your Astri\u00e9 mill<\/strong>, to become a profitable farmer baker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This training course will help you gain a clearer understanding of :<\/p>\n\n\n\n