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November 2022 We received this note from our lovely Whidbey Island customers: “Thank you! We love our new mill – after picking it up we went home and baked three loaves of bread. The mill worked beautifully.” Laurie and Mike Davis
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We received this wonderful letter from Kai Moessle of Little Falls, New York. He says: “I am writing to let you know how happy I am with the performance and durability of your grain mill. I bought mine directly from you as a “scratch and dent” special in 2008. I have yet to find the blemish in the finish. After 13 years I am still using the original grinding plates and have not noticed any decrease in flour quality or grinding speed. I use an average of 100 lbs. of…
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This article provides important insight into the necessity of eating whole grain foods. Read the article here.
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We received a letter from one of our wonderful customers who has owned the mill for 18 months and uses it almost daily to hand grind her wheat. Malissa writes: “We had known about this mill for about two years. And we were so desperate. We had to get something. Our common emergency mill was not suitable for long-term use for fine flour. We were stumped. (We were, at one point, buying whole wheat flour.)” Then, after purchasing the Country Living Grain Mill, Malissa continues, “Words cannot describe how this…
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Recently, a customer emailed us with an easy tip for installing the short key when the spring auger is providing too much pressure to easily install with the flat of a screwdriver. Required Tools: 2 crescent wrenches, the adjustment knob that comes with the mill Steps: Put 2 crescent wrenches in front of the spring auger (as depicted in photo) Spin on adjustment knob, depressing spring until there is enough room to drop short key into place Remove wrenches Take off adjustment knob Reinstall rotating grinding plate, washers, and adjustment…
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We recently received an email from Richard Martin, who kindly shared photographs of his beautiful bench-grinder conversion. Here are his letter and photographs: Thought you guys might get a kick out of this setup. I had an old bench grinder stand sitting around the shop that I was tired of tripping over. I rigged up an adjustable motor mounting plate for belt tension, fed the reduction pulley out the back of the cabinet, and we now have a motorized mill running at 72 RPM. =)
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From Radio Health Journal, aired on 6/26/2016: Going gluten-free is very popular, but a new study finds that if you don’t have celiac disease, there’s no point in it. In fact, it may even hurt you. The 25-year study in the journal BMJ (British Medical Journal) shows that people who eat the lowest levels of gluten have a 15% higher risk of heart disease. Researchers say the results aren’t necessarily cause-and-effect, but when people restrict heart-healthy whole grains to reduce gluten exposure, they often end up eating more refined grains.…
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Since the 2011 Gluten-Intolerance study at Monash University, unscrupulous opportunists have seized upon the findings and turned their gluten-free products into a 15 billion dollar a year industry. This promotion of gluten and wheat in general as unhealthful was aided and abetted by such books as Grain Brain and Wheat Belly, which made a number of scientifically dubious assertions. Now, Peter Gibson, the same researcher who headed up the 2011 study, has released the results of his follow up study, in which 37 people, who self-identified as gluten-intolerant, participated. The…
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We found this excellent article that debunks some of the common myths about whole grain. The bottom line is that whole grains are good for you and can prevent serious ailments like diabetes and heart disease. Here is a snippet from the article but be sure and read the whole thing at The Smoke and Mirrors Behind Wheat Belly and Grain Brain “Celiac disease is a condition that affects fewer than one in one hundred people following the Western diet. These people must avoid gluten, found in high concentrations in wheat, barley,…
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