I’m trying to steer my life toward more organic foods, and to stop giving my money to big food conglomerates — tobacco companies seem to own everything these days, from Grape-nuts to Jif peanut butter and Ritz crackers!

I’ve been doing some research, and by happy accident, came across King Arthur Flour, available in most grocery stores. The flour’s wonderful (Did all of my Christmas baking with it and had great results), the company is employee-owned and operated, and here’s a quote from the company regarding Genetically Modified Wheat:

November 2003 — “With the many unknown factors surrounding GMO wheat, including potential effect on the global food chain, financial impact on the United States farmers and consumers, impact on the global food chain, and other concerns; and based on input from our customers and employees, King Arthur flour does not support the introduction of GMO wheat, nor its use in King Arthur flours… Using GMO wheat as the basis for King Arthur Flours would run counter to our centuries-old commitment to natural quality, and thus we don’t endorse that option.” — King Arthur Flour, company position statement.

So there ya go. King Arthur Flour. Paul razzed me (yeah, I deserve it) about bringing home food with a knight and horsie on the front, but hey, it works.

EDIT: From K in CT:

Have you requested their catalogue yet? Lots of fun baking things

and recipes. They have some really good cookbooks too.

A word to the wise-their all purpose flour is a “harder” flour than

most. That is it has a higher protein and therefore gluten content,

so if you are making cakes or pastries, a cake flour is generally

better. We’ve used KA for years. If you need to do a lot of baking

at some point, it may be useful to know that Costco carries large

bags of KA all purpose.