About Us

Welcome to Westwind Milling Company, our unique mill, flour store, and bakery. We offer only locally- and sustainably-grown foods, so you can take part in the amazing bounty that your own community creates. The wheat from which the flour is milled is all grown by small independent farmers here in Michigan (and one in Ohio). Our flours are custom ground for orders we receive, five days a week, so the flour you get is FRESH, LOCAL, and ORGANIC.

The grains we mill include hard red spring wheat for bread flour, soft white winter wheat for pastry flour, spelt, rye, barley, buckwheat, and corn. Flours come in three different grades — light (unbleached; starch alone), medium (whole wheat; starch & germ), and dark (graham; starch, germ & bran).

We also offer five varieties of pancake mixes, four varieties of fruit bran muffins, a host of dessert mixes, three types of corn bread, scones, hot cereals, and so on.

See the “Misc. Information” sectin for baking qualities. And please visit our website at:

http://westwindmilling.com/index.html

Ingredients We Use

All our flours are certified organic and contain nothing but flour — everything is all NON-bromated, NON-bleached, and without preservatives or dough enhancers. All mixes, except those containing dried fruit, are certified organic. All spices, sugar, cocoa, and oats that are added to our mixes are certified organic. Baking powder is aluminum free.

Our Practices

We are certified organic by OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association) and work in accordance with USDA Organic Rules.

Highlights

In addition to offering flour products, we offer educational and enjoyable outings for people who are interested in seeing where our food comes from. We offer Mill Tours of our 1836 Flour Mill, which take about an hour, including muffins and cider at the end with an activity booklet for kids, for $5 each (minimum 10 people). We also offer Farm Tours at Westwind Farm in Swartz Creek during the summer/fall season. See our website, www.westwindmilling.com, for details.

Misc.

Light flour is unbleached, similar to white flour. It holds together well, rises well, and has a light, fluffy quality. Medium flour also holds together well, doesn’t rise quite as much, and is a bit denser than light. Dark flour is quite dense, needs a bit extra yeast to rise well, and can be crumbly. We recommend adding an egg to your dark flour recipe to help hold the bread together, which works quite nicely. Consisting basically of starch, light flour contains the least nutrients. Medium flour contains quite a lot of nutrients, as flour contains B vitamins and iron, which are found mostly in the germ. Dark flour is the healthiest, containing the B vitamins and iron of the germ, as well as fiber found in the bran.

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