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As part of a small charity, the Real Bread Campaign needs to keep demonstrating to our trustees; and potential grant funders, donors and supporters that what we do works, is of value, and so is worth continuing and supporting.

News • Real Bread Campaign

Published: Monday 15 May 2017

Thanks to eveyone who ran or took part in a Real Bread Week class, event or other activity.

To help the Campaign do it again - and better - next year, please email to us:

photos you took that you give us permission to publish and use to promote our work
the number of people who participated in the activity you ran
comments on the benefit you saw, personally (eg enjoying a baking class) or professionally (eg free publicity/media coverage and/or increased sales) during the week
links to any media coverage we missed
suggestions for how we can celebrate the week's 10th anniversary in 2018

Please send these by Friday 19 May 2017 to: realbread [at] sustainweb.org

Thanks in advance...and don't forget to get planning for the 5th annual #SourdoughSeptember!

PS - Our limited edition 'I Love Gluten' t-shirts and aprons are only available until 31 May 2017

News • Real Bread Campaign

Real Bread Campaign: Finding and sharing ways to make bread better for us, our communities and planet.

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Chris Young
Campaign Coordinator
Real Bread Campaign

Chris Young has coordinated the Real Bread Campaign since March 2009. In addition to lobbying for an Honest Crust Act of better loaf composition, labelling and marketing laws; he created and runs Sourdough September; Real Bread Week; Real Bread For All; Together We Rise promoting therapeutic/social benefits and bread making; the No Loaf Lost surplus reduction initiative; as well as Lessons in Loaf and Bake Your Lawn for schools. He’s the author of the Knead to Know…more microbakery handbook and Slow Dough: Real Bread recipe book; and edits True Loaf magazine.

From 2014-18, Chris also coordinated the London Food Link network, which included editing The Jellied Eel magazine and helping to launch and run the Urban Food Awards. Chris has pulled on his judge’s wig for BOOM Awards, The Cateys, The Great Taste Awards, The Scottish Bread Championship and The World Bread Awards. In 2017, The School of Artisan Food honoured Chris with its first Fellowship.

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News Real Bread Campaign

What's in a name?. Copyright: Roberts Bakery (fair use)

What’s ‘wholemeal’ hiding?

Blog Real Bread Campaign

Basic, better, best? (or basic, basic, basic?). Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Supermarket loaves: why the massive markup?

News Real Bread Campaign

Pointing the way. Credit: Canva / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

New bread and flour guidance: gains and omissions

News Real Bread Campaign

Now all we knead is dough to do it.... Credit: Canva / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Real Bread Campaign project plans

Blog Real Bread Campaign

Facts behind the marketing. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

What Lidl doesn’t want you to know

News Real Bread Campaign

Category, and overall, winners. Copyright: British Baker

Britain’s Best Loaf winners

Blog Real Bread Campaign

How much whole grain per slice?. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Is Kingsmill’s whole grain claim legit?

News Real Bread Campaign

Real Bread Campaign’s Aldi half-white ‘wholemeal’ win

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