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Last chance saloon. Credit: www.realbreadcampaign.org / Canva CC-BY-SA-4.0

Sourdough September: last chance!

FLOUR+WATER+SALT+TIME's nearly up

Last chance saloon. Credit: www.realbreadcampaign.org / Canva CC-BY-SA-4.0

Published: Monday 30 September 2024

While many people in the Real Bread Campaign's network will carry on making and enjoying sourdough bread throughout the year, TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to order your limited-edition t-shirt, apron or mug.

And...

Please take three minutes to let us know your experience of Sourdough September and suggestions for how we can improve it.

If you raised money for us, please email us and we’ll send our bank details to you for the transfer.

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If you need it, here’s a reminder of what we do for the rise of Real Bread and people involved in it.

Our next major, international shindig will be Real Bread Week, 15-23 February 2025.

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Real Bread Campaign: The Real Bread Campaign finds and shares ways to make bread better for us, better for our communities and better for the planet. Whether your interest is local food, community-focussed small enterprises, honest labelling, therapeutic baking, or simply tasty toast, everyone is invited to become a Campaign supporter.

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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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Browned off by supermarket 'bakery' claims?. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Loaf-tanning salon lies?

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Make dough from bread?. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Calling all Real Bread business owners!

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Ian Porritt. Copyright: Philippa Porritt

True Loaf magazine issue 60 out now

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Sourdough breads at the Status of Sourdough event. Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

How was your Sourdough September?

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Credits at foot of page. Montage. Copyright: www.realbreadcampaign.org

Real Bread Campaign announces new ambassadors

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Roll of honour. Copyright: H20 Publishing

Best bakery in Britain

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Wheat shortage?

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Step this way.... Credit: Chris Young / www.realbreadcampaign.org CC-BY-SA-4.0

Sourdough September: final week!

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