Heritage Grains We Grow

Rouge de Bordeaux Heritage wheat

We grow a French wheat variety with roots in eighteenth-century French Colonial history as part of The Les Amis du Fort de Chartres Seed to Loaf: Heritage Wheat Revival Project. This effort aims to reintroduce historic wheat that may have been cultivated in the area nearly 300 years ago, using both traditional and modern methods. Our journey began years ago with just one ounce of Rouge de Bordeaux heritage wheat seed. Each year, we saved more seed until we could plant a one-acre plot of locally raised seed. Now, every summer, we harvest the wheat with our antique equipment and stone mill it in our on-farm commercial kitchen.

You can purchase our seed to flour artisan flour here