JUNCTION CITY, OREGONEST. 2014 · WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Lonesome Whistle FARM & GRAIN MILL
THE MILLHOUSE LEDGERNO. 01 / OREGON

GROWN HERE. STONE MILLED HERE.

Grain with roots.
Flour with character.

Heritage wheat, thoughtfully grown and slowly milled on natural granite in the heart of Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

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A little closer to the grain.
From our Junction City fields to your kitchen.

FIG. 01THE HEART OF THE MILL
A furrowed granite millstoneConcentric circles and radiating furrows show grain moving from the eye of a stone toward its edge.THE STONE DOES THE WORK
NATURAL GRANITE180 RPM / SLOW & STEADY
HERITAGE WHEAT✳STONE-MILLED FLOUR✳DRY-FARMED PULSES✳WILLAMETTE VALLEY

A DIFFERENT KIND OF FLOUR / 01

Whole stories.
Honest flour.

A good loaf begins long before the dough is mixed.

We tend heritage grains and dry-farmed pulses in the Willamette Valley, then mill with the care each harvest deserves. Our Austrian Osttiroler mill uses natural granite stones to turn wheat into flour with its own unmistakable flavor and texture.

Meet Soren & Martha →

FROM THE GRAIN LEDGER / 02

Meet the grains.

Different fields, different flavors, different possibilities for your next bake.

WHEAT / 01✳

Red Fife

Nutty, warm and fragrant. A versatile heritage wheat at home in a naturally leavened loaf.

MILLING STYLE
85% sifted
BAKER’S NOTE
Rustic loaves
WHEAT / 02✳

White Sonora

A soft white wheat with a gentle sweetness, lovely in tender pastry and flatbreads.

MILLING STYLE
Soft wheat
BAKER’S NOTE
Pastry & tortillas
ANCIENT GRAIN / 03✳

Einkorn

Golden, delicate and deeply flavorful. A little patience goes a long way with this ancient grain.

MILLING STYLE
Whole berry
BAKER’S NOTE
Gentle mixing

Grain profiles are baking guides, not lot-specific laboratory results. For current harvest availability and assay information, ask the millhouse.

Explore all our grains →

THE BAKER’S BENCH / 03

A little math.
A better loaf.

Start with a dough weight and let the grain lead. This calculator gives you a practical starting point for a naturally leavened dough.

01 / SET YOUR DOUGH✳

Inoculation is the percentage of total flour in a 100% hydration levain. Salt is 2% of total flour.

02 / YOUR FORMULABAKER’S %
RECOMMENDED HYDRATION—
TARGET DOUGH TEMP.—
Ingredients to add to your dough
INGREDIENTWEIGHT
Flour to add—
Water to add—
Ripe levain—
Salt—
TOTAL DOUGH—

Flour and water already in the levain are accounted for. Weights are rounded to 0.1 g; adjust water to suit your flour and hands.

THE MILLER’S WAY / 04

Slow stone.
Full character.

Our natural granite stones work gently, keeping more of the grain’s story in the flour. The way a kernel is opened matters just as much as the way it was grown.

Inside the mill →
FIG. 02 / THE WHEAT KERNELFROM OUTSIDE IN
BRAN + ALEURONEENDOSPERMGERM

Extraction describes how much of the original grain remains in the flour after sifting.

A NOTE FROM THE MILLHOUSE

“We believe the best grain carries a sense of place—and that a good miller’s job is to let it speak.”

SOREN & MARTHA HOLLIS / STONE MILLERS & AGRONOMISTS