The RegenNarration Podcast

69. Communities Were Built Around This: The return of the Miller & Baker, with Mark Taylor


Listen Later

Mark Taylor is the miller and baker at the Miller + Baker store, recently opened in North Perth. It is a spectacular American Stone Mill (the first of its kind in Western Australia), and an amazing bakery, but that’s not the half of it. You might remember in my conversation with pioneering regenerative farmers Dianne and Ian Haggerty, for episode 68, that they mentioned some of their ‘natural intelligence’ grains go to this local miller and baker. Well, I’ve followed the grain’s trail to hear more of this brilliant story.

Mark had barely even run a mill before embarking on this adventure. But with wife Rachel, they found an increasing passion for it, and a growing base of support, and opened late last year. Even during the coronavirus pandemic, and partly because it, business has taken off. They find themselves open every day of the week now, with rapidly growing volumes of regeneratively grown grains coming in from the wheat belt, and out via the mill. And their vision has only just begun.

Mark was kind enough to show me around this pretty special venture – the sort of local processor and store that seems so central to what is needed now – for healthier food and communities, secure and joyful supply chains, and no less than a functional living world as a whole.

Title slide: supplied (see more photos on the episode web page).

Music:
Gone Clear, by William Tyler off his album Modern Country.

Find more:
Miller + Baker.

Hear more about where the grains come from, in my conversation with Dianne & Ian Haggerty on location in the wheat belt: Natural Intelligence Farming: The ‘world breakthrough’ regenerating land, health & community. 

Send us a text

Support the show

The RegenNarration podcast is independent, ad-free and freely available, thanks to the generous support of listeners like you. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them.

BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER to connect with your host, other listeners and exclusive benefits, on:

  • Patreon (NB: if you're using an iPhone, you can avoid Apple's new 30% app store charge for new subscribers by subscribing on your laptop or PC).
  • The new Substack (for the same benefits as Patreon)
  • Or Buzzsprout (without additional benefits).

Or DONATE:

  • Directly via the website (avoiding fees).
  • Via PayPal.

You can also:

  • Visit The RegenNarration shop.
  • Share, rate and review the podcast.

Thanks for your support!

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The RegenNarration PodcastBy Anthony James

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

8 ratings


More shows like The RegenNarration Podcast

View all
Conversations by ABC listen

Conversations

855 Listeners

Big Ideas by ABC listen

Big Ideas

101 Listeners

Follow The Money by The Australia Institute

Follow The Money

14 Listeners

All The Dirt  Gardening, Sustainability and Food by Steve Wood and  Deryn Thorpe

All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food

15 Listeners

Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health by Clay Conry

Working Cows - Regenerative Ranching to Maximize Profitability and Soil Health

425 Listeners

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast by John Kempf

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

502 Listeners

Growers Daily by Farmer Jesse

Growers Daily

390 Listeners

The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

The Imperfects

520 Listeners

Accidental Gods by Accidental Gods

Accidental Gods

125 Listeners

The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott by Charlie Arnott

The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott

49 Listeners

Regenerative Ag Stories on the Grazing Grass Podcast by Grazing Grass

Regenerative Ag Stories on the Grazing Grass Podcast

100 Listeners

Planet: Critical by Rachel Donald

Planet: Critical

86 Listeners

Wild with Sarah Wilson by Sarah Wilson

Wild with Sarah Wilson

73 Listeners

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens by Nate Hagens

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

379 Listeners

Regenerative Health with Max Gulhane, MD by Dr Max Gulhane

Regenerative Health with Max Gulhane, MD

63 Listeners