ÖMKi’s On-farm Living Lab presents flour from ancient grains

We are happy to announce that thanks to the hard work by the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture - ÖMKi On-farm living lab, organic flour made from Hungarian-grown landrace emmer and einkorn ancient grains, which bring exciting diversity to local gastronomy, is now available for retail purchase.

From January 2022, organic emmer and einkorn flour from ÖMKi's living lab partner network is available in limited edition at one of the national supermarket chains.

Organic emmer and einkorn flours available for retail purchase

ÖMKi has been dealing with ancient grains for more than five years, in addition to testing bread wheat varieties within their On-farm living lab network. It is their belief that in addition to the production of excellent organic wheat, it is also important that the entire organic production line, including milling and processing, should be undertaken by local companies, and that the local public and gastronomy should have access to locally produced organic products.

Dr Dóra Drexler, the Director of ÖMKi, said the following: “We went beyond our narrow research area when we set the goal of making flour milled from grain grown by our On-farm partners – which was among the best in our field experiments – available nationwide as part of a product line development. We are pleased to announce that this goal has been realized.”

From the third week of January, organic emmer and einkorn flour from ÖMKi's partner network is available in half-kilo bags in one of the national supermarket chains. Availability will initially be limited, but if the first commercial attempt proves successful, larger quantities will be offered to consumers in the future. In one of the production sites, at the Csoroszlya Farm in Fejér County, flour ground using a traditional process on a millstone was tested by Hungarian craft bakeries before its appearance as a product on the retail market.

You can find more info about this initiative here.