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Reflections on the first years of Virtuous Bread

Reflections on the first years of Virtuous Bread

Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by .

Easter Monday 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden "You are going to do what?" I was spending Easter with my friend Kat.  It had been a difficult few months.  A profoundly disappointing client engagement led me to want a break from strategy consulting and I had been baking obsessively, building my bread business and trying to decide [...]

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Everards Brewery helps people set up home baking businesses in Leicester

Everards Brewery helps people set up home baking businesses in Leicester

Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by .

What is a social enterprise? Social enterprises exist to benefit society; but they are not necessarily charities. There are two sides to a social enterprise - the "social" bit and the "enterprise" bit.  Social enterprises need to make money because they need to spend to help benefit society and because the people who run them [...]

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Learn to bake sourdough bread in North Norfolk

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a sourdough bread baking class in North Norfolk. You will learn to bake sourdough bread and crackers using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Learn how to proof sourdough bread in a basket, understand why it is sometimes easier to proof sourdough bread in [...]

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Learn to bake sourdough bread in Leicester

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a sourdough baking course in Leicester. You will learn to bake sourdough bread and crackers using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Learn how to proof sourdough bread in a basket, understand why it is sometimes easier to proof sourdough bread in a tin, [...]

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Learn to bake bread in Norfolk

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a baking course in Norfolk. You will learn to bake bread using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Classes cost £60.00 and include all materials, expert tuition and a lovely lunch. Schedule May  Friday 18th May 10 a.m - 2 p.m Monday 28th 10 am [...]

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Learn to Bake Bread in Leicester

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a baking course in Leicester. You will learn to bake bread using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Classes cost £60.00 and include all materials, expert tuition and a lovely yummy tastings.   Schedule April Thursday 26th 10 am - 2 pm May Tuesday [...]

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Sunday market at The Wheatsheaf in Fulham

Sunday market at The Wheatsheaf in Fulham

Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by .

Selling virtuous bread (and cinammon buns) at The Wheatsheaf Pub in Fulham gave me a glimpse into another community building, recession busting enterprise. We don't need the Big Society. We need more people like Lance.

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The Bread Angels pilot – Part One

The Bread Angels pilot – Part One

Posted on 24. Jan, 2011 by .

It was not perfect and I feel terrible about that.

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Virtuous Bread changes the world through bread

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by .

Virtuousbread.com is dedicated to changing the world through bread The Mission Founded by Jane Mason in 2010, Virtuousbread.com makes it fun and easy for people around the world to buy, make, learn about, share, and eat good bread and in so doing, creates the link between eating good bread and doing good things. “Bread is the staff of life." “Know [...]

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