Bake better for people and planet
We’ll introduce you to new regenerative products, help you navigate labels, and support you in choosing soil-conscious options for your home.
When indulging in something sweet, bake with ingredients from this Kiss the Ground curated list of our favorite brands that are healthier for you and the soil.
Vanilla Bean Project
Vanilla
Crowned with a Regenerative Organic Certification, The Vanilla Bean Project is setting a new gold standard for the vanilla industry.
Farmer Direct Foods
FLOUR
By integrating holistic farming practices, Farmer Direct Foods’ wheat fields have saved 40 million gallons of water a year.
Wildfarmed
FLOUR
Wildfarm’s impact is going farther and wider. They have partnered with 500 food businesses, including artisan bakeries to high street restaurant groups to invest in the regenerative way of growing grain.
You can often substitute processed sugar and sweeten your baked goods with regenerative sugars, honey, or maple syrup!
Bob's Red Mill
Flour, Baking Essentials
For the past 45 years, Bob’s Red Mill has been a leader in baking essentials. Their ingredients are simple, whole and minimally processed.
Jovial Foods
FLOUR
Jovial Foods’ founder became an einkorn enthusiast when it eased her daughter’s gluten sensitivity. Its legacy dates back to the first bread ever made, and its the start ingredient at Jovial Foods.
Guardian Grains
FLOUR
Guardian Grains is revolutionizing grain nutrient-density in South Prairie, North Dakota. Opting out of tillage, fertilizers, or seed treatments, their regenerative flour is a testament to the power of nature.
Kiss the Ground’s Easy Peasy Buckwheat Pancakes
You’ll need:
- 1 cup Meadowlark Organics Buckwheat Flour
- 1 cup Perennial Pantry All-Purpose Flour with Kernza
- 2 tbsp sugar, Lineage Provisions Honey, or maple syrup
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¾ cups whole milk or oat milk
- 2 large eggs
- 3 tbsp melted butter or Dr. Bronner’s Coconut Oil
- Extra butter or oil for the skillet
Directions:
- In a bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, salt, and sugar (if using sugar).
- In another bowl, whisk milk, eggs, melted butter, and sweetener if using honey or syrup.
- Pour wet into dry; stir gently until just combined — batter should be slightly lumpy.
- Heat a lightly greased skillet over medium heat.
- Scoop ¼ cup batter per pancake.
- Cook until bubbles form, flip, and cook until golden.
- Serve warm with butter and more honey or syrup if desired.
Frontier Co-op
Spices, Vanilla
From farmer to consumer, Frontier Co-op is advocating for a clean supply chain. Their Well Earth sourcing program provides funding, technical expertise, and industry knowledge for suppliers.
Wholesome Sweeteners
Sugar, syrup
Wholesome Sweeteners pioneered Fair Trade sugars in the U.S. and is now working toward integrating more regenerative farming practices. Their cane sugar and turbinado sugar are the first to be Regenerative Organic Certified.
Lineage Provisions
Honey
Lineage Provisions’ unfiltered honey adds a rich sweetness to baked goods. Hand-harvested from remote wilderness, their honey is clean and packed with nutrients for immune and gut health.
Florida Crystals
Sugar
Florida Crystals developed a unique form of pest control for regenerative organic farming: barn owls. You can support them by making vegan sugar cookies with this recipe!
Big Tree Farms
Sugar
Nira forms the foundation of Big Trees Farms’ coconut sugars. Rooted in traditional Indonesian practices, nira is tapped from coconut blossoms of 248,000 organically managed trees.
Try baking with buckwheat flour! Buckwheat flour isn’t actually made from wheat—it’s a gluten-free flour ground from the seeds of the buckwheat plant, which is related to rhubarb and sorrel. Despite its name, it’s not a grain but a pseudocereal, and it’s been used for centuries in dishes like Japanese soba noodles and French galettes!
SolSpring
Maple Syrup, Honey
In western Wisconsin, SolSpring is investing in healthy soil to produce the best maple syrup and honey. Compost, homeopathic treatments and cover crops are key.
Oatman Farms
Baking Mixes, Flour, Vanilla
Arizona and fertile soil don’t necessarily go together. But after five harvests building regenerative practices, Oatman Farms transformed their dying soil and became Arizona’s first Regenerative Organic Certified® farm.
Meadowlark Organics
Buckwheat, oats, pancake mix, wheat
Meadowlark Organic’s grain share program makes joining the Regenerative Movement seamless and fun. From “I Don’t Bake (Much)” to “Deluxe Graniac,” there is a deal for everyone.
Simple Mills
Baking Mixes
As the autumn air cools and the leaves start to change, now is the perfect time to bake Simple Mills’ pumpkin muffins. The baking mix is made with nutrient-dense almond and coconut flour.
Perennial Pantry
Flour, Baking Mixes
Perennial Pantry’s all purpose flour blends wheat with kernza – great for cookies, cakes, building soil health and sequestering carbon.
Snacktivist Foods
Flour, Baking Mixes
Snacktivist Foods knows a bright future starts with regeneration. You can meet the regenerative farmer that grows your Snacktavist product by scanning the QR code.
Ojaswe
Baking Mixes
Ash, the founder behind Ojaswe, had a life-changing experience working on a regenerative farm in the San Juan Islands. Inspired by her childhood in India and life in the Southern U.S., her brand centers around regenerative Chilla Pancake mixes.
King Arthur Baking Company
Flour, Baking Mixes
From pursuing regenerative farming practices to supporting historically underserved communities and so much more, King Arthur is committed to bettering the world of baking by producing 100% of their flour milled from regeneratively grown wheat by 2030.
- Get to know your Fair Trade certification so you know farmers are being paid a fair price.
- Look for an Organic label to ensure that the crop is non-GMO nor sprayed with toxic chemicals.
- Look for a Regenerative Certification to ensure the highest soil health standards are met!
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