Wildflour Bakery Belongs To You!

Wildflour Community Bakery was begun in 1975 to provide healthful baked goods and education to the community. The work s done by six collective members and an always-evolving group of volunteers. Wildflour has become a successful business, offering over 20 kinds of whole grain bread made with organic, locally milled flour, as well as goodies of all kinds. There are dairyless and wheatless offerings of both bread and goodies. lt's educational program, called Rolling in Dough, teaches Ann Arbor schoolchildren how to make healthy bread while explaining some basics about nutrition and food politics.

Besides its unique services, Wildflour is also special because it is owned by the community. This means that you, as an interested person reading about the Bakery, are an owner. This gives you the right to attend Community Involvement Meetings (CIM's) which are held quarterly. At these meetings, community members and bakers make decisions together about policies and directions for Wildflour Bakery. Issues such as what to do with the profits of the Bakery, the coordinators' wages, and general questions which the collective needs guidance on are among the types of things the community decides on at CIM's. At least two weeks before each CIM, an agenda is posted in the Bakery, so that people can add items which they would like to see discussed.

The next Community Involvement Meeting is Sunday, April 29, at the Bakery. A potluck from 1 1 am to noon precedes the meeting. The meeting is from noon to 2 pm. Cellophane packaging, donation policy, and coördinator pay are current agenda items.

As with any volunteer work at Wildflour, one hour of your time entitles you to a discount for one month, and volunteering for at least an hour-and-12 entitles you to a free loaf of bread or your choice of goodies.

Wildflour Community Bakery, 208 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor Ml 48104; 994-0601.