Hi Stephen,

Our mission at King Arthur Baking is to create and deliver superior products and knowledge so that consumers experience the joy and passion of baking, all informed by our values as a 100% employee-owned benefit corporation.

As stated in King Arthur’s Food Philosophy: Our values guide our choices, knowing this will benefit not only us, but everyone touched by the complexities of modern food production.

In regards to glyphosate, we’re particularly proud of innovations we’ve brought to our non-organic White Whole Wheat Flour, which is the first product in our Field-to-Flour program. As part of this program, we’ve been able to introduce steps which allow traceability of the wheat back to the farm from which it’s sourced and set specific guidelines around crop management. This includes not permitting the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest application on the white spring wheat it’s milled from.

We also continue to offer and support our full line of certified 100% organic flours, where the use of glyphosate is prohibited. In addition to this, we’ve also partnered with Clif Bar to provide a $1.5 million endowment for Washington State University’s Bread Lab as it researches organic grain breeding — an area where we see a lot of opportunity to produce hardier varieties that perform well while also reducing vulnerability to pests, disease, weeds, harsh conditions, etc. In doing so, we’re intentionally supporting new and better options for farmers that diminish reliance on synthetic substances which protect crops.

In order to pursue what we see as the interests of our customers, care for our planet, and provide the best product possible, we’re always exploring options to reduce the possibility of wheat’s exposure to synthetic substances like glyphosate and will continue to actively do so. 

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