Thanks for checking with us, Richard, and for mentioning how much you enjoyed the article! 

You're absolutely right about our standards being very high. King Arthur Baking partners with mills and farmers to produce flour that meets our exceptional standards and specifications to ensure superior baking performance. 

For non-organic (conventional) wheat, glyphosate is federally approved for use by farmers. Any application must comply with its regulatory approval, and, if used, residual glyphosate levels in wheat should remain well below the federally mandated level for wheat of 30 parts per million.

As you're aware, we also offer a full line of certified 100% organic flours, where the use of glyphosate is prohibited across the board. Our organic flour line is independently verified by QAI (Quality Assurance International) to ensure organic certification requirements are strictly followed.

We also continue to work with all our wheat farmers and mill network to source the best wheat possible. This includes innovations that make our non-organic White Whole Wheat Flour (whose wheat is grown for us by Farmer Direct Foods cooperative), traceable back to the wheat's source and permit guidelines to be set around crop management, including not using glyphosate as a pre-harvest application.

We offer our organic line and actively pursue a variety of solutions that meet the goals of our Food Philosophy and so that customers have options to suit their individual needs.

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