Course Details:
Dates: November 10 - 13, 2025
Location: Northern Crops Institute
Registration Fee: $1,500.00
Registration Deadline: October 28, 2025
Course Overview:
This course provides comprehensive training for participants to gain practical experience operating a stone mill. Held at the Northern Crops Institute (NCI), the course includes hands-on sessions using NCI’s stone mill and opportunities to test the resulting flours in the bake labs. By the end of the program, participants will have the skills needed to operate and optimize a stone mill, producing high-quality flours that add value to their products.
Throughout the course, participants will learn about mill components, operation, and capacity; producing desired flour types; and conducting physical and chemical characterization, including particle size, color, gluten, and starch quality. Key topics include stone mill design, operation, and maintenance; grain cleaning and preparation; conditioning methods; flour quality evaluation and regulatory considerations; and the application of stone-milled flour in bakery product development.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for custom millers, farmers or producers thinking about adding value to what they grow, artisan bakers, entrepreneurs and food scientists, recent buyers of stone mills and anyone passionate about traditional milling techniques and sustainable grain processing!
Who to Contact with Questions:
Krista Jansen, Program Manager
krista.j.jansen@northerncrops.com
(218) 766-9416