Wheat Necklace

This wheat necklace is made from yellow bronze to match it's natural likeness, and then soldered with a sterling silver jump ring fitted to a sterling silver chain, this handmade wheat necklace is perfect for every baking enthusiast or famer or lover of all things grain in your life. 

This wheat necklace is fitted with a 45cm sterling silver trace chain 

It is lightly golden in colour with a polished shine making this wheat jewellery stand out.

About the grain

The grain is a variety called Rouge d’Ecosse. This is one of the three ‘Scottish’ varieties that Scotland The Bread started growing out in 2013, first milled and sold as flour in 2017. It was chosen for its superior nutritional profile, excellent flavour and suitability for agro-ecological farming.

 Until the 19^th century Rouge d’Ecosse was commonly grown across the country – particularly in East Lothian - and abroad, appreciated for its resilience in the field. This variety does well on land of medium fertility, making it suitable for organic cultivation without the application of artificial fertilisers. In addition, it has two outstanding characteristics which make it well adapted for growing in the Scottish climate: it is very resistant to lodging (when wheat falls over in the wind or rain) and it can tolerate great cold over the winter.

Over time however, other more productive cereals gradually replaced it and Rouge d’Ecosse almost disappeared completely. Thanks to the efforts of researchers and farmers who have helped Scotland The Bread to locate and grow out the small samples still in existence, we are bringing this grain back from the brink.

In 2019, Scotland The Bread sowed Rouge d’Ecosse in the same field as the other two ‘Scottish’ varieties (Golden Drop and Hunter’s) to create the ‘Balcaskie Landrace’. This process harnesses the adaptive power of natural selection in a particular landscape - in this case the Balcaskie estate in Fife, Scotland, where their mill is based.

About Scotland The Bread plus their mission

Scotland The Bread is a collaborative project to grow better grain and bake better bread with the common purposes of nourishment, sustainability and food sovereignty.

Launched in 2012, the organisation has been at the forefront of the Real Bread movement in the UK, taking an innovative and collaborative approach to developing a more nutritious grain, flour and bread supply chain. It brings together plant breeders, farmers, millers, bakers, nutritionists and citizens with the common purpose of producing nutritious grain, milling it close to home and using it to make wholesome, slowly-fermented bread that everyone can enjoy.

Scotland The Bread is based in St Monan’s in Fife and is part of the region’s thriving artisan food scene.

About the growers

The particular head that you have was grown by Granton Community Gardeners in North Edinburgh, who are long-standing members of Scotland The Bread's Soil to Slice programme. This project supports communities to learn about the grain, flour and bread system by ‘growing a local loaf’ from sowing seed all the way to harvest, milling and baking.

If you're interested in learning more about Scotland the Bread their website is;

 https://scotlandthebread.org/