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Vanessa Kimbell

Integrity begins with relationships.

15 July 2026 by Vanessa Kimbell

We know most of the names of the people who grow our ingredients. Not because it’s fashionable, but because relationships change the way we think about what we eat. we have Hodmedod’s to thank for this amazing confidence, they have been redesigning and leading change in agroeconomic food systems with beans and grains for decades …

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Licensed Bakeries

14 July 2026 by Vanessa Kimbell

Commissioning a New Diversity Bread If you’re a shop, a restaurant, or anyone who would like to stock Diversity Bread®, the first step is to approach one of our licensed bakeries and speak to them directly. Your chosen bakery may already have a bread they can supply to you or you they will design the …

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Trademarks

14 July 2026 by Vanessa Kimbell

Diversity Bread® — the trade marks behind your licence When you bake as a licensed Diversity Bread® baker, you’re baking under a name that is legally protected. Diversity Bread® is a registered UK trade mark, owned by The Sourdough School Ltd, and your licence gives you permission to use it. Here’s what stands behind it, …

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Proven

14 July 2026 by Vanessa Kimbell

How Does Diversity Bread fit in to the Proven Programme? Diversity Bread® is the collective name for breads baked using the Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM) Protocol developed by Dr Kimbell has been teaching at The Sourdough School for over 2 decades. The Proven Programme is Dr Vanessa Kimbell’s 13-step framework for applying the principles of …

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Eating Bread

14 July 2026 by Vanessa Kimbell

The way you eat your bread can matter as much as the bread itself. however this section is about teaching people how to eat their bread and this is educational content and about about a behaviour, not a health claim about the products.   One of reasons that diversity bread matters is because this is not a …

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Claims

18 June 2025 by Vanessa Kimbell

What You Can — and Can’t — Say About Health Under UK and EU law, mills and bakers are not permitted to make direct health claims about flour or bread unless those claims have been authorised by the relevant regulatory bodies (such as EFSA). This means we can’t say that Botanical Blend Flour “improves gut health” or …

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Licensed Mills

18 June 2025 by Vanessa Kimbell

BOTANICAL BLEND FLOUR A Flour That Reawakens the Meadow in Our Bread Botanical Blend Flour is not just flour — it’s a movement. It’s the embodiment of diversity, regeneration, and the rich tapestry of nature captured in a single bag of flour. This idea came to life as I stood in an Italian meadow, grounded …

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System

18 June 2025 by Vanessa Kimbell

Diversity Bread® Licence: For Bakers Who Give a Damn This licence is for real bakers — not supermarkets, not shortcuts. If you ferment properly, bake with meaning, and care where your flour comes from, then this gives you something the industrial system can’t touch: Protection. Recognition. And a place in a system that actually feeds people well. …

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LICENCE

18 June 2025 by Vanessa Kimbell

LICENCE SUMMARY Bake Diversity Bread® Under Licence Diversity Bread® is protected — not to exclude, but to empower. This licence is for small, real bakeries: bricks-and-mortar shops, microbakeries, and Sourdough School Diploma graduates. It allows you to bake and sell Diversity Bread® using the Botanical Blend system, as long as you follow a few key …

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