Bread & Pastries

Mehlwurm - Vollkorn Bäckerei

One of Berlin’s oldest bakery collectives. Mehlwurm has been self-managed since 1983. They source their grain from the Spreewald and Wendland regions and grind it fresh every day in their own mill.

“Mehlwurm was founded in February 1983 by eight bakers. The goal of combining the artisanal production of organic baked goods with alternative business structures has not changed since then. Mehlwurm is still run as a collective.

We buy our bread grain (wheat and rye) from two mills in the Spreewald and Wendland regions. We grind this grain fresh every day in our own mills and bake it immediately. This preserves the valuable ingredients.”

Die Backstube

A veteran of Berlin’s collective structure. They have been grinding, baking, selling and delivering as a collective since 1981. They also make bread from open-source grain!

“The bakery was founded in 1981 and has worked as a collective ever since. This means that the responsibility for the business is in the hands of the people who bake, deliver and sell here, it means self-determined and self-responsible work. In our bakery we use artisan methods and only selected organic ingredients, no baking mixes or chemical baking agents.

We buy our organic grain directly from the farmers, where we check the quality of the harvest every year.”