Kathrine Wehrung started baking as a way to improve her health. Little did she know, it would grow into a full-time business.
Like many other bakers, she began making breads and homemade goodies for friends and family. Before long, they were encouraging her to sell sweets.
With the launch of the Saturday Market in downtown Murfreesboro last year, Wehrung named her company Wild Flours and said she’d try it for one week.
“We sold out in five minutes,” she said. “Every week it improved. We always sold out in an hour. We can never keep enough.”
Wild Flours returned to the market this year and “we sell out just about every week.” The business has grown so much that it has become a full-time job for both Wehrung and her husband, Landon.
Wild Flours offers fresh baked 100 percent whole grain, whole wheat bread, cinnamon rolls, brownies, muffins, muffin tops and even banana and zucchini breads.
Wehrung has also bagged wheat, pancake, muffin and cornbread mixes for do-it-yourselfers.
“We grind all of our own whole wheat flour,” she said. “There are lots of different things we don’t sell at the market because we are limited on space, but we can make pretty much anything.”
All of the corn and one type of wheat used by Wild Flours is certified organic, non-GMO (genetically modified), and is purchased from a local farm. The other type of wheat, or hard wheat used to make bread, is from a certified organic farm in Montana, but only because it isn’t grown in the south.
“We try to buy as much local as we can,” Wehrung said, adding that she doesn’t use bleached flour or sugar in her products.
Wild Flours is available at the Saturday Market and, beginning this week, on Fridays at the Rutherford County Farmers Market.
Visit www.wildflours.org or search Wild Flours on Facebook to place an order or for additional information about her products.
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Murfreesboro can’t seem to attract Whole Foods, but now it doesn’t matter.
The Greenery on the Square opened its doors Friday to provide residents with a variety of foods and different products.
Judy Goldie, who owns Bella’s Boutique and Trendy Pieces, has partnered with Health Nut Sandwich Company owner Sarah Claeys to bring a unique shop to Murfreesboro.
The Greenery on the Square offers sandwiches and salads from Health Nut Sandwich Company, pottery, furniture, fresh cut flowers, organic groceries, garden goods, frozen treats, local produce, local art and coffee.
Search The Greenery on the Square for more information or stop by the shop, located between Bella’s Boutique and Shacklett’s on North Church Street.
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With the explosion of craft beers across the country, brew fests are popping up everywhere.
The next stop: Murfreesboro from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, at The Avenue.
Organizers of the MAFIAoZA’S Music City Brewers Fest and the Nissan Taste of Music City thought it was time to bring the festivities to Murfreesboro, according to Natalie Vincent, a representative from Brewsboro.
“Murfreesboro has completely grown, it is just exploding,” she said. “And Nashville has a couple of beer festivals now … but nobody’s gone to Murfreesboro. We just thought that Murfreesboro needed its own festival, and this year would be a perfect time to bring it back.”
Vincent is referring to a beer fest that was originally held in the springtime in 2005, but things went horribly wrong when the weather turned from gorgeous to freezing cold with hail.
The group partnered with Murfreesboro Young Professionals and the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties to turn the event into a fundraiser of sorts.
Brewsboro currently has 30 different beer companies lined up, with more to come, and several restaurants will also be selling food during the event.
Vincent said that patrons interested in learning more about the brews can attend Beer 101 workshops.
Tickets are on sale now at www.BrewsboroFest.com for $25 and include admission, a souvenir mug, samples of each beer and live entertainment. The price will increase to $30 on the day of the event, if tickets are still available.
Also, hotel and admission packages are for sale and include two tickets to Brewsboro and a one-night stay in Embassy Suites Hotel.
For more information, search Brewsboro Festival on Facebook or follow the group on Twitter.
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