Uprisings
The Whole Grain Bakers' Book

In 1983, the Cooperative Whole Grain Educational Association published Uprisings; The Whole Grain Bakers' Book. The Foreword of the book is at the bottom of this page.

As a former collective member of Uprisings Baking Collective in Berkeley (one of the contributors to the book), I didn't want this book and organization to just fade away. There were 32 collective/cooperative bakeries who contributed to the book, many of which are still in business. Collected below are a list of links to the bakeries that are still operating. If I missed any, please fill in the form at the bottom so I can update the page.

The book is a valuable resource for bakers and wannabe bakers. One of its strengths is the index—including the traditional categories of major ingredients and types of foods, but also including a special section on Recipes by Special Dietary Characteristics such as No Eggs or Dairy; No Dairy (but contains Eggs); No Eggs (but contains Dairy); No Wheat; No Sweetener, or Fruit-sweetened; No Added Oils or Fats (may contain high-fat ingredients); No Baking; and No Salt, or Optional Salt.

While Uprisings is out of print, many used copies are available. If you can't find it at your local bookstore, try abebooks.com using the search box here. abebooks.com is a network of independent bookstores around the country, your alternative to Amazon.com.

Enter the ISBN 0938432125 in the box to the right.

There is another book out there with the exact same name, but a different author. If abebooks doesn't return any books using the ISBN number provided here, try a search for the title Uprisings Bakers to get the other book. I'm not sure if this is the same book, re-published by a new group of authors. If anyone knows about this, please let me know.

Bakeries in Uprisings

Foreword from Uprisings

Welcome to Uprisings, the whole grain bakers' book. Uprisings has been collectively compiled by expieneced bakers from many small independent bakeries. If draws its inspiration from a number of uprisings—of grain, of bread, and of people. The most basic of these is the grain growing from the earth, nourished by the rain and sun. Wheat, rye, corn, barley, buckwheat, millet, rice—these are the fundamental ingredients of whole grain baked goods. Bakers, with a little help from yeast and other leaveners, create another uprising, as dough rises to produce fresh-baked loaves, filling our senses. The third uprising is the cooperative ethic of the bakeries we work in. There are no bosses, no employees. Instead we all do the work toegher, sharing the responsibilities and the rewards. Our businesses put priority on serving the needs of the community, not on making profits for a select few.

We think it's a great loss that so many of us are unfamiliar with these uprisings. Few people enjoy the delights of eating fresh whole grain bread, let alone those of making it themselves. It's also a loss that so few people have the satisfaction of helping to run their own workplaces, doing interesting work that meets real needs. Cooperative whole grain bakeries are part of a rising tide of people taking more responsibility for what goes on in our lives. We want more and more of us to regain power over our food, our work, our health and well-being—in short, our personal, social, and economic existence. To achieve this, we heartily encourage these and other kinds of uprisings in all areas or our lives.

Published 1983

Page last updated December 31, 2006

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