Number in The News: 1,000 — English mill resumes commercial production to provide local bakeries with flour
The Sturminster Newton Mill, in Dorset, England, was last fully operational in 1970. Now, Pete Loosmore, who has supervised the mill since 1994, has increased production to help support local bakeries during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pete Loosmore, 79, is the supervisor of the 1,000-year-old Sturminster Newton Mill, normally a tourist attraction in Dorset, England. But now, due to flour shortages in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Loosmore has increased the mill’s four production back to commercial levels to meet a spike in demand and support local bakeries facing shortages. Learn how the flour mill is doing its part to help during the pandemic in today’s feature of The Number in the News.
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