Of course I'm real. See, that's me right there.
How could my wife Charlee and I have created the Red Mill in the first place if I weren't? Read the letter below for even more proof. And if you're still not convinced I'm real, come on down to the mill and I'll shake your hand and show you around.

Who ever heard of someone collecting grain milling machinery built 100 to 200 years ago, refurbishing it, setting it up in a modern sanitary environment, and then seriously going into the business of supplying natural foods to the world? Well, I did! And it's been great fun by far the most challenging and fulfilling thing I've ever accomplished, and it all started with my knack for tinkering!

My first love (besides my wife!) has been machinery. Even as a young lad I loved to take things apart. From Mom's alarm clocks to Dad's cars, I "fixed" things. My wife Charlee's passion was that she loved to cook good, wholesome food. From the moment we were wed she introduced me to health food stores where she bought the flours and cereals she prepared for me, and soon our three boys. Well, we put these two loves together, and in the early 70's out popped a flour mill and wholesale business that provides healthy, delicious foods to people around the world.

Of course, first I had to learn how to work our charming old mills. Through the formative years, I received a lot of help and inspiration from visiting over 50 old flour mills around North America and the British Isles. Some were derelict, some were museums and several were still running. Early on I discovered a wealth of information from old milling journals and books available at the Bancroft Library near San Francisco.

As an addendum to this story, we recently discovered a company in Denmark that has been manufacturing stone mills throughout the entire 20th century. We not only have several of these fine machines running at Bob's Red Mill but have sold a number of them to small bakeries around the United States. Will wonders never cease?

On a tour of our mill Julia Child told us
"What you are doing is really quite wonderful."

As you look through our products section you will find many great tasting foods we make and distribute. These products are available throughout the United States and Canada at many fine retail establishments. For years our customers have brought their out-of-town relatives and guests to our mill. They also send our products as gifts for special holidays and occasions. The recipients of these gifts have literally stuffed our letter files full of notes of praise and thanks for our unique, diverse and nutritious products. I hope you will look through our web site, order a whole lot of things and pass on your comments to us. When you are in Portland, Oregon, come to the mill and see in person everything you have read about in our web site (and me too)!

To Your Good Health, Bob Moore

P.S. And yes, we really do have a Stone Grinding Mill dated 1860 (among others variously dated 1872 clear up to 1911)!