Terah, how Dossche Mills takes a leading role in building a more sustainable wheat value chain.

Dossche Mills has been a long-term partner in flour and baking ingredients for decades, working side by side with industrial and artisanal bakeries, food industry and retailers to deliver consistent quality they can rely on.

Today, that partnership comes with a responsibility. Climate change and growing environmental pressure are reshaping agriculture, and the biggest footprint of flour-based food often starts before the wheat even reaches the mill: out in the field. That’s why Dossche Mills made a clear choice: to help build a low-carbon, regenerative and resilient wheat value chain.

Terah, the Dossche Mills Footprint Program, is our practical answer. Terah brings the whole value chain together (farmers, cooperatives, suppliers and customers) to support wheat cultivation with lower CO₂ emissions, while also delivering a positive impact on biodiversity and the health and (climate)resilience of the soil.

Here’s how it works. Together with Dossche Mills and the cooperatives, farmers who enroll in the program can select feasible regenerative measures from a practical menu. These include for example smarter fertilisation, cover crops, crop rotation, reduced soil disturbance and actions that support nature around fields. When they join the program, they receive a financial reward for implementing the measures. In return, they commit to correct execution and to tracking and reporting primary cultivation data (practices, inputs, field data, etc.).

Using those real farm data, the actions are translated into measurable impact: lower CO₂ and improvements in soil health and biodiversity, all delivered within the own value chain, without any off-setting. Terah’s data collection, calculations and certification are verified by an independent third party. That means transparency, consistent methodology and results people can trust.

The ambition is clear: to scale up Terah wheat and flour step by step in the coming years, increasing the impact on CO₂ reduction (with 50% reduction on the total CO2 footprint of wheat by 2030 as ambition) while also improving soil and biodiversity. In doing so Terah helps drive change across the value chain, so everyday foods can be made with less carbon and more life in the soil.

This ambition is already translated into concrete products: in 2025 Dossche Mills offered Terah flour with a 30% lower CO₂ footprint compared to conventional flour.

More info can be found on www.terahprogram.com

Together, we grow the future of flour.