Bread Bakers Guild changing name

[Mike Nolan]

The Bread Bakers Guild of America is changing its name to the Artisan Bakers Guild.

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[BakerAunt]

Mike--What motivated the change?

[Mike Nolan]

Part of it is recognition that guild members bake a lot more than bread, and a growing percentage of the membership is outside of the USA these days.

[aaronatthedoublef]

Should I be more sympathetic to our international members? They joined a group with "America" in the name of the org and are now complaining that we do not represent them because we're an "American" organization.

[Mike Nolan]

The discussion on the BBGA forum seems less concerned with that than with using the word 'artisan', which has been co-opted by industrial scale bakers trying to pretend they're something they're not.

[Mike Nolan]

After a rather spirited discussion on the BBGA forum, the name change has been suspended.

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