Aaron Grigsby

Aaron started his journey in traditional foodways working on small vegetable farms in southwest Virginia, the vineyards and cellars of Tuscany and Sri Lankan communes. While apprenticing at a bakery in Floyd, he developed an affinity for small grains, natural leaven and wood-fired cookery. After learning to prepare maize in the south of Mexico, he pulled from his varied repertoire to pioneer the Blacksburg table-on-farm eatery, Tabula Rasa. Aaron met Charlie Wade around the genesis of Deep Roots Milling, quickly becoming Charlie’s best customer. Meanwhile, Aaron had also begun collaborating with sculptor and fellow wood-fired oven builder, Ian Gamble. Once the opportunity arose to carry the torch for the centuries old Woodson’s Mill—whilst establishing a lynchpin for the regional grainshed—the only reasonable thing to do was become a miller.