At Reddot Food, our purpose is to reconnect families with real food, help people understand where their food comes from, reduce the time from production to consumption, and preserve the traditions and knowledge passed down through generations.
As families become busier and children grow up further from the grandparents and the food traditions many of us knew as children, we felt something important was missing: the opportunity for children to see, touch, and experience food before it reaches the kitchen table.
They believe food comes from supermarkets.
That is why we created Reddot Food Explorers Day.
We wanted to open the doors of our flour mill in Navan and invite children and families to discover food from grain to flour, from ingredients to a meal.
Reddot Mill Tour- August Edition
A Day of Food, Discovery and Tradition
This weekend, that mission came to life. We welcomed 2o+ families with kids from across Ireland for our very first Reddot Food Explorers Day.
Children touched and explored Wheat, Ragi, Jowar, Bajra, Amaranth, Horse Gram, Oat Bran, and other grains. They discovered different pulses, cooking oils, and the roles spices play. They also walked through our working stone flour mill to see how a simple grain becomes the flour that reaches their family’s kitchen.
They built healthy plates, asked thoughtful questions, created artwork, rolled their first chapatis and proudly received their Food Explorer certificates.
And perhaps the most rewarding part was watching children realise that food doesn’t simply appear on a supermarket shelf.
It starts somewhere. It starts with a grain. With a farmer. With milling, cooking and the people who bring all of those things together.
And Then There Was One Simple Question
Throughout the day, one simple question echoed through the workshop:
“Khaana Khaya Kya?”
Across the world, these words are much more than a question of have you eaten. They are an expression of love, care and belonging.
At Reddot, we believe this simple expression means “Have you eaten right?”
Thank You for Being Part of It
We are deeply grateful to every family who travelled from across Ireland, to the children whose curiosity filled every corner of the mill, and to our volunteers who gave their time and energy to make the day possible.
Seeing parents share stories from their own childhoods, grandparents smile as traditions were passed on, and families spend time learning together reminded us why we started Reddot in the first place.
As a business, we celebrate every family whose meals we get to be a part of, and every milestone that helps us grow. But this milestone hit differently.
It reminded us that growth can be measured in other ways too.
It was proof that a small flour mill in Ireland can become a place where culture, education and community come together. And nothing can measure the impact of a child going home excited to tell their grandparents and friends how flour is made.
We hope Reddot Food Explorers Day becomes more than a one-day event. We hope it becomes a tradition one that inspires children to ask questions, care for others, appreciate real food and feel proud of the food heritage they carry with them.
Because our mission has never been just to mill flour.
And wherever that journey takes us, we’ll continue asking one simple question that says so much:
❤️ Khaana Khaya Kya?
