I emailed the BBGA about their 2009 format guidelines.
I wanted to know if there's a more recent version than the format formatting guidelines posted here: http://www.bbga.org/bread/formula_formatting
Short answer: No.
Laverne Dicker, Director of BBGA Membership Services, responded:
What forces have led to the near death and then rebirth of artisan bread in America? Increased industrialization? Supermarkets? (the in-store bakery) Consumer change of taste? And how has artisan bread risen to ever-higher popularity today? Does it have to do with the organic/whole foods movement? Consciousness surrounding additives that are in many industrialized processed products? Any books to point me to would be great. Thanks,
-the breadslinger
