THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.

First off, I’d like to say congratulations to Valerie Taylor Mabrey who was selected as the winner for the Down By the River kid’s music giveaway!

Normally, I don’t do things like this — but since it’s Thanksgiving this week and I’m feeling a bit crazy anyway, I am taking advantage of an opportunity that I just couldn’t pass up. You see, when I’m given the option to give you, my awesome readers, something back — I jump at the chance. If you’ve been hanging around NOH since early on in 2011, you know I’ve put together some pretty huge giveaway packages. And while I sometimes also get some cool swag, I also always put my readers first. So if I have an option to score something myself versus you guys getting the goodies, I’m going to give it to you. Unless maybe it’s an iPad2…or a new Canon…or some killer Tamron lenses. 😉

At any rate, when I was asked if I wanted to host a giveaway so you could score some fabulous baking goodies, right before one of the biggest baking seasons of the year, all I could think was, “Yeah baby!”

hodgson mill giveawayI know not everyone is as blessed as we are to have a local mill nearby where you can still watch the tractors haul in their harvest every year. But sometimes, you don’t have to have a mill in your backyard to enjoy the benefits.

Hodgson Mill is one of the seemingly few family-owned, independent grain mills left in America. They are based in Illinois but ship their flours, pastas, bread mixes, baking mixes, breadings, gluten-free products and all sorts of other things based on grains all over the United States, Canada and even to APO’s.

The flagship products are made from high quality, stone ground grains with “just-in-time” processing — which means it’s all the freshest and best it can be. Just about anything that has grain as a basis, you will find it on the Hodgson Mill website. The array of products really is impressive, making it your one stop solution for all your grain needs.

The Hodgson family has a vision. It’s about healthy food you can feel good sharing with your family – including organic and low fat foods full of fiber and whole grain nutrition.

the hodgson millWanna know something else really cool about Hodgson Mill? They are actually producing their own wind and solar to neutralize the amount of non-green energy they need to use in their production and shipping facility. I’m sure that Alva never would have imagined that was possible when he started the mill back in 1822!

If you’d like more ways to enter, hop over to the Hodgson Mill website and submit an entry to their Grain Holiday sweepstakes, where a prize package worth over $85 is up for grabs. There’s even a gluten-free option! 

 

 The Giveaway

Win a $25 Hodgson Mill® gift certificate to the Hodgson Mill online store which can be used on any of their fresh flours, mixes, couscous, gluten-free products or anything else on their website.

 

How to Enter

Main entry (required)

Open to US residents only! You must answer this first before you complete any other entries.

***What is your favorite thing to bake during the holidays?***

Additional Entries (13 extra total)

(each of these will count as one extra entry — please be sure to leave an extra comment for each one that you complete)

  • “Like” NOH on Facebook or share this giveaway on Facebook
  • “Like” Hodgson Mill on Facebook (leave them a little love while you’re there if you’ve got the time)
  • Follow me on Twitter
  • Follow Hodgson Mill on Twitter
  • Follow NOH on Google follow (right side of blog — please leave your username on GFC in your comment)
  • Subscribe to (and confirm your subscription to) one or both of the NOH newsletters (right side of blog)
  • Retweet this giveaway (please use @txblond in your tweet) – You can retweet this daily until the contest ends, but please remember to leave a comment each day for your extra tweet. For example: Get your bake on for free! Win $25 GC for @HodgsonMillinc baking products via @txblond  http://ow.ly/7AmPx #giveaway #baking 11/20 

If you already follow, “like”, subscribe, etc. you can still count these as extra entries…you do not need to subscribe again or refollow. Just leave your comment for each entry below.

If you have questions about any of this, please just drop me an email (tiffany at noordinaryhomestead.com) or leave a comment below.

**Why so many ways to enter? By growing the following of NOH, you are helping me to let other companies know you are out there reading and participating. Acknowledging your presence helps me to secure more partnerships for the future so you have even more chances to win incredible prizes!

The contest will be open until midnight EST, Sunday, November 27th, 2011. But I may have to end this giveaway on the 22nd already — so if you’re planning to enter, do it now! 🙂

Winner Selection

One winner will be chosen via the WordPress plug And the Winner Is… .

The winner will be contacted via email and have 48 hours to respond. If I do not receive a reply, another winner will be drawn. The winner will be announced on NOH after confirmation.

Note: Opinions of this product expressed in this post are my own. I received some free flours to try out in new baking recipes but have not been compensated in any other way. The product being given away has also been provided at the cost of Hodgson Mill.