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"Each would be worth $1.50 in walmart"

This is stoneground flour produced in small batches which will almost certainly be sold at a premium price. Flour in the UK is commonly sold in 1 or 1.5kg packets in supermarkets and this would be priced anything from £2.00 to £4.00 ($2.5 to $5 / €2.3 to 4.6)

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Is it really legal to sell stoneground flour in Britain or on the continent in this day and age? It is known from both archaeological excavations and studies of Third World populations that tiny little bits of the millstone flake off into ground flour, and gradually, over time, these stone fragments cause severe damage to people’s teeth. I would have imagined that there would already be legislation to require the use of metal milling.

Yes, it's legal. After all, sweets haven't been banned and they cause lots of tooth decay.

Don't modern flours have little bits of granite sand in to make an "authentic" texture?

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