Us

Almanac is an urban mill and bakery in Ottawa's East End.
We're committed to sharing delicious, restorative and healthy Canadian food. We source certified organic heritage grains farmed with integrity and transform them into fresh stone-milled flour with purpose and intention.

We believe that by growing the demand for good food we make space for better farming and ultimately create a more sustainable planet.

The Fresh-Milled Difference

Our flour is milled by stones. It’s less efficient than modern commercial roller mills, sure, but we believe that time spent delivering a better product is time well spent. 

The past 100 years of commercial flour has focused only on efficiency, and not on nutrition, flavour or impact on the land. It has been a slow and steady march to bleaching, harmful additives, and lost nutrients resulting in higher profits and tasteless bread.

We think the answer is obvious: a return to the simpler flours and heritage grains that nourished us since the dawn of civilization; nothing more or less than the entire seed crushed between two stones, enjoyed fresh, with all of its nutrients and flavour still intact.

That’s why our heritage flours are always milled fresh, ensuring that nothing is lost and that your baking has a richness and depth of flavour you just can’t get with commercial flour.

Why Heritage Grain?

                   

Most grains grown today have been created to maximize yield over nutrition, and often require industrial fertilizers, herbicides and other harmful chemicals. 

The “landrace” or heritage varieties of grain that we source are plants that have been locally adapted and developed to local soils and climate, making them naturally disease resistant and allowing them to thrive. 

These old varieties are best suited to organic, low-input agriculture where no chemicals are used, providing a nutritious and distinct harvest, without the environmental impact of large-scale farming.

 

Hours and Pick-ups 

Wednesday - Friday 9am - 5:30pm

Saturday 10am - 530pm

Sunday - 10am - 4pm

If you have purchased anything off the website or have pre-ordered baking for a specific day, please wait for your pick-up email confirming that your order is ready and waiting for you! 

Farmer's Markets

Thursday Orleans Market 11am-3pm 

Saturday Main Street Market 9am-2pm 

Saturday Westboro Market 9am-3pm 

Sunday Lansdowne Market 9am-3pm