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From behind the counter to you
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We're all about sharing, and while our primary medium is the fine food that walks out of our doors each day in your arms, there is even more we want to share. Staying on top of things at Tall Grass Bakery can be fun and, well, even rewarding. Check back here often for little treats we want to send your way. Read the latest news from Tall Grass and Grass Roots, download a special coupon and check out our community calendar. It's always fresh here at the Sharing page.
News bites
Wolseley! If you have not viisted our newly renovated home in Wolseley, come down and see how we've settled in.
Introducing our own Grass Roots fresh cold pressed organic sunflower oil in our baking and cooking.
Community calendar
Our Wolseley bakery has been a hive of activity over the last few months. Want to see how our construction went? Check out our renovation photos!
Events at Tall Grass, Grass Roots and throughout our community. Stay on schedule!
News bites
[July 28, 2010]
Sunfower Oil Press in Action
It's organic, and we're making it ourselves for all our cooking and baking. You can use it at home, too. Bottles of this delightful organic sunflower oil are available at both Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company sites as well as Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen. Watch the oil press in action at Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen in The Forks Market. It’s an amazing example of small scale technology working with local agriculture, positively impacting the quality of taste and health. Left-over seed cake from pressing even helps feed Manitoba’s first organic dairy herd. Use our organic sunflower oil for dipping, salad dressings, light sautéing, baking, cooking, over pasta, potatoes and popcorn. Certified Organic by OPAM (CAN) More...
[July 1, 2010]
A taste of nature and history
The historic simplicity of bannock, combined wth Manitoba's own wild rice and Saskatoon berries makes for a wonderful prairie delight. We introduced the bannock sandwich this spring and they are proving to be incredibly popular. Come down to our Forks bakery and give them a try.
Thank you! The eyes have it
The work of the Potato Coalition Of Manitoba, and strong public and corporate support through e-mails and phone calls to the Provincial Minister of Agriculture and Peak of the Market paid off on Friday, April 16th with a constructive meeting, and an agreement leaving all concerned in a win-win position.
Peak of the Market has agreed to the forging of an exemption to the most recent potato regulations. This allows small potato producers (5 acres or less) and small root crop producers (1 acre or less) to operate without permits, and no time restrictions on direct sales.
The Potato Coalition will change its focus from potatoes to supporting small agriculture in Manitoba. It will continue to work with Peak of The Market in an ongoing way to ensure small independent potato and root crop producers have a voice and their needs are met.
Tall Grass thanks the Coalition for their great efforts, Peak of the Market for their willingness to enter the dialogue and find a solution, the Manitoba Goverment for its leadership and especially our customers and staff who have gotten behind the organic potato farmers’ effort promptly and effectively.
This solution is a true testament to Manitoba’s communal spirit.
Thanks for your help,
Tabitha Langel, Paul Langel, Kathy Barkman and Lyle Barkman
Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company
Easter Specials: Hot Cross Buns and more!
Easter is heralded by the traditional hot cross buns.These spicy, fruit laden and delicious buns are an ancient British tradition. We have these by the dozen or in any quantity, along with a feast of other Easter special baking. See our What We Make section for more details!.
[February 25, 2010]
First customers after re-opening
Our first customers arrived just before the 7 AM opening on Febraruy 25th, following months of extensive renovations to our Wolseley bakery. Corey Clement, Annie Janzen and Jake Harms (from left) started their day with fresh baking and big smiles. Read more...
Welcome back - Tall Grass in Wolseley!
"Welcome Back!" is what we're saying to one another as our customers, friends and neighbours return through the new front door of Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company in Wolseley.
The home of our original organic dream, this small Wolseley community bakery had long outgrown its original space. The plans for renovation took many years, and we seriously considered every detail for you, our customers.
We opened at 7:00 AM Thursday, February 25th with fresh bread and cinammon buns from our brand new rotary oven.
A hearty welcome back to Tall Grass from all the staff and co-owners Lyle and Kathy Barkman and Tabitha and Paul Langel (pictured above).
[WINNIPEG, February 2010]
Open House in Wolseley bakery February 20th
The renovations are coming along quite nicely and we are excited to invite you to our Open House!
Neighbours, customers & friends, come and join the Tall Grass Bakery Blessing & Open House Celebration!Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 859 Westminster Avenue
- 3:30 pm Blessing of the renovated building
- 4 to 6 pm Open House
Enjoy cinnamon buns & beverages. Let’s celebrate!
[WINNIPEG, January, 2010]
Renos at 859
It was at 859 Westminster that the story of Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company began, established itself as a beloved quality, organic neighbourhood bakery and grew.
After nearly 20 years, an extensive expansion and addition to the bakery began in the fall of 2009. The past months have been an exciting, and hard working journey.
Led by Tom Monteyne, of Winnipeg's Syverson Monteyne Architecture Inc., the renovated structure features beams from the old Winnipeg Arena, ceilings of salvaged Manitoba scrub oak wood, and a mezzanine full of natural light as part of the customer area. The production and sales spaces are larger, but still cozy. And customers will find favourite and new bakery and deli items waiting.
So what is the exact date? That's being worked on.
In the meantime, check the website, and this web page for updates, or call the bakery line at 783-5097 for a recorded message.
Before all that, however, following is a pictorial story of our renos at 859 Westminster. Enjoy.
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[June 12, 2009] We gathered members of our community to officially announce our renovation plans and bless the project as we embarked on this major undertaking. We thanked the building for all it has provided and inspiration it has afforded us all. Tom Monteyne. our architect, showed an early concept model of the building and spoke of the thoughful process that led to the detailed plans. Tabitha Langel, one of the four co-owners of Tall Grass Bread Company, introduced speakers marking the beginning of the journey. We all enjoyed refreshments including everyone's favourite, cinammon buns. Naturally!
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[July, 2009] Demolition took place toward the end of June and within the first week of July the basement forms were in place and the concrete was being poured. The timbers arrived in the second half of July, allowing the structure to take form.
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Timbers arrive, get notched and emerge into a new structure!
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[August 2009] The upper storey of the new structure reveals itself as a bare grid, then snug with insulation and finally the outer surfaces.
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[September / October 2009]
As work continues outside, we move our baking to The Forks, allowing interior work to commence.
Clearing the original production space in Wolseley. Sale of our fresh goods continues through Humboldt's Legacy, just down the street.
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[November 2009] We are blessed with a very warm autumn. Great weather for outdoor work on the big beam.
WIth the beams in place, the brickwork can be completed.
Drilling for eco-friendly geothermal heating, installing windows and electrical services for the bakery.
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[December 2009] We're nearly finished!
Here is how Tall Grass Bread Company at 859 Westminster in Wolseley
looked before the snow arrived in mid-December.Watch this space for updates!
Photos by Kathy Barkman, Brian Hydesmith and Tom Monteyne.
[WINNIPEG, Nov 24, 2009]
During renovations you can still get Tall Grass bread at Humboldt's
After nearly 20 years of producing quality, organic baked goods for our neighbourhood, Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company has finally embraced a renovation of the original building. This icon of neighbourhood whole food has thrived and it has become difficult to fit production and customers into the building. The new space has been thoughtfully designed to blend old and new, while respecting what we stand for as an integral part of our community.
We are grateful for the generous and enthusiastic welcome we have received from our neighbours at Humboldt’s Legacy (just down the street at 887 Westminster in Wolseley) during this next step of the Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company renovation. The next few months of the project will unite the old and new buildings and transform them into a beautiful new space to serve you better in the future.
Freshly baked Tall Grass products are arriving daily for you at Humboldt's Tuesday through Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM, where we will do our best to have the following products on hand. On Sundays and Mondays, visit us at The Forks for the full range of your Tall Grass favourites.
BREADS
SWEETS
Baguette
Cinnamon Buns
Whole Wheat
Cookies
Cracked Wheat
Muffins
White Multi Grain
Squares
Whole Wheat Multi Grain
OTHER
Spelt Bread
Sunflower Seed Oil
Jam
Special orders can be placed and picked up at Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company at The Forks. Call us at 204-957-5097. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we proceed with this exciting development.
We look forward to serving you in a fuller capacity when we open in the newly renovated building and thank Humboldt's for their community spirit and cooperation. We hope you take the opportunity to look around this unique little store!
[WINNIPEG, Feb 25, 2009]
Introducing our own Grass Roots fresh cold-pressed organic Sunflower Oil in our baking and cooking
We’re very excited at Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company and Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen to have replaced the oil we use in cooking and baking with our very own cold pressed sunflower oil.
Since we opened nearly 20 years ago, our vision has been to use fresh, organic ingredients. We started milling our own organic whole grain flours and are now pleased to offer our own fresh pressed organic sunflower oil.
Our OPAM (CAN) certified, 100% organic sunflower oil is cold-pressed fresh on site at Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen in the Forks Market.
The pressing process
We start with 100% organically grown Manitoba sunflower seeds. The seeds are a special oil-rich variety, grown for us by the DeRuyck family in Swan Lake, MB. We cold press them here at Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen in The Forks.
Cold pressing allows us to pass on to you pure oil in all its natural glory. The enzymes, flavours and benefits all remain intact.
Fifty pounds of sunflower seeds in the shell produces 16 litres of sunflower oil over the course of approximately 5 hours of pressing.
After pressing, the oil rests for 4 to 5 days in the refrigerator before being bottled, ready for you to take home and enjoy.
Sunflower oil may be used for:
• dipping
• salad dressing
• for light sauteing
• drizzling over pasta, potatoes and popcorn (instead of butter or margarine)
• Rich in Vitamins E, B1 (thiamin) manganese, magnesium, copper, tryptophan, selenium, phosphorus, vitamin B5 (pantothenic) and folate
• Sunflower oil stays fresh in your fridge for 5 to 7 months.
• The by-product ‘seed cake’ is returned to the farm, and greatly enjoyed by the chickens.
• Sunflower oil is readily absorbed through the skin, softening and conditioning it.
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Calendar
Helping keeping the Tall Grass community in touch and on schedule
We hope you can see, and then find the above calendar useful. Simply click on an event for further details. This calendar has more clever features to explore for those who sign up with Google.
"But how do I get *my* event on the Tall Grass calendar?" you ask? Simple. Just let us know when your event is coming up and we'll get to it as soon as we are able. Send it to us in an email, including all the important information, such as when, where and some contact details or where people can find out more. If you prefer, drop us a note at one of our three locations (Tall Grass at The Forks, Wolseley and Grass Roots).
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