AXIS NATURAL FOODS

At Borealis we believe that good food is essential to a good life, and good bread is basic to good food.

We don't put anything in our bread but bread ingredients: flour, starter, salt and water, and sometimes some spices, cheese or olives. This is bread made the way it has been made for millennia. All our breads are hand shaped, rise for hours and are baked on a stone hearth.

Borealis is a leader in the use of Maine-grown grains.

Borealis Breads is proud to be taking a leadership role in the use of Maine agricultural products.

All the whole wheat flour we use, over 80, 000 pounds per year, comes from Maine. It's grown and milled by Matt Willliams at Aurora Mills in Linneus, near Houlton.

We are currently using organic Maine-grown wheat from Aurora Mills in several of our breads, including the Rustic Baguette, French Peasant, Multi-Grain, and Aroostook Wheat.

These breads are available throughout Maine and New Hampshire. These and other products can be found at our retail stores in Maine. There are three wheat varieties grown on Matt's farm: 'Maxine' winter wheat, and 'Grandin' and 'AC Walton' spring wheats. The wheat is cleaned at the farm and milled there on a twenty-inch commercial Meadows mill.

In addition to producing really good bread from Maine-grown organic wheat, we are:

encouraging consumers to purchase locally-grown and produced foods.

reducing sprawl by providing an economic basis for continued agricultural use of open spaces.

creating market-driven demand for Maine-grown organic wheat.

enhancing the health of Maine cropland by encouraging organic farming.

promoting sustainable agriculture.