True Grain Bread

Vancouver Island


Adding the welcome aroma of baking bread to the oily harbor smells, True Grain is part of a three-shop island chain. From sourdough to raisin, the bread is all handcrafted, organic and milled on-site (from BC-farmed grain). Homemade crackers and cookies will add to your picnic hamper – if it's not already too weighed-down with the chocolate buns.


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