Gold Island Bakery was started by Jessica Ross in the fall of 2009. Gold Island Bakery has an extensive line of whole grain, organic baked goods and low-sugar preserves. Gold Island Bakery promotes the consumption of highly nutritious, delicious, and locally crafted food sourdough breads, whole grain sweets, low-sugar fruit preserves, crispy low-sodium pickles and small-scale artisanal cheeses.
Breads and sweets are prepared using Speerville whole grain, high integrity flours from New Brunswick. Speerville has developed relationships with farmers who grow organic grain just for the Mill. Jessica has three sourdough cultures and makes different breads from each of them.
Jessica bakes in a wood-fired oven constructed in a shipping container at a co-op farm in Scotch Village, and she sells her products at the Halifax Historic Farmers’ Market on Lower Water Street.
Gold Island Bakery believes in old world techniques and the beauty and importance of hand-made, high quality food stuffs that will make you strong and healthy!