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Janie's Mill

Stone-ground Flours for Professional and Home Bakers
Locally-Grown & Certified Organic Grains Renee will also refund your shipping cost from here.
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If you choose to pick-up your order at Janie's Mill Ashkum small storefront, please make a note on your online order and contact Renee at [email protected] to arrange a pick-up time.

06/22/2026

Ever wonder how we make flaked grains? Jill walks you through our Roastech flaker and the process is really cool! 🌾

It all starts with whole organic grains - oats, barley, or rye - being fed into a hopper. Then an elevator lifts small batches of grain up into the convection oven. And this is where things get interesting!

Inside the oven, the grain is gently roasted, which does two really important things. First, it stabilizes the grain for a longer shelf-life by gelatinizing the starch and deactivating enzymes than can cause the healthy oils in the grain to go rancid. This is especially critical for oats, which have a high oil content. Second, it gives our flakes their toasty and slightly nutty flavors and aromas that you’ll notice the moment you open a bag. 🙌

After the grain is roasted, it moves through two steel rollers that press it into the flat, uniform flake shape you’re used to seeing. The final step is an aspirator that pulls off any light, dusty material, leaving behind clean, fresh, beautiful flakes ready for your morning bowl, your granola, or your next loaf of bread.

Clean grain in, clean flakes out! Try our Oat, Barley or Rye Flakes at janiesmill.com! 🌾

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06/19/2026

Rye is a bit of an unsung hero - but we want to sing its praises right now as the 75 acres of it growing on Janie’s Farm are looking absolutely beautiful! 🌾

The heads are filling out nicely, and will be ready to harvest soon. Whether you love making artisanal rye breads, feeding Dark Rye to your sourdough starter, using Light Rye for Brownies, or folding Rye Flakes into your morning oatmeal, you’re going to love this organic rye!

As a bonus, when we were out in the rye field on June 11, we got the sweetest surprise - a little fawn taking a nap! 🦌 You’ll also notice a few “w**ds” in our organic field — but those w**ds are food for the mama deer, as well as for many other creatures, from pollinators to soil microbes. Together rye and “w**ds,” plants and animals, make a healthy, biodiverse ecosystem that provides a healthy home and healthy food for all living things.

We can’t wait to get this season’s rye crop into Janie’s Mill, and then into your kitchen! Stay tuned for more rye updates as we get closer to harvest time! 👇🌾

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06/17/2026

What does hi-tech organic w**d control look like on Janie’s Farm? Precise, smart, and chemical-free — naturally! 🌽🚜

On June 4th, Tatum got a front row seat with Farmer Sean as he put the brand new tractor and Salford Precision Cultivator through their paces on 80 acres of yellow corn that was planted just a few weeks ago, on May 17th.

The computer-guided system automatically steers the tractor and raises and lowers the cultivator at the end of each row. Sean breaks it all down for you in the video, but here are the highlights 👇

🚜 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: The camera slide hitch looks down on the rows of corn and centers the cultivators between the rows in real time. Given the incredibly tight tolerances when cultivating this close to the crop, that precise camera guidance prevents accidentally ripping out corn plants in the process of w**ding them.

🚜 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 automatically shuts off individual row cultivation units the moment one reaches a field boundary such as where the straight passes meet the end passes. No over-cultivating, no unnecessary disturbance - just clean, precise passes every time.

🚜 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 made of flexible polyurethane hug the crop rows and flick away w**ds that are right alongside the corn, where hand-w**ding would have been needed before.

We are so proud of the farm team using this new technology for accurate, efficient, chemical-free w**ding of our organic crops on Janie’s Farm. 🙌

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06/16/2026

Behind the scenes at Janie’s Mill you’ll always find the human touch! 🌾

Watching our team carefully scoop and weigh freshly stone-milled organic Einkorn flour into small packages is one of those behind-the-scenes moments that shows just how much care goes into every single product before it appears in your kitchen. And ancient Einkorn deserves every bit of that care!

Einkorn is one of the oldest cultivated wheats on Earth, and also one of the most nutritious grains we carry - rich in protein, phosphorus, vitamin B6, potassium, antioxidants, and essential amino acids. And the flavor? Buttery, nutty, and beautifully complex in a way that modern wheat simply cannot replicate.

Shop our Einkorn Flour and Berries at janiesmill.com!

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06/15/2026

If you haven’t explored our ancient grain lineup yet, this is your sign!

Ancient grains are some of the most exciting products we carry at Janie’s Mill -each with its own rich history, unique flavor profile, and incredible nutrition.

Whether you’re eyeing Einkorn, one of the oldest cultivated wheats on earth, with a beautiful golden color and rich, buttery, nutty flavor - or our Spelt, which is mild, slightly sweet, and wonderfully versatile - or any other Ancient Grains we carry, you will love these flours that have stood the test of time.

Not sure where to start? Our Ancient and Heirloom Sampler is the perfect way to try four of our most-loved varieties - Einkorn, Red Fife, Turkey Red, and Spelt - all in one order. You can even add a Janie’s Mill organic cotton tote to make it a gift! 🎁

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06/14/2026

Yes, you can make homemade yeasted donuts. And yes, once you do, there is no going back. 🍩

This Classic Yeasted Donut recipe uses our All-Purpose Flour to create a dough that is soft, pillowy, and everything a great donut should be. Light enough to melt in your mouth, sturdy enough to hold a generous filling or glaze, and made with freshly stone-milled flour you can actually feel good about.

Yeasted donuts have a depth of flavor that baked donuts and store-bought versions simply cannot match. The slow rise develops flavor and a tender, airy crumb that is completely irresistible, especially when fresh and warm!

Get the full recipe here: https://www.janiesmill.com/blogs/recipes/donuts

06/11/2026

Harold has a field update and it’s a good one! 🌾

Our Hard Red Spring Wheat, planted about 3 months ago, is growing tall and looking beautiful as it matures. We had good pollination a few weeks ago and the kernels in each head of grain are now filling out.

Once harvested and cleaned, we stone-mill those grains right here at Janie’s Mill into our most popular bread flours. High-Protein Bread Flour is perfect for high-rising sourdoughs, baguettes, and enriched breads, and Italian-Style Pizza Flour makes crispy, flavorful pizza crusts and artisan breads. Our Hard Red Spring Wheat is also part of our Artisan Blend and Sifted Artisan flours, which are great for both yeasted and sourdough breads.

Every loaf, every pizza, every beautiful bake you make with these flours starts right here in this gorgeous field of grain. We love bringing you along for the journey. 🙌

Stay tuned for more field updates as we get closer to harvest!

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Address

405 N. 2nd Street
Ashkum, IL
60911

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4am
Friday	9am - 4am

Website

http://www.janiesmill.com/

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