BAKERY

Raven Breads is small market and wholesale bakery in Bellingham, WA owned and operated by Sophie Williams. The bakery is focused on great food, cheerful and informed service, ethical business, and bicycles. We bake wholegrain, sourdough breads that are flavorful and nourishing, and rustic pastries that emphasize our excellent ingredients, from local grains to seasonal produce. We bake for our community, to bring them their daily bread; for ourselves, to earn a living producing beautiful and nourishing food; and for the food system, to strengthen the connections farmers, millers, bakers, and eaters.

BAKER

Sophie came to baking sideways, through farming, ecology, and a fascination with food systems and fermentation. She builds recipes, mixes dough, bakes, rides bike deliveries, and occasionally remembers to catch up on bookkeeping, social media, and sleep. You can read her post-bake, pre-market early morning writing on food, business, bicycles, and other less bakery-relevant topics in the weekly newsletter, alongside the week's menu, and can find her most Saturdays at the Bellingham Farmers Market.

INGREDIENTS

We believe in short, transparent supply chains and work hard to find the best ingredients from local producers and distributors. The bulk of our ingredients come from the following vendors:

BUTTER: currently wherever we can find organic, cultured butter. If you know a good source of PNW, pastured, organic butter please tell us!
EGGS: Broad Leaf Farm, Osprey Hill Farm, Foothills Farm, Well Fed Farms
FLOUR + GRAINS: Fairhaven Flour Mill
FRUITS + VEGGIES: Whatcom/Skagit farmers and our neighborhood gleanings
HERBS: the back garden
HONEY: BeeWorks Farm, The Valley's Buzz
MILK & CREAM: Twin Brook Creamery, Fresh Breeze Organic Dairy
NUTS: Holmquist Hazelnuts
SALT: commodity and open to sourcing suggestions
SEEDS & SWEETENERS: Hummingbird Wholesale
SPICES: Burlap & Barrel, Singing Dog Vanilla