3am shifts, hundreds of loaves of bread shaped and too-many-to-count hand rolled croissants are all part of the labor of love that we here at the Livingston Community Bakery do every week to provide the community with the best artisan breads, croissants and pastry sweets.
Not only are we providing for our local customers, but providing fresh, nutritious, whole-wheat bread to food pantries across Montana.
“The Livingston Community Bakery makes baked goods that DO good. Every purchase supports the baking and distribution of over 10,000 preservative-free, nutritious kamut breads to the Livingston Food Resource Center and food pantries across Montana each year. By choosing our products, you're also supporting native growers and helping fund the vital programs of the Livingston Food Resource Center as we tackle food insecurity in Park County.”
-Kaya Patten-Fusselman, Executive Director
As the demand grows for our supply of pantry breads, Livingston Community Bakery sees the need to make a shift in production to better provide for our extended community. We see this shift as a realignment of our original mission laid out 4 years ago; to provide nutritious, whole wheat bread to pantries across the state, while simultaneously generating revenue through retail operations to help support LFRC programming.
In order to shift labor and attention to increasing both retail artisan and pantry available breads, we have already made some changes with others to come soon. Deli selections that are very labor intensive have been eliminated, giving time back to bread production. A fresh look and shopping experience in the retail space can be expected and will include minor changes in selection. Exciting new daily bakery specials, expanded brewed coffee options, cold-pressed fruit juices and cold brew espresso will also be available in the near future.
Retail shopping hours will be adjusted to 7:30am-1:30pm Monday through Saturday. To better serve our customers we are exploring online ordering options for breads, croissants and decorated cakes, earlier daily availability of artisan breads and increased daily production.
Come “rediscover” the Livingston Community Bakery. See you soon!
