Where to Buy Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread in Bend, Oregon

If you have spent any time looking for real gluten-free bread in Bend, you already know the problem. The options at most grocery stores are the same shelf-stable loaves found everywhere else: dry, dense, and held together with xanthan gum, guar gum, and a list of binders and stabilizers that have no business being in a loaf of bread.

Bend has a strong food culture. The farmers markets here draw serious vendors and serious shoppers. But finding gluten-free bread that is actually worth eating has been harder than it should be.

That is changing.

Leaven & Love at the Bend Farmers Market

Starting May 6th, Leaven & Love Organic Bakehouse will be at the downtown Bend Farmers Market every Wednesday from 11am to 3pm. We are bringing the Classic loaf: a wild-fermented gluten-free sourdough made from freshly milled whole grains, organic ingredients, and a live brown rice starter that has been running in our kitchen for years.

No gums. No stabilizers. No shortcuts.

The downtown Bend Farmers Market runs on Wednesdays from late spring through fall at NW Brooks and NW Oregon Avenue in the heart of downtown. It is one of the best markets in Central Oregon and we are glad to be part of it.

What Makes This Bread Different

Most gluten-free bread is engineered to approximate the texture of wheat bread without actually being bread. The ingredients hold it together artificially. The result is something that toasts adequately and passes for bread in a pinch but does not actually taste like anything worth looking forward to.

Leaven & Love approaches it differently. Every loaf starts with a live brown rice sourdough starter that has been fed and maintained over time. The dough ferments overnight before it ever sees the oven. The flour is freshly milled from whole grains, not pre-processed flour blends. The result is a loaf with real flavor, an open crumb, and a crust that behaves like bread is supposed to behave.

It also freezes exceptionally well. Slice it before you freeze it and pull out what you need. Best toasted.

Pre-Order Online

If you want to guarantee your loaf before we sell out at market, pre-orders are open at leavenandloveorganic.com. Order online and pick it up at the market on Wednesday, or have it shipped directly to you anywhere in the continental United States.

Shipping is always $12 flat rate regardless of how many loaves you order.

About Leaven & Love

Leaven & Love is a small organic bakehouse registered in Sisters, Oregon. We started baking gluten-free sourdough out of necessity when our family needed bread that actually worked. What began as a kitchen project became a business, and what began as a business became a standard we are not willing to compromise.

We bake in small batches with a licensed co-packer in Eugene, Oregon. Every ingredient is organic where possible. Every loaf is made to the same formula and held to the same standard.

We are glad to be back in Bend. Come find us on Wednesday.

Leaven & Love Organic Bakehouse Downtown Bend Farmers Market Wednesdays 11am to 3pm starting May 6th leavenandloveorganic.com