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Raising Leavened

Leavened is a title that represents my bread and myself. In my heart,‘Leavened’ began to represent my identity in Christ as I began my newly given life. Leaven means to raise, and along with my bread I have been raised and given life because of my savior: Jesus Christ. The word ‘leaven’ began to resonate with my new life and how I wanted to live it: for God, as it is illustrated in verse Mathew 13:33: *He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened."* This verse solidified the name Leavened for my business as I deeply wanted to influence those around me, and show them God’s love through my trade, slowly raising other people to know God as leaven raises flour.

For my bread it reflects the most unique aspect of my product: the leavening agent. Leaven is made up of a bit of my mother starter( a culture made up of wild yeast found in the air, on flour and on our hands that is trained to grow and decrease with a feeding schedule) and equal parts flour to water, this is what I use to raise my bread. It is different from most breads because they are raised with commercial dry active yeast (even most bread labeled as artisan and sourdough use commercial yeast combined with a starter or other techniques to raise their bread, leaving a closed crumb, a soft crust and a dry, tasteless product). Commercial yeast speeds up the bread process by 15 hours or more, taking only 3 hours to proof the bread whereas I use 18 hours to proof mine. During those 18 hours I am allowing gluten strands to form, bubbles and sugar to be developed as a byproduct of the wild yeast feeding, and flavor to blossom as the flour ferments. Using wild yeast also allows me to increase the hydration, giving the bread a delicate but strong dewy crumb that is unlike the dry, brittle, crumbly bread created by commercial yeast and a low hydration. The name Leavened to me represents the identity of my bread (being naturally leavened) and my own.

My mission statement reflects my desire to raise my community and those around me as well as serving my community with the best product I can. The deep and unwavering joy that God brings into my life is what inspired the first line of my mission’s statement. ‘Raising Joy’ to me means raising up the truth of my salvation, raising up God in all that I do, and raising up people around me by bringing them the joy I experience through my salvation. Raising bread reflects the satisfaction I receive from every step in creating my product, producing a product that people greatly enjoy, and raising awareness about naturally leavened bread. Raising community is my final goal that I hope to achieve with my business. Buying and selling locally to create a self sustaining community is what I hope to become a part of by selling my bread wholesale.

Raising Joy, Raising Bread & Raising Community

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