06/10/2026
Hi friends! 🩷🍞🫙
For all of the new faces here, I thought I’d take a minute to introduce myself and share a little bit about how Giant House Farms came to be.
I’m Jess, a SAHM to three boys, a fiancée, and the face behind the farm stand.
If you had told me almost 3 years ago that I’d be running a farm stand, teaching sourdough classes, and baking for this incredible community, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
The truth is, none of this was ever part of some grand business plan.
One night, I had a simple thought: I loved my sourdough starter so much that I figured other people might love her too. She was the best starter I had ever used, and I wanted to share her. So I listed some starter on Facebook Marketplace using my personal page.
Almost immediately, people started reaching out. My phone was buzzing all hours of the day. For weeks, people were pulling into my driveway to pick up sourdough starter.
And they all kept asking the same questions:
“Do you sell bread?”
“Do you teach classes?”
“Do you have a page?”
“Will you be at the farmers market?”
At the time, my answer was simply, “No.”
I was just a stay-at-home mom selling sourdough starter.
Until I wasn’t.
A couple of weeks later, I created this page so the people buying starter could see what I was baking and stay connected. About a week after that, I announced that I might occasionally take bread orders when I had extra time.
That quickly grew into me doing in person sourdough popups at multiple shops around town, and holiday events at local businesses as well!
As things continued to grow, I started offering in-person sourdough classes. To my surprise, they began selling out within days of being posted.
Around that same time, my fiancé and I started talking about building a farm stand.
At first, the stand was simply a pickup spot for pre-orders and sourdough starter. Customers could stop by whenever it was convenient for them, even if I wasn’t home. Then I started stocking it with a few extra items. Those sold. So I stocked a little more. Those sold too. Little by little, the stand grew into what it is today.
As the stand continued to grow, so did the need for more equipment. About 3 months after opening the farm stand, I got a Rofco B40 bread oven. That oven was a complete game changer and allowed me to increase production while still maintaining the quality and consistency I wanted in every loaf. Then, about 6 months later, I added an Estella 40-quart mixer to my little bakery. Another huge game changer! What once took so much time and physical effort became more efficient and allowed me to continue growing while staying true to my products and process.
Eventually, I stepped away from popups and events. Having a farm stand right here on our property allows me to do what matters most to me: bake, serve my community, and still be home with my kids.
These days, I stock the stand once a week with fresh sourdough bread and baked goods and offer weekly pre-orders. That’s what works best for our family in this season of life.
What amazes me most is that none of this was planned.
It all started with a sourdough starter listed on Facebook Marketplace.
From there, this community helped shape Giant House Farms into something bigger than I ever imagined possible.
To those who found me recently and to those who have been here since the very beginning, thank you. Thank you for supporting a small business, for believing in what I do, for sharing my name with friends, and for helping this little dream grow.
You are all a part of this story, and I am so grateful you’re here. ❤️
Thank you for being part of the Giant House Farms family.
