Saturday, October 7, 2023 | Country Acres • Page 1
Country Acres Saturday, October 7, 2023
Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
Volume 10, Edition 14
PHOTO COURTESY OF BERKELEY FOWLER
Jenny Bredeken and Roscoe Fowler founded Full Circle Farm on land near Starbuck that has been in Bredeken’s family for more than 100 years. The couple began their artisanal bread-making business in Hawaii, using Starbuckgrown wheat.
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Full Circle Farm raises, grinds, mills, bakes on site BY SARAH COLBURN STAFF WRITER
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TARBUCK — The sourdough breads baking in the farmhouse kitchen of Full Circle Farm wrap a warmth around the space. The smell of yeast and fermentation hang heavy in the air as the hand-kneaded mixture rises and puffs, creating the perfect artisanal loaf. Full Circle Farm specializes in sourdough, all kinds of sourdough — from sourdough breads to baguettes, focaccia, bagels and ciabatta. The breads are made from
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fresh-milled flour that is grown, ground and milled on the farm near Starbuck. It is a passion project for Roscoe Fowler and Jenny Bredeken. It’s a company they started in Honolulu, Hawaii, Fowler’s hometown, and now are bringing to Bredeken’s hometown in Minnesota. The couple made a full-time career out of baking bread in Honolulu, selling 200 loaves a weekend — bread made from pallets of Starbuck-grown wheat they regularly shipped to the island. “I want the farm to reach its highest potential, and I want it to nourish people on many levels
— physically, emotionally and spiritually,” Bredeken said. “Bread is one of the most primal foods really; it’s such an old food.” Bredeken’s family has farmed the land for more than 100 years. However, until Fowler baked that first loaf of bread using the family’s grain, Bredeken’s grandfather had never tasted the product he spent 60 years planting, raising and harvesting. “Food is a way that people show their love for one another, and growing up on a grain farm the way I did, it’s kind of ironic … even though people are growing
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PHOTO SUBMITTED Sourdough baguettes rest on a rack to be sold from Full Circle Farm. Owners Roscoe Fowler and Jenny Bredeken sell the breads, along with other varieties, at farmers markets and pop-up stands as well as through partnerships with local businesses.
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