The Satellite Bakery Program.
how it works
Tomorrow’s Bread uses funding to activate existing community bakery capacity for local food access.
Fund.
Donors, sponsors, and foundations support fresh whole grain bread production and coordination.
Bake.
Community bakeries are paid fair contract prices to bake with regional organic grain.
Distribute.
Bread reaches those who need it most via trusted food banks, shelters, pantries, faith-based programs, and community centers.
FROM THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Pictured : San Luis Valley, Colorado, organic hard-red wheat fields; the original "Whole Grain Bread" loaf baked by the OG Satellite Bakery, Tumbleweed Bread; the OG Community Outreach Organization, La Puente Home Inc.
This works because the core infrastructure already exists. Community bakeries have ovens, skilled labor, sourcing relationships, and local trust. Tomorrow’s Bread coordinates funding, production, delivery relationships, and reporting so that existing capacity becomes reliable food access.
Current Impact and Production Potential
>11,500
Loaves Provided
12
Satellite Bakery Partners
~67,412
Annual Loaf Production Potential
The model, partners, and production capacity already exist. Funding turns that capacity into fresh bread for communities. Full activation of all Satellite Bakery Partners requires $466,680.00.
better food access
starts with better food
Food insecurity is not only a lack of calories. It affects health, stability, family stress, learning, work, and community resilience. Tomorrow’s Bread improves charitable food quality by making fresh whole grain bread available through the community organizations people already trust.
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By contracting local bakeries who source source organic grain within 500 miles whenever available, with regenerative-organic or verified organic-in-practice farms used where appropriate, the Satellite Bakery Program supports food access, service-industry jobs, regional grain markets, and climate-smart crop systems.