Our little farm bakery

Every Friday night, at sundown, Jewish people begin to observe Shabbat. This typically includes a family dinner and saying three prayers, said while lighting two candles, drinking a tiny glass of wine or grape juice, and eating a special braided egg bread called “challah.”

For many years our family in rural Vermont had to travel long distances to find challah. Finally we started making it ourselves, and realized it could be a wonderful service to bake challah for others who need it.

In January 2025 we began our microbakery and called it Greenfeathers Farm Bakery. As the bakery has grown, we’ve added other traditional Jewish bakery items including Montreal-style bagels, Jewish rye bread, and chocolate and cinnamon babka.

We list those items as products of “The Vermont Challah Company” as a tribute to our original inspiration for the bakery.