Every PACHA Loaf Starts With A Question:
Can We Do This Better?
Better buckwheat — regeneratively grown in the Northern Plains by farmers who are rebuilding soil, not depleting it. Better fermentation — long, slow, two-ingredient sourdough that your gut can actually work with. Better packaging — home-compostable film, because bread shouldn't come with landfill attached.
So when it came time to build our Mulberry Vanilla special release, "better" meant one thing: finding vanilla that was held to the same standard as everything else we put in our bread.
That search led us to Vanilla Bean Project — a small operation out of Lakeland, Minnesota, run by Andy and Sara Kubiak. And honestly, it was the first time in our ingredient sourcing history that we found a supplier whose commitment to regenerative agriculture matched our own.
Vanilla Bean Project is the only company in the world to hold Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) status for pure vanilla extract. ROC is the highest organic certification available — it goes well beyond USDA Organic to require verified standards for soil health, farmworker fairness, and animal welfare. Their vanilla is sourced from Aliet Green in Indonesia, a farm operation recognized by the United Nations Food Systems Summit as one of the top 50 in the world for transforming food systems toward sustainability.
But it doesn't stop there. Vanilla Bean Project has taken on something even more ambitious: decarbonizing the vanilla supply chain by shipping their beans across the Atlantic Ocean via commercial sail cargo — specifically, the Grain de Sail II, a wind-powered cargo sailboat that crosses from Saint-Malo, France to New York City. Most vanilla in the world arrives by container ship and jet. Theirs arrives by wind.
When we found all of that out, we stopped looking at other vendors.
About the Bread
Our Mulberry Vanilla loaf is built on PACHA's original buckwheat sourdough base — the same two-ingredient, long-fermented formula that started this whole thing. Gluten-free, vegan, free of the top 9 allergens, and certified Regenerative Organic for the buckwheat.
The flavor is soft and forward: a warm vanilla note that carries the loaf, with ripe mulberry sweetness woven through. It's not tart. It's more like the memory of summer fruit, backed by everything vanilla does best. Toast it. Butter it. That's the move.
This is a limited release — 800 loaves, available exclusively at livepacha.com starting June 22.
Two Certifications, One Loaf
We think a lot about what "regenerative" actually means in practice. It's not a marketing word for us — it's the frame for every sourcing decision we make. Our buckwheat comes from Verified Regenerative Organic farms in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Our packaging is certified home-compostable film.
And now, our vanilla comes from the only ROC-certified vanilla extract producer on earth, delivered by sail.
We're proud of what this loaf represents: two small brands, both operating at the edge of what's possible in regenerative food, finding each other and making something worth eating.
Get It Before It's Gone
Mulberry Vanilla Buckwheat Sourdough Loaf — $17.89. Available June 22 at livepacha.com while supplies last.
Want to try Vanilla Bean Project's extract for your own baking? Visit their shop at vanillabeanproject.com — their ROC pure vanilla extract is available direct to consumers. (Psst — if you bought a Mulberry Vanilla loaf, check your order email for a special offer.)
PACHA makes organic, allergen-free buckwheat sourdough bread and tortillas, sold online and at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Natural Grocers, HEB, and Albertsons. Every product starts with two ingredients and a long ferment.
Key Takeaways
- Every PACHA loaf is built on a commitment to doing things better — better sourcing, better fermentation, better packaging.
- The Mulberry Vanilla loaf is a limited-edition special release of 800 loaves, available exclusively at livepacha.com.
- Vanilla Bean Project is the only company in the world with Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) status for pure vanilla extract.
- Their vanilla beans travel by sail cargo — the Grain de Sail II — eliminating the carbon footprint of air and container ship transport.
- PACHA's buckwheat is sourced from Verified Regenerative Organic farms in the Northern Plains — traceable, transparent, and soil-positive.
- The loaf is gluten-free, vegan, and free from all top 9 allergens.
- Flavor profile: warm vanilla with ripe mulberry sweetness — best enjoyed toasted with butter.
- This collaboration represents two mission-aligned small brands pushing the edge of what regenerative food can be.
