Marcus Webb grew up in his grandfather's grain mill outside Fort Collins. He learned to judge flour quality by feel before he could read. After studying fermentation science at Colorado State and apprenticing at Tartine in San Francisco, he returned to Colorado with one mission: make bread that honored the grain.
He opened Hearthstone in 2018 with a stone mill, a deck oven, and a 14-year-old sourdough starter. The first week, he sold 30 loaves. By the third month, he was selling out of 200 before noon.
