According to the Instagram profile of the Sunflower Oven Bakery, the co-operative bakery business in Belhaven Heights, Jackson, Mississippi, has closed. The Sunflower Oven Bakery was located on Jefferson Street in Belhaven Heights, south of Fortification Street and two blocks north of High Street and Jefferson Street, near several other businesses.
The bakery was located leased space adjacent to the offices of MS Votes and the location of Pink Evolution.
On May 9, 2025 they made their final post on Instagram announcing their closure and closure sale, with almost all of their merchandise going for sale that weekend.
Their site is now unoccupied with remaining furniture staying inside their disused location, and all bakery equipment has been removed.
Earlier on August 12, 2025, he noticed that the Google Maps location for the Sunflower Oven Bakery has stated that the business at that address was "permanently closed" according to Google.
The bakery, a cooperative, was praised by the Jackson Free Press for its approach to baking and food quality.
Michelle D. Baker wrote an article published in the Jackson Free Press on June 2, 2021 generally praising the local and organic qualities of the food and the services of the bakery. According to that article, the founder, Robert Raymond, and his co-worker Betsy Breuning.
They initiated the operations from his home in Jackson beginning in the year 2017, selling baked goods made at his home in Belhaven Heights in Jackson beginning in 2017 at the Mississippi Farmer's Market on High Street in Jackson.
Another article, written by Susan Marquez for eat. drink. Mississippi and published on October 25, 2023 in the October/November 2023 edition of the magazine, wrote about the history and the operations of the Sunflower Oven Bakery.
The article states that Robert Raymond, a native of Chicago, Illinois, was the co-founder with himself, friends, and co-workers.
It stated they worked the first six years, from 2017 until August 2022, out of Raymond's house in Jackson, Mississippi.
After August 2022, they were located on Jefferson Street at 752 N Jefferson St in Jackson (ZIP code for the area is 39202). Also, According the the same article, they only bought organic flour for baking from an independent flour mill in North Carolina named Carolina Ground.
As of August 12, 2025, the website was still operable. The Northside Sun emailed the company and did not receive any response.
According to Yelp, there were not any updates to their Yelp page since February 2025. The phone number left on the Yelp page was operable and went directly to a pre-recorded voicemail.
The space formerly occupied by Sunflower Oven is now empty, with the adjacent spaces next to the Sunflower Oven Bakery currently remains occupied by the neighboring workspace sites of Pink Evolution and the non-profit organization MSVotes next door.
