Whole Foods Market Local Forager Denise Breyley travels around the beautiful Pacific Northwest meeting the amazing farmers, ranchers and producers who supply our tables with fresh, locally grown food. Fermentation isn’t just for wine and beer anymore. Naturally fermented foods like sauerkraut and kimchi have become all the rage in restaurants and on dinner tables [...]
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Local Producer: Firefly Kitchens
Posted March 3rd, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
Local Producer: Buchi Kombucha
Posted February 18th, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
An ancient cultured beverage with origins in the Far East, kombucha tea has been revered for thousands of years as “the Elixir of Life” and “the Tea of Immortality.” It’s made by fermenting tea and sugar with a kombucha culture, resulting in an effervescent drink. Sarah Schomber and Jeannine Bucher, two moms from Asheville, North [...]
Local Producer: Willie Greens Organic Farm
Posted January 8th, 2012 by Admin. Comment (0).
Whole Foods Market Local Forager Denise Breyley travels around the beautiful Pacific Northwest meeting the amazing farmers, ranchers and producers who supply our tables with fresh, locally grown food. Up here in the Pacific Northwest, our growing season can feel pretty brief. With the rain, wind and short, dark days, we’re used to saying goodbye [...]
Local Producer: Epicurean Butter
Posted November 3rd, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
In the infamous words of Julia Child, “With enough butter, anything is good!” And that couldn’t be more true when it comes to our most recent Local Producer Loan recipient, Epicurean Butter. Their compound butter is designed to make you feel like a Julia Child in your own kitchen. Compound butter, also known as “finishing [...]
Menu for the Future — Bringing Farmers to the Table [Local]
Posted October 31st, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
From PEAK MOMENT TELEVISION We taped a conversation in Port Townsend, Washington with (right to left) Peter Bates and Judy, both members of the Port Townsend steering committee of the Northwest Earth Institute, and Dick Bergeron, president of the local Chimacum Grange. These three organized 25 discussion groups in early 2010, using Menu for the Future, [...]
$5 Million in Loans to Local Producers
Posted October 6th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Our local producers are total rock stars. Their creativity, ingenuity and absolutely delightful products are a constant source of inspiration for us. Judging by sales, we know they are a favorite of yours, too! Helping them do more became a goal for Whole Foods Market a few years ago and as of this month, we’ve [...]
Unique Local Products
Posted September 8th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
The goal of the Local Producer Loan Program is to find and support unique, local products. We’ve definitely hit the mark on “unique” with Soy-Sen-Zay Edamame Dips. I love edamame as an appetizer at a sushi bar, or in a salad, but I’m quite sure I’ve never eaten edamame in a dip….until now! Our most [...]
Local Loan to Thistle Farms
Posted August 26th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
What I really love about working on the Local Producer Loan Program is that we are helping people with a passion for what they do to grow their business. By providing a low interest loan, we make capital available to them to expand their operations and bring fantastic local products to our shoppers. This month [...]
Local Producer Loan: Gelateria Naia and Cocoa Metro
Posted August 11th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
As a child I always loved chocolate milk and ice cream bars. Who didn’t? Now that I’m “more mature” the kid in me is always on the lookout for the perfect sweet treat that’s tinged with childhood nostalgia while still appealing to my adult taste buds. Lucky for me, two of our most recent Local [...]
Local Producer Loan For Hail Merry
Posted July 28th, 2011 by Admin. Comment (0).
Our most recent Local Producer Loan recipient, Hail Merry, was started by raw food chef Susan O’Brien with a desire to bring awareness to the benefits of healthy, raw oils. And if this is what raw oils taste like, I’m never going back! Dallas-based Hail Merry creates delicious macaroons, tarts, nuts and granola (grawnola, if [...]