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 [...]
Posts tagged ‘Producer’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Local Producer: Skin Organics
Posted June 17th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Skin Organics’ founder, Ann Webb developed a passion for skin care at an early age when she struggled with severe cystic acne. She used her extensive knowledge of aesthetics, dermatology and skin rejuvenation to launch and grow an affordable, simple-to-use product line that contained the best pharmaceutical-grade ingredients available. When Whole Foods Market announced our Premium Body [...]