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Home / Feature 3 / Sustainable Business of the Year!

December 21, 2017

Sustainable Business of the Year!

We are excited to announce that Real Pickles has been named the 2017 Western Massachusetts Sustainable Small Business of the Year by the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts! This award is presented to leading local independent businesses in Western and Eastern Massachusetts who are helping to build economies that are local, green and fair. We are proud to be recognized for doing work that is so central to our mission of helping to build a more sustainable food system!

Our fellow winners this year are PeoplesBank, Equal Exchange, Preserve Products and Bon Me Foods. Join us in celebrating sustainable businesses in Massachusetts!

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What a way to start the work week! Ginger the mona What a way to start the work week! Ginger the monarch butterfly emerged this morning from their chrysalis. Such a treat to see this transformation happen right in front of us (swipe to see it too!) Nature is amazing 🦋 #RealPickles #locallygrown
Let’s do it! It’s kimchi making season at Real Pic Let’s do it! It’s kimchi making season at Real Pickles! #NortheastGrown #Organic #kimchi
Here at Real Pickles we are aflutter with exciteme Here at Real Pickles we are aflutter with excitement! A monarch butterfly chrysalis has attached to the front of our building, and a monarch caterpillar was seen crawling nearby as well. Are you as excited as we are to see these beauties emerge? We have dubbed them Ginger and Rosemary. Stay tuned for updates from the lepidopterarium! #realpickles #locallygrown
Happy birthday to us! This Summer Real Pickles ce Happy birthday to us! 
This Summer Real Pickles celebrates a quarter century of making our locally-sourced, healthy and delicious organic fermented veggies. We may have grown, but we remain committed to our mission of building a just, sustainable and democratic economy through our worker-owned cooperative model and our partnerships with Northeast organic farmers. 
Thank you for being part of our story for the last 25 years, and here's to many more years of fantastic fermentation! 
#RealPickles #northeastgrown #organic #workerowned #gocoop 
Photo of Real Pickles worker-owners courtesy of @westernmaphoto
Every year our local community comes together at S Every year our local community comes together at Stone Soup Cafés outdoor Harvest Supper. As a strong believer in local food systems and community, Real Pickles is always happy to contribute our delicious locally-made organic ferments to the table on this amazing evening. This free event, open to everyone, is a highlight of the season in Franklin County. Come join us! #CommunityMeal #harvestsupper #stonesoupcafe #franklincountyma
 
Pictures of the 2023 event courtesy of @westernmaphoto
Somerville Fermentation Festival is this Sunday, A Somerville Fermentation Festival is this Sunday, August 16th, and we can’t wait for all the fermented goodness! 
Come say hi to Derek and Kate who are bringing back some of the first jars of an old favorite recipe that hasn’t been made in years! No spoilers, you’ll just have to come find out what it is! 
You’ll also get to meet fermenters working with veggies, tempeh, cacao and more, plus live music and a speaker series throughout the day.
Check out @somfermfest for more details. Hope to see you there!

#fermentation #fermentationfestival #somervillefermfest #boston #bostonevents

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