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Home / Feature 1 / Two Good Food Awards!

January 18, 2020

Two Good Food Awards!

Greg and Annie at Good Food Awards

On Friday January 17th, Real Pickles co-owners Annie Winkler and Greg Nichols accepted Good Food Award medals for our Organic Beet Kvass and Organic Nettle Kraut! The San Francisco ceremony was hosted by renowned farm labor activist Dolores Huerta, food author Michael Pollan, and chef Alice Waters.  The Good Food Awards recognizes American food and drink crafters who demonstrate both a mastery of their craft and a commitment to maintaining exceptionally high social and environmental standards in their work. 

A timely example of Real Pickles’ commitment to responsible food is our recent 31-kW solar array which, installed beside our existing 17-kW array, makes our facility 100% solar powered. “Environmental sustainability and strong regional food systems are at the core of our mission,” says Dan Rosenberg, founder and general manager. “We are always seeking ways to reduce our carbon emissions, increase our use of renewable energy, and support policies that push for climate mitigation.”

Good Food Award Winners

In operation since 2001, Real Pickles makes fermented dill pickles, sauerkraut, beets, kimchi, hot sauce and other traditional pickled foods. Our co-operative buys over 300,000 pounds of certified organic produce each year from Northeast family farms.  The winning products feature: beets from Harlow Farm in Westminster, VT; cabbage from Atlas Farm in South Deerfield, MA; and fresh nettles from Sawmill Farm in Florence, MA and Zack Woods Herb Farm in Hyde Park, VT. 

“These awards highlight the reason we’re in business,” said Annie Winkler, production manager. “We are proud to contribute to a community that values a healthy and nourishing food system – for people, communities, and our planet.”

The Good Food Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary by announcing 219 winners in sixteen food categories who are fostering land stewardship, strengthening communities, and building soil health. 

The winners rose to the top in a blind tasting of 1,835 entries, then passed a rigorous vetting to confirm they meet Good Food Awards standards regarding ingredient sourcing and environmentally sound agricultural practices.

Real Pickles products are sold at over 500 retail outlets in the Northeast, including co-operative grocers, natural food stores, and regional farm stands.

> (opens in a new tab)”>See a list of all the 2020 Good Food Award winners here >>

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A future Organic Dill Pickle! Celebrate spring! ☀️🥒 
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Bug's eye view in the Atlas Farm greenhouse! The cukes have been clipped to trellis strings in preparation for a sky-ward growth spurt. Just a couple months 'til we're harvesting! #atlasfarm #organicfarming #greenhouse #cucumbers
We are so excited to be able to start the vaccinat We are so excited to be able to start the vaccination process as food and ag workers! We greatly appreciate all the hard work happening in our community to make sure that everyone who wants to be vaccinated gets vaccinated! 

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DEBT RELIEF IS COMING TO BLACK FARMERS. 

Many white people have become aware in the last year of the discrimination that Black Americans face in policing, voting, health care and more. Few, however, may recognize that systemic racism led to another grave injustice, one that underpins many other forms of exploitation: More than a century of land theft and the exclusion of Black people from government agricultural programs have denied many descendants of enslaved people livelihoods as independent, landowning farmers.

African-American labor built much of this country’s agriculture, a prime source of the nation’s early wealth. In the years since the end of slavery, Black Americans have been largely left out of federal land giveaways, loans and farm improvement programs. They have been driven off their farms through a combination of terror and mistreatment by the federal government, resulting in debt, foreclosures and impoverishment.

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Spring is just around the corner! Help it along by Spring is just around the corner! Help it along by sipping our Organic Beet Kvass, a fermented infusion of beets, onions and savory herbs. We think the earthy flavor tastes like springtime! This Good Food Award winner can be enjoyed as a sipping tonic, in salad dressings, or as a classic stock for end-of-winter vegetable soups. How do you like your kvass? 

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Meet Andy! Andy has been working as a production a Meet Andy! Andy has been working as a production assistant at Real Pickles since 2012. He joined the team after learning that Real Pickles was transitioning to a worker-owned co-operative and he wanted to be a part of a business that he could truly believe in and feel really good about. He quickly became a worker owner and joined the board of directors. In addition to being passionate about the mission driving the work at Real Pickles, Andy loves the people he works with and says that each workday he feels like he is glimpsing a better world, “It’s like we’re on a trip in a van with these people and we are just trying to keep each other happy!” When Andy is not at Real Pickles he can be found making music or creating beautiful pieces of stoneware pottery that he sells at various galleries and art fairs throughout the country. Andy plays guitar with a few bands and is working on a project with his young grand-nieces co-writing songs and producing an album. He also plays music every week at Real Pickles with our fermentation manager, Katie!  Andy says that he feels lucky to be a part of the Real Pickles family - but we think we are the lucky ones! Andy is a true treasure to work with. 

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