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For press inquiries, please email info@realpickles.com or call (413) 774-2600.

  • Fermentation meets cooperation: Real Pickles supports and supplies the regional food system | Daily Hampshire Gazette | March 23, 2024
  • Local Highlight: Real Pickles | Old Creamery Co-op | January 31, 2024
  • Real Pickles founder passes torch to new general manager in Greenfield | Greenfield Recorder | November 9, 2023
  • Locals among food award finalists | Greenfield Recorder | January 12, 2024
  • Real Pickles is doing real fine, marks 20 years in business in Greenfield | Masslive (January 31, 2022)
  • Worker-owned pickles company celebrates 20 years | WWLP (December 13, 2021)
  • Transforming vegetables via fermentation | Greenfield Recorder (September 9, 2021)
  • Slow Living Summit 2020 – Panel: Cooperative Ownership | Strolling of the Heifers: YouTube (July, 6 2020)
  • Real Pickles Garners Two Awards | Greenfield Recorder (January 24, 2020)
  • Four local food producers capture national awards | Greenfield Recorder (January 17, 2019)
  • Minimum wage will rise to $12 an hour in Massachusetts on Jan. 1 | Mass Live (December 24, 2019)
  • Of the Earth: Fermenting visions of a long life | Greenfield Recorder (November 27, 2018)
  • Pickle Power: Can fermented food fight off colds? | Daily Hampshire Gazette (October 9, 2018)
  • UMass scientists partner with Real Pickles | Greenfield Recorder (September 27th, 2018)
  • Profile: Real Pickles | Slow Money Blog: Connecting local food entrepreneurs with investors (August 24, 2018)
  • Can This Small Town Lead America in Fighting the Opioid Crisis? | OZY (April 18, 2018)
  • How the Coop Grows Sustainable Businesses | Park Slope Food Coop Linewaiters' Gazette (March 29, 2018)
  • A Mission Driven Pickling Company Reached Their Direct Public Offering Goal in Less Than Two Months, This is Where They Are Now | Cutting Edge Captial Blog (March 15, 2018)
  • Getting on the Ballot: What we’ll be Voting on in 2018 | Valley Advocate (January 2, 2018)
  • Winners of 2017 Massachusetts Sustainable Business of the Year Awards | MassLive (November 29, 2017)
  • Real Pickles | To Market Magazine (Sept 23, 2017)
  • Real Pickles DPO: How Employees Raised Half a Million Dollars to Buy a Business | Medium (July 13, 2017)
  • The Many Faces of Employee Ownership | B the Change Magazine (Mar 31, 2017)
  • Pickles to the People: Creating a Community Around Fermentation | Edible Pioneer Valley (October 8, 2016)
  • Grown Locally: CISA: Real Pickles & Artifact Cider | Connecting Point  (February 17, 2016)
  • Local Pickle Maker Real Pickles Wins National Award | Greenfield Recorder  (January 24, 2016)
  • Real Pickles Lauded by Jobs Board | Greenfield Recorder (December 2, 2015)
  • Boston Fermentation Festival Brings the Funk | Craving Boston  (October 18, 2015)
  • Case Study Business Conversion: Real Pickles | Project Equity (April 2015)
  • Some Choose To Keep Their Cash In Their Neighborhood | New England Public Radio  (July 17, 2014)
  • Our First Year as a Co-op | USDA Rural Cooperatives Magazine  (July/August 2014 - page 30)
  • How to Go Public Without a Stock Exchange | Bloomberg Businessweek  (June 5, 2014)
  • When Workers Become Owners: Real Pickles charts an unconventional course | The Valley Advocate  (May 14, 2014)
  • The Passion of Pickling | WNPR (February 11, 2014)
  • Gone Sour: A Greenfield business keeps up with demand | Many Hands  (Fall 2013 - page 44)
  • Seeking Capital, Some Companies Turn to ‘Do-It-Yourself I.P.O.’s | The New York Times  (August 1, 2013)
  • Green Hero of the Month: July Heroes – Growing in Community | The Recorder  (July 10, 2013)
  • A ‘Real Pickle’ for workers | USDA: Rural Cooperatives  (July/August 2013)
  • The Power of Co-ops | Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont  (Summer 2013)
  • Business etc: Real Pickles now worker owned | The Republican  (May 20, 2013)
  • The Care and Feeding of Small Business | The New York Times  (May 13, 2013)
  • Real Pickles in Greenfield offering coop shares | The Republican  (March 5, 2013)
  • Greenfield MA Pickling Company Goes Co-op | New England Public Radio News  (March 4, 2013)
  • New England Farmers Union: A Fermentation Celebration | Farming, The Journal of Northeast Agriculture  (March 2013)
  • Real Pickles Seeks Real Paradigm Shift | Montague Reporter  (February 28, 2013)
  • Area food businesses change ownership recipe | The Recorder (February 27, 2013)
  • Annual Co-op Show | WHMP: The Bill Newman Show 10.26  (October 26, 2012 - RP at minute 28)
  • How to preserve your own vegetables | Boston Globe  (August 8, 2012)
  • Locavores turn to fermenting to preserve their veggies | Boston Globe (August 8, 2012)
  • Perfect Pickles | Cape Cod and Islands NPR Station: The Local Food Report with Elspeth Hay  (July 12, 2012)

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Real Pickles Turns 10!
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November, 2009
Monte Tours Real Pickles
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We are looking forward to celebrating a “Taste o We are looking forward to celebrating a “Taste of River Valley” tomorrow, Friday May 16th, at River Valley Co-op in Easthampton, Ma. 
Derek will be teaming up with our friends from Mi Tierra and Kitchen Garden Farm for a tasty collaboration! If you’re in the area don’t miss it! 

@rivervalleycoop #localfood #coop
Organic Red Napa Cabbage is back! This seasonal sm Organic Red Napa Cabbage is back! This seasonal small-batch ferment brings a vibrant pop of ruby color and bold, savory crunch. Crafted with red Napa cabbage, purple daikon, fresh ginger and Atlantic sea vegetables - it’s a tangy, nutrient-packed flavor that elevates any plate. Get it before it’s gone! 🌊🥬💜
#organic #realpickles #northeastgrown #fermented #packedwithamission
Repost from @foodconnectsvt • Today’s the day Repost from @foodconnectsvt
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Today’s the day to stand up for SNAP!

SNAP helps families put food on the table and strengthens our farms, grocers, and local economies. But Congress is considering cuts that would increase hunger and weaken our communities.

Email and call your members of Congress using the link in our bio. We’re proud to join partners across the Northeast to protect SNAP. 

Link in bio

#ProtectSNAP #SNAPdayofaction #northeastsnapdayofaction
🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌱 This year’s theme, O 🌍 Happy Earth Day! 🌱

This year’s theme, Our Power, Our Planet, reminds us that together, we can shape a sustainable future — and that includes how we grow and produce our food.

At Real Pickles, our power IS our planet:
•We are solar powered
•We support organic farmers - climate heroes
•We keep it local — with regional sourcing and distribution to cut food miles

Every jar is a step toward a food system rooted in resilience, sustainability, and care for the Earth. 💚 #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay2025 #PackedWithAMission #SolarPoweredFerments
Looking to add a little spring sunshine to your br Looking to add a little spring sunshine to your breakfast? Mix some colorful, gut-healthy fermented veggies into your cream cheese or dairy-free spread. Bright flavors, happy mornings!

#RealPickles #recipe #fermentedveggies #fermentedandraw #fermented #organic
🥇Vote for Real Pickles Organic Sauerkraut, Orga 🥇Vote for Real Pickles Organic Sauerkraut, Organic Garlic Kraut, Organic Beet Kvass and Organic Garlic Dills in the 15 Years of Good Food Awards!
We’re honored to be part of @goodfoodfdn’s 15 Years of Good Food Awards—a celebration of past Good Food Award winners and the people behind these exceptional products. 
Now, you can help crown the best of the best! For the first time ever, the public is invited to vote for the standout products who’ve made a lasting impact on the food and retail landscape. 
Love our ferments? Cast your vote in the Pickles category and help us take home the win.
🗓️ Voting runs from April 15 to May 15
✅ You can vote once per day in each category
🗳️ Vote now - link in bio

Finalists will be announced by May 31 and winners will be revealed at the Good Food Mercantile in NYC on June 28. 
#goodfoodfdn #goodfoodawards #15yearsofgoodfood

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