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

  • 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)
  • Kind of a big dill: Real Pickles celebrating 20th anniversary | Greenfield Recorder (December 23, 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)
  • The Artisanal Irony: The Mass-Produced Hand-Crafted Food Dilemma | Village Voice/SF Weekly (June 27, 2012 - RP on page 4)
  • An active interest in all kinds of pickles | The Recorder/Associated Press  (June 11, 2012)
  • Pickles = Good Food! | The Recorder (Feb 22, 2012)

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November, 2009
Monte Tours Real Pickles
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We are so excited to see the delicious photographs We are so excited to see the delicious photographs that @newenglandfoodandfarm made while visiting Nick and his crew at @smetanafoodtruck earlier this month! You can almost taste the flavors of these "Modern Eastern European Fare" dishes that include Real Pickles Sauerkraut and Beet Kvass! If you aren't able to visit Smetana Food Truck (their schedule and location is on their insta page) - we hope you are inspired to create your own dish this holiday weekend! 

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We are happy to report that the skilled farmers at We are happy to report that the skilled farmers at Mountain View Farm (and Dave Hayes the Weather Nut!) kept our baby cukes safe and warm during the recent freeze! Cucumber pickles will be back in early July!  #RealPickles #organic #NortheastGrown 

Posted @withregram • @mtviewfarm Here's a sunrise photo from this morning at 5:30 AM when we were out checking things. Temps got down to 25° but everything made it through OK. Thanks to our wonderful crew and all the people we consulted with including farm member and meteorologist Dave Hayes and Ben's mentor @michaeldocter50--what would we do without you?!?! 💛
We are SO excited to introduce our newest member-o We are SO excited to introduce our newest member-owner of our co-op, Craig Lavarreda! As the Real Pickles production manager, Craig keeps systems running smoothly and well-coordinated. He says, "I am excited to be part of a group with the same commitment, working towards the same goal and being part of the collective decision making.”. As a worker co-operative, Real Pickles is preserving our strong social mission, empowering our staff to direct the future of our business, and creating good local jobs with shared profits. We are proud to be part of a movement to build and strengthen democratic economies in our community and beyond. 

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This Thursday, join a workshop with Franklin Commu This Thursday, join a workshop with Franklin Community Co-ops, "Farm to Fermentation" with Real Pickles' very own Katie Korby and Kate Hunter! Learn about the importance of local organic farms and soil health and their connection to fermentation and a healthy gut microbiome. Katie will demonstrate a quick, spring time ferment in this informative and fun workshop! Thursday May 18th 6-7:30 170 Main St. Greenfield and online! Check bio for Zoom link on Thursday. 
#RealPickles #Fermentation #soilhealth #organic #northeastgrown #localfood
The pickle folks are so happy to be eating lunch i The pickle folks are so happy to be eating lunch in the sun! Enjoy the weather this weekend everyone! 😎
We think of Mother's Day as a time to celebrate an We think of Mother's Day as a time to celebrate and reflect on the role models in our lives.  If you are celebrating with a meal, consider this recipe where you can pile on your favorite Real Pickles ferments! This Garden Pilaf recipe is beautiful as a side or a main dish, plus it's loaded with flavor and packed with nutrients. Recipe link in bio.

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