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Northeast Grown, 100% organic, fermented & raw pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, kvass, and hot sauce

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Our Mission

We are committed to promoting human and ecological health by providing people with delicious, nourishing food and by working toward a regional, organic food system.

We aim to produce the highest quality, traditional pickled foods available, using natural fermentation. We buy our vegetables only from Northeast family farms and sell our products only within the Northeast. Our ingredients are 100% organic.

Benefits of a regional food system

  • Fresher, healthier food, raised with an emphasis on flavor and nutrition, rather than shelf life and transportability
  • Strong rural communities with profitable, sustainable family farms and plenty of green open space
  • Vast reductions in fossil fuel use for long-distance transport, resulting in less pollution and a more stable global climate
  • Strong local/regional economies, with more money circulating within our communities and regions, and more jobs created
  • A more democratic food system, in which people have more power to decide what food is available and how it is produced, resulting in a cleaner, safer, more diverse food supply

Benefits of an organic food system

  • Cleaner, safer food, free of pesticide residues, growth hormones, and genetic engineering;
  • Living, fertile soil, which leads to higher nutrient levels in our food and is essential to agricultural sustainability
  • Healthy ecosystems, rich in biodiversity and with clean waterways unpolluted by pesticide and fertilizer runoff

Read more about Real Pickles’ support of an organic and regional food system:

  • Meeting ‘The Beast’: A Field Trip to Martin’s Farm Composting
  • Supporting a Regional Food System: An Interview with Myers Produce
  • Calculating Food Miles at Real Pickles
  • Beyond Local: The Case for Regional Food
  • A Community Perspective: Keeping It Local!
  • Regional Distribution: An Interview with Joe Angello
  • Why Our Food System Needs the Occupy Movement
  • Occupy Wall Street and Organic Pickles

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Check out these gorgeous paprika and habanero pepp Check out these gorgeous paprika and habanero peppers, grown for us by Ray at Next Barn Over Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts. Their land sits within the famed Hadley loam region (world class soil!), in the rich bottomland of the Connecticut River Valley. Next Barn Over Farm grows a wide and diverse array of certified-organic vegetables for CSA, farmers markets, local grocery stores, small distributors, and restaurants in Western Massachusetts and throughout the Commonwealth. This year their crops will be used in making the next batches of our Organic Red Pepper Hot Sauce, Organic Beets, and Organic Kimchi! #loveyourlocalfarmer #knowyourfarmer #supportyourlocalfarms
Studies show that including lots of fermented food Studies show that including lots of fermented foods in your diet, including naturally-fermented vegetables, contributes to higher gut microbiome diversity and improved immune response. What a great reason to pile some Real Pickles ferments on your avocado toast! 

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Save the Date for the return of the 25th Annual No Save the Date for the return of the 25th Annual North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival! Join us and many other makers, vendors and exhibitors for a weekend of awesome music and performance on three stages; over 80 exhibitors featuring art, agriculture, healing arts, artful activities and games for all ages; delicious garlic cuisine and chef demos. Held on a historic farm amid fall foliage, celebrate community and local living with two days of peace, love, and garlic! Come say hello and get your hands on a coveted Organic Garlic Dill Pickle, available this year only at the fest! 

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Deliveries of hearty & fresh organic leeks from Ri Deliveries of hearty & fresh organic leeks from Riverland Farm can only mean one thing: it must be Kimchi-making tme! Riverland Farm is a thriving and important part of the local food system in Western Massachusetts. They grow high-quality organic produce for the community and continue the ongoing work to maintain and improve the land that they farm, despite difficult seasons like this one!

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Real Pickles organic fermented veggies make a grea Real Pickles organic fermented veggies make a great addition to any picnic spread! Check out this beautiful pairing of our Sauerkraut, Beets and Dill Pickles with Bayley Hazen Blue Cheese from @jasperhillfarm and a glass of our award winning Organic Beet Kvass! Colorful, healthy and delicious!
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cutting board by @petermansboardsandbowls
photo by @clarebarboza
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Our production crew is busy packing up batches of Our production crew is busy packing up batches of our Organic Turmeric Kraut - a vibrant and healthful kraut fermented with organic turmeric, grown by our innovative farmer friends at Old Friends Farm in Amherst! 

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