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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)
  • 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)
  • Greenfield’s Real Pickles gets year off to real good start with ‘Good Food Award | The Republican  (Jan 25, 2012)
  • Real Pickles wins 2nd Good Food Award | The Recorder (Jan 17, 2012)
  • 1st Annual Peck Slip Pickle Festival | The Pickle Club  (Nov 28, 2011 - RP around minute 4)
  • New solar panels allows Greenfield’s Real Pickles to go green, save green | The Republican (May 30, 2011)
  • Real Pickles, Solar Style | The Recorder (Oct 21, 2011)
  • Late Breaking Pickle News | Valley Advocate (Feb 10, 2011)
  • Processing for Local Agriculture Case Study Series: Real Pickles | CISA (Feb 7, 2011)
  • Greenfield pickles win as ‘good food’ | The Republican (Jan 24, 2011)
  • Real Pickles receives national Good Food award | Hampshire Gazette (Jan 13, 2011)
  • Art in the Jar | Valley Advocate (Apr 15, 2010)
  • Real Pickles Expands | WFCR (Nov 2, 2009)
  • Pickle maker thinks organic | The Republican (Jul 12, 2009)
  • In a Real Pickle, and Loving It | The Boston Globe (Jan 11, 2006)

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Good things come in threes! It’s rare that three o Good things come in threes! It’s rare that three of our organic small batch flavors are available at the same time, so it’s time to stock up. Let’s get to know them a bit, if they’re not already among your seasonal favorites. Our Organic Nettle Kraut is bound to bring you back to spring with its fresh Vermont-grown nettles and tangy chopped scallions. It comes packed with all the herbal goodness your body has been craving. Organic Red Napa Cabbage is filled to the brim with thick cuts of red Napa cabbage, purple daikon radish, fresh ginger, and wakame seaweed. Its color is almost as vibrant as its savory flavor!  And last but certainly not least, our Organic Dilly Beans are meant to be enjoyed one after another after another. They’re tender, they’re crunchy, and they’re flavored with fresh dill, fennel seeds, thyme, and chile flakes; they’re a Northeast classic for a reason. You can find these three small batch favorites in select stores or on our website while supplies last. #RealPickles #Organic #NortheastGrown #Ferments #DillyBeans #Nettles #NapaCabbage #SmallBatch
The Real Pickles March for the Food Bank team is i The Real Pickles March for the Food Bank team is in awe, a little sore and FULL of gratitude for all of the organizers, volunteers, marchers and donors that participated and helped raise $798,000! Together, we really CAN make a difference! You can still make a donation throughout the rest of the calendar year to help the Food Bank get closer to their $1,000,000 goal. Every contribution will continue to strengthen food security throughout Western Mass. Link to donate in bio. 
@foodbankwma @massgovernor @jimmcgovernma #MarchForTheFoodBank
Big news! A CBS Sunday Morning crew visited Real P Big news! A CBS Sunday Morning crew visited Real Pickles last week to learn all about how we make our Organic Sauerkraut, from our locally sourced ingredients to our traditional fermentation process. 

We’re excited to be featured in this Sunday’s episode (Nov. 23 at 9 AM)! Tune in to catch a behind-the-scenes look at our fermentation process, learn about our partnerships with Northeast organic farms and what sets our Good Food Award–winning Organic Sauerkraut apart. @cbssundaymorning #Organic #RealPickles #NortheastGrown #Fermentation #Cooperative
At Real Pickles, we’re often lovingly referred to At Real Pickles, we’re often lovingly referred to as the Pickle People. So for National Pickle Day, we thought, let’s take that idea out of the jar and straight into our hearts.
Happy National Pickle Day from all of us Pickle People here at Real Pickles!
#nationalpickleday #RealPickles #Pickles #lactofermentation #organic #northeastgrown
Our Small Batch Organic Dilly Beans are back! They Our Small Batch Organic Dilly Beans are back! They're snappy and tender, packed with fresh dill and garlic. Perfect for snacking straight from the jar, sneaking into lunch boxes, or dressing up your favorite salad or happy hour cocktail. We can’t stop eating them and we think you’ll love these dillies all day long! Find these small batch favorites in select stores or on our website while supplies last.
#RealPickles #Organic #SmallBatch #LocallyGrown #NortheastGrown #GoCoop #DillyBeans
We’re so excited to join Monte Belmonte for the Ma We’re so excited to join Monte Belmonte for the March for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts this November! Right now, many of our neighbors are struggling to put meals on the table. With cuts to SNAP benefits and the rising cost of living, hunger is a growing reality for families everywhere. Every dollar raised helps the Food Bank provide two nutritious meals for our Western Mass neighbors. Together, we can help. Join us or donate to support our team’s efforts to build a better food system for all!

Link in Bio: http://engage.foodbankwma.org/goto/Real_Pickles_Team

#MarchForTheFoodBank #FoodBankWMA
@foodbankwma @montebelmonte

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