As a class we had the opportunity to visit Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market.
It's open year round & essentially is a
farm fresh market in which local companies around Rhode Island can offer their
organic and environmentally friendly products to the public. Each company does
their own part in creating a sustainable environment for the betterment of Rhode Island. Their unique ingredients, processes and stories are truly inspiring. It
was such an eye opening and rewarding experience, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit
and look forward to returning again soon. Two company's in particular caught my eye with their unique stories and interesting business practices, Fully Rooted and Fox Point Pickles! Read on to find out more!
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| Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market |
Interestingly enough seven individuals came together to
create the Fully Rooted team. Angelo, Claudia, Mike, Amanda M., Steve, Ben and
Amanda R. each of whom have full-time jobs, dedicate their spare time to creating
these specialty juices.
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| Fully Rooted Team |
What is unique about Fully Rooted is the ingredients and
process used to create them. All of the ingredients used in the juices are
organic and the process they use is called cold pressing. The cold pressing
method is one in which the vegetables are first crushed, and then pressed using
minimal heat. This method allows for the enzymes, proteins, minerals and other
important nutrients to remain within the juice. The cold pressing model also allows
for a longer shelf life, unlike centrifugal juicers.
The Fully Rooted team’s hope is to use the most natural and
purest of ingredients and bring everyone back to the simplistic ways and see
the beauty that nature has to provide us. The ultimate goal is that we stop consuming
harmful toxins and adopting destructive behaviors.
Fully Rooted is also extremely sustainable and
environmentally friendly. All of the left over pulp from their juices is given
to local farms as animal feed. They pride themselves on having an entirely
waste free production process.
You can find these seven fantastic individuals on the weekends
selling their products at local farmers markets across Rhode Island.
Be sure to check them out on Facebook!
Fox Point Pickles is named after the Fox Point area in
Providence in which the company first opened their doors to the public. Fox
Point is a local pickle company dedicated to providing the best tasting pickles
to Rhode Island. Owner Ziggy Goldfarb “Pickles” explained that Rhode Island
didn’t have a pickle to call their own and was tired of the eating the same
mass produced, store bought pickles all the time. This is when the light bulb
turned on and he decided to create Rhode Island’s most flavorful pickle!
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| Fox Point Pickle Flavors |
Fox Point offers two flavors of pickles; Spicy and Garlic
Dill.
Ziggy never imagined his company would grow as large as it
did but is proud to call Fox Point Pickles the Pickle of Rhode Island! His
efforts give hope to small business owners and prove that any idea has the
potential to be great.
Fun Fact: Bryant University works with Fox Point Pickles
Fun Fact: Fox Point is also the birthplace of George M.
Cohan, the father of the American Musical Comedy and avid pickle fan!
Fun Fact: Ziggy was given a pickling kit as a gag gift when
he moved to Rhode Island and ended up using it A LOT!
To learn more about Fox Point follow them @FoxPointPickles
Be sure to follow the rest of our adventures @BryantMKT421 as we head to Costa Rica and explore more Farmer's Markets!
Madison Lichtmann
Fully Rooted is such a great company. While at the market I watched them cold press the juice at their table and they offer such a large variety. I highly enjoyed them and I appreciate their waste free production process.
ReplyDelete~ T.E.A
Nice post. I think that Ziggy's Pickle Company is a very interesting business. I was unaware that Bryant University worked with the company. It is very comical that Ziggy used his gag gift to create a successful Rhode Island business. Good work!
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