we support local farms
In scouring the Charlottesville City Market for the highest quality, most sustainably grown produce we can find, we built relationships with many farms to source the freshest vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Please support these and other farmers in central Virginia whenever you can!
Want to know where our other certified organic ingredients (like seeds, fruit, or spices) come from? We're happy to chat about it!
We're grateful to the following farms for supplying and inspiring us, as well as to 4P Foods, which delivers the items we use the most right to our door!
- Bellair Farm (Certified Organic)
- Whisper Hill Farm (Certified Organic)
- Broadhead Mountain Farm
- Bunker Farm
- Planet Earth Diversified (Certified Organic)
- Radical Roots Farm (Certified Organic)
our packaging is compostable and recyclable
Don't waste that wrapper!
In 2019, we refreshed our packaging and invested a lot of time comparing options that wouldn't add more unnecessary plastics to the planet. Here's how to dispose of your good phyte packages:
- Bars: Our bar wrappers are commercially compostable! Unfortunately, they won't compost in your backyard as they need high heat industrial facilities to fully biodegrade. For Charlottesville customers, you can drop them in the food scrap bins at the McIntire Recycling Center or in the Black Bear Composting bins at the IX and city farmers markets. You’re also welcome to drop them off at our snack lab, and we’ll do the rest.
- Granola & Crackers: Recycle as you would paper. Shake out any crumbs from the bags and toss them in your Charlottesville City curbside recycling containers or anywhere else that accepts #7 products.
- Powerballs: Toss those little white 6-pack boxes into your city recycling containers too, just as you would cardboard. The 9-pack containers and clear 2-pack sleeves can be composted just as you would for the bar wrappers once any labels are removed.
- Baked Goods: Brown paper bakery bags can also go in the city recycling bins if they are clean and free of food particles. If they’re greasy, go ahead and compost them!