What is it about sipping your favorite beverage from a Ball canning jar? Local family–owned company Discarded Designs has modernized this little bit of nostalgia with their Eco-Tumbler canning jar turned eco–friendly (and very cool) glass drinking jar.
The Chico Bag company (located in…Chico, CA!) is a leader in the reusable bag movement, offering stylish, machine-washable, reusable bags that fit into a compact attached pouch for easy storage.
This past weekend we were thrilled to participate in the first Farm to Fork Festival in Sacramento. Part of our display included some very fun pallet gardens filled with edible herbs, flowers and ornamental peppers. They were a huge hit, so we wanted to share how to create this beautiful, decorative and delicious wall of edible art. Follow our simple tutorial to give a pallet a second life, creating a palette of colors for your palate.
It's free, fun, and festive; the Farm to Fork Festival in Sacramento (Saturday, 9/28, 11am - 5pm) is an amazing celebration of our local foods and farming heritage!
SunFed Organic Grass–Fed Beef boasts so many great attributes, it’s hard to tell our guests about them all! There’s the fact that the cows are raised locally, humanely treated with respect and compassion, and are free range.
A walk through the fields of Full Belly Farms in May is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face. It’s when we get our first glimpse of the Goddess and Galia melons that will be ready for harvest in June. These two melons are seriously out–of–this–world awesome.
Sacramento has taken its place as America’s official Farm to Fork capital, and we’re partnering with the community, local restaurants, local farmers and producers and the Sacramento Convention and Visitor’s Bureau in honor of our region and all it has to share, including the importance of sustainability and the benefits of eating local. As your local grocer since 1926, Nugget Markets supports Farm to Fork to celebrate our local region’s rich agricultural heritage by coming alongside the community as a major sponsor of Farm to Fork Week (Sept. 21 – 28).
Mingle with local producers and farmers while sampling some of our favorite products produced within 100 miles of our home offices in Woodland.
A true feel–good product,Greenfreak bag clips are made from more than 80 percent recycled Styrofoam. The non–biodegradable plastic is recycled in a specialized process that Greenfreak calls “upcycling”, creating a great bag clip that’s super–durable!
We get a lot of questions about the differences between organic wine, wine made from organically grown grapes, biodynamic wines and wines with no sulfites added. Brush up on your wine knowledge with our quick primer: