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Terra Firma Farms Heirloom Tomato Update!
Apr 30, 2012 2:50 PM
My how they’ve grown! Our produce specialists just took another trip to Terra Firma Farm in Winters to follow up on their heirloom tomatoes’ progress after being transplanted. Paul with Terra Firma is excited about their progress and we’re thrilled to see the tomatoes doing so well! We look forward to carrying Terra Firma’s incredibly juicy heirloom tomatoes this season!
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Local Love Fair - Roseville
Apr 23, 2012 2:31 PM
Many thanks to all the wonderful guests who joined us for a day of all things local. Guests in Roseville mingled with local producers and sampled foods produced within 100 miles of our home offices in Woodland. If you missed out on this great event, join us this Saturday in El Dorado Hills from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Terra Firma Farm
Winters, CA
Apr 19, 2012 8:55 AM
Paul Holmes began farming a few acres in Winters in the late 1980s. Today this 200-acre farm, co-owned by Paul Holmes, Hector Melendez-Lopez and Paul Underhill produces more than 100 crops each year, including spring, summer and winter vegetables, as well as stone fruit, citrus and nuts.
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Bellwether Farms
Apr 18, 2012 11:20 AM
Once upon a time, Cindy Callahan needed a way to keep her pasture grasses under control, so she bought sheep. That one innocent act triggered what her son Liam calls, “a series of events that placed our family at the forefront of the American revival in artisan cheese making. It also tapped into the best in each of us, and resulted in work that feels more like a creative process than toll and labor.” Bellwether’s philosophy is simple; use the highest quality milk available to make the best cheeses possible. Cindy and her family bring us some of the best Ricotta we’ve ever tasted, and we’re proud to carry this world-class cheese in Nugget Markets. Liam challenged us to, “Take a bite out of any of our cheeses, and you’ll taste the difference one family’s commitment to quality can make,” and we couldn’t agree more!
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Full Belly Farm
Apr 18, 2012 10:55 AM
Full Belly Farm is a 300-acre certified organic farm located in the beautiful Capay Valley of Northern California. Organic since 1985, Full Belly is certified by California Certified Organic Farmers. Owners Andrew Brait, Judith Redmond, Paul Muller, and Dru Rivers—with help from 44 to 55 employees—produce vegetables, herbs, nuts, flowers and fruits year-round.
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Local Love Fair - Davis, Covell Blvd.
Apr 16, 2012 2:50 PM
Thank you to all our wonderful Davis guests who joined us for our first Local Love Fair! The event was a huge success! Guests mingled with local producers and farmers and enjoyed free samples of products produced within 100 miles of our home offices in Woodland. If you missed out on this great event, join us this Saturday in Roseville from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
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Diestel Petite Turkey
Apr 4, 2012 8:00 AM
Serve only the best this Easter! Diestel turkeys are range grown locally in Sonoma County and fed an all-vegetarian diet.
6–10 lb. bird, $2.99/lb.
{Price valid April 4, 2012 - April 10, 2012}
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Earth & Vine Provisions
Apr 2, 2012 12:10 PM
Earth & Vine Provisions had its beginnings in a small kitchen in Loomis, and today this thriving company is at home in Lincoln, CA. Celebrating a 15-year culinary adventure, Ron and Tressa Cooper share their appreciation for all-natural foods, local farmers, and a time-honored tradition of preserving. Because of this commitment to offering nature’s best, their line of jams, sauces, and condiments contain no artificial additives or preservatives.
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Copper Hill Olive Oil
Apr 2, 2012 12:04 PM
For his college senior project back in 2003, Ken Muller researched and planted an olive orchard on his family’s land. Today, father and son team Joe and Ken continue to grow Copper Hill Olives on their small family farm in Yolo County, where the sustainably grown olive trees thrive in the coppery, hillside soil and Mediterranean climate. To ensure ultimate quality and freshness, the olives are hand-harvested and pressed within hours of picking, and all Copper Hill olive oils are extra virgin with delightful flavors that make them perfect for dipping, for salad dressings, and for use in every type of healthy cooking.
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Calolea Olive Oil
Loma Rica and Bangor, CA
Apr 2, 2012 11:58 AM
Since 1999, Michael and Monica Keller’s life goal has been to produce and distribute the best quality local olive oils possible. Calolea’s products include extra virgin olive oil, crushed citrus oils, and 12- and 18-year aged balsamics, straight out of Northern California.
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Lucero Olive Oil
Corning, CA
Apr 2, 2012 11:52 AM
Olives are nothing new to the Lucero family, as they’ve been growing these gems in Northern California for three generations and lay claim to some of the oldest olive trees in the region. While Dewey Lucero started the family-owned and operated business in 2005, his grandfather began producing olive oil for close friends and family by pressing small batches in a hand mill back in the day. Today, Lucero’s local award-winning olive oils and balsamic vinegars are available to not only the family’s close friends and relatives, but to Nugget guests, too.
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Papalote Salsa Trading Co.
Fairfield, CA
Apr 2, 2012 11:01 AM
In 2010, Papalote Salsa Trading Co. began, following in the footsteps of San Francisco’s highly acclaimed Papalote Mexican Grill which has been in business since 1999. Victor Escobedo, Jodi Hernandez, and Miguel Escobedo create 100% natural, vegan, gluten-free salsas that have been said to hit “the trifecta of spicy, salty, and smooth” according to Sunset Magaazine.
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Wine Country Kitchens
Napa, CA
Apr 2, 2012 10:53 AM
Wine Country Kitchens has been making gourmet food products for more than 15 years, creating everything in-house at their facility in Napa. With the commitment to offer “Fine Foods of the Napa Valley,” Darrin Channels founded the business in 1996, creating local products that are 100% organic, all-natural, and vegetarian.
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Pachamama Coffee Cooperative
Davis, CA
Apr 2, 2012 10:39 AM
Founded in 2001, local Pachamama Coffee Cooperative is a farmer-owned coffee co-op, taking “fair trade” one step further by ensuring that their coffee farmers receive the fair trade price for green beans and also receive all proceeds from sales of the finished product. Pachamama’s mission: To improve the lives of small farmers while providing premium, fair-trade, 100% organic coffee for all to enjoy.
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Kinder’s BBQ
Concord, CA
Apr 2, 2012 10:32 AM
John Kinder opened his first meat market in the Bay Area in 1946 and, three generations later, his family continues to produce their line of top-quality barbecue sauces and marinades. Kinder’s many varieties of marinades and barbecue sauces (ranging from mild to “Exxxtra Hot”) are all-natural, gluten-free, with no MSG and no HFCS.
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Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery
Sebastapol, CA
Apr 2, 2012 10:20 AM
Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery was founded in 1968 amongst the beautiful Sonoma County redwoods and has been family-owned and operated by the Bice family ever since. Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery (which is solar powered!) produces both Redwood Hill Farm all-natural goat milk artisan cheeses and products, as well as Green Valley Organics lactose-free cow milk products.
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Mr. Dewie’s
Oakland, CA
Apr 2, 2012 10:10 AM
East Bay brothers Ari and Andrew Cohen were on a quest to find the perfect dairy-free frozen dessert and an “outrageously good ice cream alternative.” Today, the brothers have done just that with their Mr. Dewie’s almond milk frozen desserts. Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and soy-free, Mr. Dewie’s almond milk “ice creams” are luscious, creamy, and local!
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PRIDEClean
Roseville, CA
Mar 30, 2012 3:59 PM
For 45 years, PRIDE Industries in Roseville has been creating jobs and opportunities for people with a wide range of challenges and disabilities. PRIDEClean products are packaged and labeled with pride by those most often excluded from employment. Nugget Markets is proud to carry PRIDECLean’s earth-friendly, biodegradable cleaning solution containing no ammonia, VOCs, phosphates or toxic by-products. PRIDEClean is also a great value because it comes with six refills!
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Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese Company
Modesto, CA
Mar 30, 2012 3:45 PM
Established in 1912, this family-owned and operated sustainable farm uses milk from their registered Holsteins, Jerseys, and Brown Swiss cows.Known for its unique artisnal and handcrafted San Joaquin Gold, Fiscalini Farms creates its award-winning cheeses with milk piped directly from the milk storage tanks in the dairy farm to the cheese factory.
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Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates
Sacramento, CA
Mar 30, 2012 3:40 PM
With more than 10 years experience as a formally trained chocolatier and pastry chef, Ginger Hahn can be found at her local Midtown Sacramento boutique, making chocolates, developing new recipes, and sharing her passion and love for everything having to do with chocolate. Try one of Ginger’s dessert bars (which are vegetarian-friendly) to see why this local businesswoman has been named one of 2010’s “Top Ten Chocolatiers” by Dessert Professional Magazine.
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