Agriculture, Coffee, Food Artisans

Our Experimental Coffee Trees

An update from Steve at Zingerman’s Coffee Company on coffee trees being cultivated in Brazil just for us.
 I’m thrilled to be giving this update! We previously shared our excitement about an ongoing long-term project with our close coffee partners Daterra Estate in Brazil, cultivating the Pacamara varietal. I had been struck by the immense […]

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Agriculture, Ari's Top 5, Coffee, Food Artisans

Peruvian Coffee From Café Femenino

Female farmers cooperative offers up superb coffee. Back in 2004, Isabel Uriarte Latorre co-founded Café Femenino, an organization dedicated to empowering women on the front lines of the coffee industry. Very much like the folks at Ziba in Afghanistan that I wrote about earlier this year, she’s built the business to support women—financially, spiritually, and socially—in the work […]

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Agriculture, animals, Deli

Zingerman’s Delicatessen Roast Turkey is Better Than Ever!

Zingerman’s Delicatessen is thrilled to announce its partnership with Ferndale Market to offer better than ever turkey!

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Agriculture, animals, Camp Bacon, Diversity & Inclusion

An interview with the most interesting man in pork world: Swine Specialist, “Pork” Rhyne Cureton

A sneak peak at one of the speakers at the 10th Anniversary Camp Bacon Main Event on Friday, May 31 at Cornman Farms!    Ari: Looking over your resume, you’ve done a whole lot!  If I read it right, you graduated from North Carolina A&T.  You were a “Swine Specialist” in Uganda and Tanzania. You were […]

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Agriculture, Food Artisans, Good Food, Mail Order

Gunthorp’s Pecan Smoked Duroc Hams

Forget the pineapple. These hams start with heritage Duroc pork raised outdoors on pasture on a single farm in northern Indiana. They’re cured and smoked by the meat mavens at Smoking Goose. The result? They’re showstoppers without the extra garnishes. It all begins at Gunthorp Farm in LaGrange, Indiana. Greg Gunthorp is a fourth-generation pig […]

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Agriculture, Bakehouse, Baking, Bread

Some Granular Facts About Grain

This article comes to us from Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakehouse and leader of the Bakehouse’s new initiative, the Grain Commission, dedicated to sharing information about grains from stories about local farmers to milling information, to how to use them in baking and cooking. Installment #1 from the Bakehouse Grain Commission Grains have been […]

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