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Cindy Torres, © 2012
Cindy Torres, © 2012
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Colorado Sun Tofu

While Tofu is a strong category in both retail and restaurant channels, there are few small, local businesses producing it right here in Colorado. SOURCE is thrilled to carry Colorado Sun Tofu's great line of products.

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Outrageous Baking

Developed with the gluten-dairy-soy free idea in mind, Outrageous Baking started as a farmer's market favorite in Boulder, CO in 2009. Realizing that most allergy friendly products on the market typically pale in comparison to their gluten filled counterparts, Pamela Fletcher developed Outrageous Baking with the goal of providing freshly baked gluten, soy and dairy free treats that taste outrageous - even better than the real thing!

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Bella Gluten-Free

In 2010, after seeing an increasing need for gluten free products and living with Celiac Disease herself, Mary Capone founded Bella Gluten-Free. As a former pastry chef accustomed to making tasty and ascetically pleasing goodies, Capone didn't want to make just any gluten free product.

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Magpies

Rooted in family tradition, Maggie Maloney took the skills her grandmother taught her and began making pies as a hobby while living on the beaches of sunny Florida. In 2007, wanting to be closer to family, she traded sun for snow and moved west to the mountains of Vail Valley. Her "hobby" of baking fresh pies quickly turned into a business venture when people couldn't get enough of the homemade taste.

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Burrito del Mar

What started as a true "Mom and Pop" shop by the original founder 14 years ago, Burrito del Mar has grown in popularity but has preserved it's specialty, small-scale production to this day. Original owner, Dawn Emming, was married by the sea in Mexico and that easily became the inspiration for the company name. When Lani Alviar purchased the company 5 years after it was founded, he preserved the company name which already had a following and continued on with growing Burrito del Mar's popularity.

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Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy

In business since 1989, Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy is the longest standing cheese company in Colorado. What started as a modest goat dairy farm by Jim Schott in Niwot, CO - with the real Haystack Mountain situated just north of the property - has grown tremendously over the last few decades. In 2005, as the cheese menu expanded, Haystack Mountain moved their creamery to Longmont, CO.

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Chinook Seedery

With the World Series this week, let's not forget about one of America's favorite ball game snacks, the sunflower seed. Fed up with the added artificial ingredients found in his favorite snack, Mark Pettyjohn decided to do something about it. Not wanting to over-complicate the process, his philosophy was "it's simple".

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Diestel Turkey Ranch

Diestel Turkey Ranch, located in Sonara, CA, began in 1949 and has kept with tradition over the years, producing quality turkeys that have lined holiday tables for decades. Currently owned by Tim and Joan Diestel, Diestel Turkey Ranch is one of the few family-owned turkey processors left in the United States.

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Justin's Nut Butter

When Justin Gold first started crafting his nut butters in 2004 with simple ingredients and a food processor, he took his chances on the Boulder Farmer's Market. He successfully spread the love, and his humble nut butters soon became a hit. Gold quickly developed a business plan and Justin's Nut Butter was founded.

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Sherpa Chai

Growing up in the high mountains of Nepal, Pemba Sherpa was born an outdoorsmen. As a child he had to walk three hours to school on a trail from Sengma to Lukla, Nepal. Working as a guide by age 16, he carried food and water to the basecamps of Mt. Everest and other high peaks of the world. Pemba went on to found a trekking agency, Sherpa Ascent International, where he has led over 40 trips to Nepal.

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Osito Orchard

Bringing in over 30 years of knowledge and experience in agriculture, Frank Stonaker and his wife Beth Karsberg are no strangers to organic farming. Formerly a professor of horticulture at CSU, Stonaker recently took over ownership and care of a spot of land, which has been an orchard for over 100 years, located outside of Hotchkiss, Colorado.

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Black Bear Orchards

High school sweethearts Brian and Rebekah Cox founded Black Bear Orchards in 2003, one year after purchasing 35 acres of land in Palisade, CO. They weren't the only ones with an interest in fresh fruit! Named for the black bears that wander in for a snack, Black Bear Orchards has now expanded to 100 acres of land with approximately 50,000 fruit trees.

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Busy D's Gourmet Pickled Products

Deb Giba of Busy D's Pickles, first started experimenting with pickling in 2001. It didn't take long for her to realize that she had a knack for it. Reviews from friends described her product as "amazing," and "the best they'd ever had." From there, her hobby-turned-business idea developed as the positive feedback continued to come in.

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Rocking W Cheese

Calling all cheese heads! Coming to you from the western slope of Colorado is Rocking W Cheese, a company that prides itself on producing the only artisan cheese in the area. What makes a cheese artisan? Within 24 hours of milking the dairy cows, the cheese is handmade. Considered "farmstead artisan," the process ensures the freshest cheese possible.

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Pie in the Sky Bakery

After spending 20 years in the smoothie business, Pie in the Sky founder, David Segal, was looking for a way to bring more gluten free options into his cafe. Not sure where to start, he began reflecting on childhood memories of Florida key lime trees and a fridge frequently stocked with cheesecake. From there, a delicious business idea was born.

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Pappardelle's Pasta

Proudly celebrating 30 years in business, Pappardelle's is certainly no new kid on our block. They are however the most robust pasta company who tirelessly continues to innovate new flavors of this staple ingredient to happily fill our bellies.

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Estancia Beef

Outstanding, pasture-raised, grass-fed Colorado beef is now available from Estancia Beef who recently partnered with a cooperative of family owned domestic ranches. These breeds include Herefords and Hereford Angus cross, which are smaller framed cattle. Processed here in Brush, CO there is very minimal transportation required, keeping the carbon footprint at a low.

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NüBrü Coffee

NüBrü Coffee is slowly crafted for 13 hours using cool, pure Rocky Mountain water from Left Hand Creek and St. Vrain Creek with headwaters along the Continental Divide. Cold brew coffee typically has 67% less acidity than traditional coffee and results in a smooth product that's easier on the stomach.

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Carly's Gold

Karen Crownhart purchased Carly's Gold from Carl Hayden who has been making mustard marinade for over 20 years, and bottling it for the last 9 years. Battling cancer for several years, Carl decided to transition away from Carly's Gold about 2 years ago. Karen, along with her family and friends, loved the product too much and could not stand to see it become unavailable. That's when Karen decided to take over the company and carry on the legacy.

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CocoRidge

While working in a spa in Breckenridge, Helena Hollis felt empathy for the many clients vacationing in the high country who were ridden with altitude sickness. Growing up on a strict macrobiotic diet herself, and with a family who ran a natural foods store, Helena naturally suggested coconut water to be the hydration remedy that these suffering clients needed. The problem was, coconut water was not an easy find 9600 feet above sea level.

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Pierogies Factory

Cezary Grosfeld has ambition and jumped on a great market niche. Moving to Denver from Poland, he recognized an insufficient representation of Polish food in the Denver area. In 2007 he opened his first restaurant Kinga's Lounge. At this establishment Cezary identified his highest selling item to be the pierogies that he was importing from Chicago. He decided why not buy his own machine and start making perogies himself.

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Cows Gone Coconut

Cows Gone Coconut (originally called "Over the Moo") was started in 2008 by Lindsay Karson. Lindsay discovered she could no longer tolerate many foods, including dairy products, and was driven to develop her own alternatives. She began handing out pints of her non-dairy frozen dessert concoction to her yoga students and the overwhelming response drove her to begin selling them next at the Denver Farmers Market.

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Fabulous Juices from Big B's

Delicious, organic fruit from Colorado's western slope is perfectly bottled into Big B's line of local, organic, fresh pressed juices and summer's must-have organic lemonades and iced teas. For over forty years, the legacy of the Big B's family enchants the majestic North Fork Valley of Colorado. Here is where their organic orchards and tasting room reside. Big B's uses only organic US grown apples, primarily from their organic Colorado orchards.

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in THE soup

in THE Soup all natural, gluten-free, vegan soups come to us from culinary creator, Yalonda Long, and Casey Puckett, friend of Yo's and a renowned Olympic skier. This healthy line of premium soups is available in unique flavor profiles made from sustainably produced crops. The branding is edgy, creative and invites culinary imagination.

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Oogavé

Oogavé is an organic soda that you can feel good about. Free of processed sugar and high fructose corn syrup, Oogavé organic sodas are sweetened from the nectar of the agave plant. The result is a product with lower sugars and lower calories than traditional sodas. This product is also gluten free, vegan, Kosher, non-GMO and proudly contains no preservatives.

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Colorado Mills Sunflower Oil

Colorado Mills has been in business since 1999 with their Animal Feed and Grain Division and expanded their market presence with a Sunflower Oil Division established in 2006. Located in Lamar, in South East Colorado, Colorado Mills produces a total Colorado sunflower oil product from processing to label.

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Züm XR

There is nothing quite like this beverage. Interesting, small, tasteless, white, energy beads, suspended within Züm XR Natural Energy Drink, release slowly over a 5 hour period. They're unique, fun and intriguing and float in a delicious sea of tasty, natural energy drink.

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Vibrant Earth Juices

Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, Jill Latham, MS, RDN brings us delicious liquid nutrition known as Vibrant Earth Juices. These freshly cold-pressed, organic, fruit and vegetable juices are designed to reinvigorate your body's wellness and vitality. Jill discovered her own journey in juicing fruits and vegetables while in school to obtain her Nutrition and Dietetics degrees.

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VinSanté Wine Grape Beverage

It's smart and sophisticated, and oh so much different than "non-alcoholic" wine. VinSanté is an alcohol free wine grape beverage, created through a unique process which avoids fermentation (therefore does not contain any alcohol) and uses no sulfites or yeast. With no additional sugar added, it also contains only 10% naturally occurring sugars (where as juice contains a 16% or higher sugar content).

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Chicken Track Eggs

Chicken Track Eggs, located in Hudson, CO, sources 100% of their eggs from local farmers in Colorado, who uphold 100% cage free environments. All packing of eggs occurs locally too. These sustainable farming methods support local economies and prevent the hen, or the eggs, from traveling thousands of miles before making it on to your table.

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Mother's Day Menu Planning

From our own Mother Earth to all of the beloved women in our universe who have dedicated their love, patience and guidance in shaping the children of our future - this coming Sunday, May 11th we celebrate you! Many establishments will have the honor of preparing a nourishing meal as part of this celebratory day.

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Freshtable Gardens

SOURCE Local Foods is thrilled to add Freshtable Gardens micro greens to our producer portfolio. Doug Stuart comes from 20 years chef experience, and is excited to pour his love for all things culinary, into offering a year round consistent micro greens program. Within his indoor urban farm facility, Doug has the advantage of maintaining climate control, as well as a sterile environment.

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Gluten Free Things

The baked goods created by John Irvin, founder of Gluten Free Things, include an expansive portfolio of products all created gluten free. John is not your average culinary story. His background can be traced to mechanical engineering. Surprisingly, this science background has lead to building a business with unique machinery to create specialized procedures that deal with the varying consistencies of non-glutenous pastry recipes.

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Callicrate Beef

Callicrate Beef operates a 7,000 acre ranch based in Colorado Springs. Here you'll discover a "Pasture to Plate Protocol." This humane treatment and management of animals results in reduced stress and avoidance of preventable disease within the herd. Callicrate's practices include the elimination of sub-therapeutic antibiotics and the absence of growth promoting steroids or hormones in the animal feed.

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Etalia

Flour dusted rustic boules with a crisp exterior crust and soft and chewy center - need we tempt you any further? The signature Etalia dough recipe uses natural, organic, and local ingredients that will trick your taste buds into thinking that this gluten free line of products is nothing but the glutenous counterpart that any gluten intolerant individual remembers once enjoying and still longs for.

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WB Kitchen

Founded by husband and wife, Chris and Anna, WB Kitchen was born from a passion to share their love and knowledge of food with others. This delicious line of cookies and bars are hand crafted using local Colorado honey and all natural ingredients. You will never find preservatives, artificial colors or flavors in WB Kitchen. The product line is also gluten-free, dairy free, and Paleo friendly.

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inSeeds granula

The packaging is extraordinary, as if opening a present. From the limited edition artwork by local artist Monika Edgar, to a circle of identities on the back of the box, to the "authentic" card inserted inside the box, your experience will be special before you even get to the goodness granula inside. What, you ask, is granula?

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Simply Dara

Dara Haid began Simply Dara after exhausting all resources to find honest, whole, responsible foods she could trust feeding her family. Simply Dara features a line of delicious, raw snacks to promote a healthier-you.

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Boulder Cookie

Boulder Cookie is "going against the grain," literally speaking, by producing delicious soft, chewy cookies that contain no grains, no gluten and no dairy or eggs. What do they contain? This non-GMO product boosts almond flour, raw organic agave, cold pressed grapeseed oil, baking soda, sea salt, vanilla extract, and vegan chocolate chips.

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Organic Skin Care

Welcome to a line of skin care products brought to you by a certified USDA grower. A pioneer in Colorado organic skin care, Lily Morgan founded Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care in 1986 with the determination to provide confidence and skin care solutions to others.

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Kombucha by Upstart Kombucha

Craft-brewed in Boulder, CO, Upstart Kombucha (by BCJ Beverage) stands out strong among its other contenders. Recently re-branded, Upstart Kombucha was formerly known as Zeel Kombucha. You will find the same great flavors you know and love, with a sleek new label and simplified product names.

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Cappello's

We tip our hats off to the excellent taste and texture of Cappello's gluten free, grain free, pastas and cookie dough. Cappello's was co-founded in Colorado just three years ago by friends Stacey Marcellus and Benjamin Frohlichstein. With the mission "to provide fresh, uniquely delicious options for gourmet food-lovers, healthy eaters and people with dietary restrictions;" this Paleo friendly line of products also aligns with eating styles void of gluten and dairy.

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Hot Oats

What began as a fun distraction in their final years at the University of Denver has grown into an unbelievably successful business venture for Maddy D'Amato and Alex Hasulak. A collective passion for healthy food drove Maddy and Alex to study and experiment with Maddy's mother's iconic granola recipe amongst friends, classmates and professors. While sitting in Penrose Library, supposedly studying for finals, but instead writing their business plan, Love Grown Foods was born.

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Butter

Royal Crest Dairy is in its 87th year serving the Colorado community with fresh dairy at your doorstep. Just 14 years ago the Miller family decided it was time to expand their reach to food service. These great local, family owned and produced, natural dairy products are now included in SOURCE Local Foods' product portfolio!

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Doxy'sâ„¢ Fine Foods

One glimpse of the artwork on a packet of Doxy'sâ„¢ Fine Foods and your curiosity will be sparked. If you look hard enough, you'll notice a "Doxy" (a breed of Dahlia flower) carefully placed on each label. Inside these unique compostable, soy ink printed packages you'll find an explosion of taste, to jazz up your menu items in a breadth of unique ways.

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Bobo's Oat Bars

Bobo's Oat Bars are a delicious non GMO and certified Kosher snack bar made in Boulder, CO. For company founder, Beryl Stafford, owning and running a successful health food company in Boulder is a dream come true.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Chocolove

Over 13,000 chocolate bars -- that's how many bars Chocolove founder, Timothy Moley has consumed with his two-bar-a-day habit over the past 18 years since he has been in business. Impressive! We challenge you all to try it! OR at least share Chocolove with your customers.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Ultra-Dense Breakfast Boost

As we embark on a great new year and move past the feasting of the holidays, many of us have big ambitions for increased health and nutrition in 2014. One great solution to help reach these wellness goals is Ultra-Dense Breakfast Boost by Nude Food, nutrient dense food.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Honey

Beth Conrey, (also known as Beth's Bees) is the creator of Bee Squared amazing local honey and beeswax products produced here in Berthoud, CO. Beth began in the food industry and transitioned to keeping bees for over the past decade, starting with 2 initial hives which have now grown to 60 active hives located throughout Boulder, Larimer and Weld Counties.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Colorado Lamb

Longs Peak Lamb is a premium, local, natural lamb product developed and processed by Innovative Foods. Many might not be aware that our very own backyard is the lamb feeding capitol of the US, stretching between Longmont, Brighton, Greeley and Fort Collins.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Cocomels

Who would have dreamed up coconut milk caramels? None other than JJ Rademaekers himself. In a Willy Wonka type of wonderment, one evening JJ dreamed of a candy that provided not only instant joy to your tastebuds, but had health and nutritional benefits to boot. This dream continued to live within JJ and months later "Cocomels" were born.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Holiday Hams

Innovative Foods Custom Processing is a family owned Colorado business in operation since 2005. Dave and Tami Ellicott have extensive knowledge and experience in fresh meat procurement. Initially operating out of a facility in Denver, from the beginning, Dave and Tami have focused their meat processing efforts on catering to food service and restaurants.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Eggnog

Morning Fresh Dairy has been serving our Colorado community all natural local dairy products since 1894. Their transitional organic dairy farm can be found in Bellvue, Colorado located within Larimer County.  Morning Fresh Dairy produces all natural dairy products from livestock treated without artificial hormones, free of pesticides, and uses no preservatives.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Ozuké

Ozuké, translated in Japanese as "the best pickled things," is no lie. These handcrafted pickled vegetables are raw, naturally fermented, certified organic and certified kosher, jarred-up probiotic deliciousness.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: 7X Ground Beef

SOURCE Local Foods has cultivated a special relationship with boutique beef producer, 7X Beef. Located on the Western Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, 7X Beef has transported 100% purebred Japanese cattle to pasture in our Colorado high country.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Blue Oyster Mushrooms

Turtle Springs Mushrooms was established at the beginning of 2013 with the purpose of providing a source of fresh high quality food to our local communities, while also serving as the foundation of our biodynamic farm.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Bison

Just days ago, on October 30, 2013, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution officially designating November 2, 2013, as National Bison Day. This emphasizes the historical, cultural, ecological, and economic significance of the bison to the United States. Also known as Buffalo, North America's largest mammal is a symbol of both resilience and a symbol of America's natural heritage.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Heirloom Pumpkins

This fall SOURCE Local Foods is proud to offer a bounty of pumpkins from which Full Circle Organic Farm has grown and harvested. Whether it be pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin soup, pumpkin enchiladas - the vibrant flesh of roasted pumpkin can be used in so many delicious, different ways.

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SOURCE Shout-Out: Alaskan Leader Seafoods

SOURCE Local Foods is proud to offer select, sustainably harvested seafood from leaders in the sustainable fishing industry. One such company, Alaskan Leader Seafoods, is the most progressive, innovative and vertically integrated "Hook & Line" fishing company in Alaska.

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