Ribbon cutting by Governor Shumlin at the Mad River Food Hub today, Tuesday the 17th, at Noon. Local refreshments and tours follow. Then, from 5-7pm, a Mad River Valley Chamber Mixer at the Hub.
Most folks in the know already know, but here’s some happy new news for the rest of you. Back in November we transitioned our production space to the brand new Mad River Food Hub, an invaluable piece of food system infrastructure born of Vermont’s Farm 2 Plate Strategic Plan. We became the first enterprise to use their vegetable production space and have been a weekly tenant since.
The investments we’ve made in equipment over the last two years (thanks to an incredibly supportive community) put us in a great position to utilize the heightened production capacity and storage space at the Hub. We can now store many times more local produce for our winter production, on top of being more than six times as productive with every kitchen-hour.
The added capacity has allowed us to drop our bean burgers’ retail price, expand our range for both retail and food service, and expand our product line.
Look for our line of three core and one seasonally varying Hummish; Vegan lasagnas and raviolis made in partnership with Vermont Fresh Pasta Company; our line of frozen and fresh burritos; black bean brownies (vegan, and made with organic maple sugar); as well as an expanded catering capacity.
