Eris Farm is a one-person Poughkeepsie food business where Alistair turns locally sourced nuts and seeds into distinctive butters, including a bold black walnut butter made from locally foraged native walnuts. The not-yet-physical farm is being built toward a permaculture food forest of native perennial plants, with a focus on tasty foods and more resilient local food systems.
Noomi LLCFounded by Krystina Murawski in 2018 from her eight-foot Hartsdale kitchen, Noomi makes organic peanut butter shaped by more than 100 recipe tests and 25 peanut varieties. The woman-owned brand debuted at a Westchester farm market and went on to win the 2019 sofi™ New Product Award for its signature blend, while pairing its food business with a broader “new me” message about pursuing personal passions.HARTSDALE, NY
Crazy Richard'sCrazy Richard’s is a women-owned, family-run small business making natural nut butters, best known for peanut butter made with an unusually short ingredient list. Its roots reach back to Krema Peanut Butter, founded in 1898, and to a Philadelphia home-kitchen natural-foods maker whose “crazy” passion helped inspire the name. Today, a seven-person team uses American-grown peanuts and supports childhood-hunger efforts through its Healthy Kids, Happy Future Project.PLAIN CITY, OH
Nat's NutsNat’s Nuts began with Nat Harrington roasting the first bags in his college dorm room in 2015 and now makes hand-roasted nuts in small batches from Rochester, New York. What started as a fundraiser for a Guatemala mission trip grew from farmers-market sales into a wholesale business with more than 3,000 accounts across all 50 states and several countries, while keeping its small-batch approach. The company emphasizes traceable sourcing and works with growers and suppliers connected to farming communities around the world.ROCHESTER, NY
Butterfield FarmNestled between the Adirondacks and the St. Lawrence River, Butterfield Farm is a family farm built around grass, raising Jersey cows for certified organic, New York State-certified raw milk. It also sells beef from its organic Jersey herd, pasture- and milk-fed pork, and seasonal poultry raised on pasture with certified organic grain; the birds have been raised for the family for more than 20 years.BURKE, NY