Once Again makes organic nut and seed butters, along with better-for-you snacks, from its longtime home in Nunda, New York. Founded in 1976 as a worker cooperative, the company pioneered U.S. organic peanut butter and is now 100% employee-owned, with employees gaining stock and voting rights after a year. Its products have carried Oregon Tilth organic certification for 25 years, alongside a sustainability program focused on traceable ingredients, reduced waste and recycled glass packaging.
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Peanut Butter & CoPeanut Butter & Co. makes peanut butter and other nut-butter spreads, growing from Lee Zalben’s 1998 Greenwich Village sandwich shop into a U.S.-made food company. Still 100% family owned, it uses only USA-grown peanuts and simple ingredients, with products certified by the Non-GMO Project and Vegan Action.NEW YORK, NY
Tierra FarmBorn from a diversified organic vegetable farm in New York’s Finger Lakes, Tierra Farm has manufactured and distributed certified-organic dried fruits, nuts and other foods since its dried-fruit and nut business began in 1999. Located south of Albany, the company still maintains its original farm and makes its products in small, hand-crafted batches, from roasting and blending to chocolate work and coffee roasting. Tierra Farm’s environmental focus is unusually tangible: more than 100 products use plastic-free, home-compostable packaging, while its facility generates over 70% of its electricity from solar power.VALATIE, NY
SoyBoyFounded in 1977 by two self-described hippies, Rochester’s SoyBoy makes organic tofu and tempeh for retail and food-service customers. The privately owned company remains employee-centric, with team members averaging 10 years or more, while its original firm tofu and 1982-launched Not Dogs carry the brand’s long plant-based-food history. SoyBoy uses organic, largely regional ingredients and environmentally minded processes, including certified organic U.S.-grown soybeans for its tempeh.ROCHESTER, NY
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