Our 2011 Sponsors
Katsiroubas Bros. is a family owned and customer driven business that takes pride in the highest quality produce and hands on approach. Our mission is to establish partnerships with our customers by supplying the highest quality fruit, vegetables and specialty products available, while serving our customer’s unique needs. Our dedication to service and quality is the core of our family business. We are able to bring our customers superior products through our relationships with the countries most established growers and farmers. We are committed to supporting our local growers and providing our customers with sustainable products. We look forward to growing our business in the years to come and carry on our family legacy.
The Longfellow Clubs are locally owned and independent tennis and health clubs committed to the health and well being of our community and include businesses at four locations in Sudbury, Wayland, and Natick as well as an affiliated business in Franklin, MA—the Adirondack Club. The Longfellow Clubs are a group of health and sports clubs, holistic health centers, children’s centers, and camps that serve 12,000 members and an additional 10,000 clients every year. Longfellow has developed a national reputation for being an industry leader in innovative business practices, social responsibility, and community service. The Longfellow Clubs have been the Lead Sponsor of the Boston Local Food Festival since it’s inception in 2010 and offer programs at our clubs that promote Healthy Local Food for All! Longfellow founder Laury Hammel is a recognized as a leader in the sustainable business movement and he founded the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston in 1988 and co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies in 2001.
ROI Health aims to elevate community focus and improve the health and wellness of individuals. ROI Health aligns the interests of all community constituents- doctors, their patients and socially responsible local businesses – in an effort to foster broad and multiple co-benefits for the community as a whole. The project involves partnering with leading community physicians to educate and guide patients to healthier behaviors, providing patients with financial incentives and savings opportunities to choose healthier products and activities over less healthy alternatives, and subsequently integrating multiple touch points (e.g., local businesses, community centers, schools and community leaders) within a community ecosystem to further promote and reinforce these healthier choices and practices.
Boston Organics is an independent organic produce and grocery delivery service that connects consumers and businesses in the greater Boston area with fresh seasonal produce from organic farms. Boston Organics is committed to delivering fresh organic produce to customers each week, while focusing on convenience, variety, and value. Winner of a 2011 “Sustainable Food Leadership” award from the City of Boston, Boston Organics supports local farms, local businesses, and fair-trade practices.
Yelp (www.yelp.com) is a website that connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria and The Netherlands; Yelp drew an audience of more than 58 million unique visitors in March 2011. Yelpers have written more than 20 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Over 5 million unique visitors also relied on Yelp Mobile to help them making a spending decision on the go.
Boston Medical Center (BMC) HealthNet Plan is a 501(c)(3) status health maintenance organization located in Massachusetts. Founded in 1997 by Boston Medical Center, the Plan contracts with providers and hospital systems throughout Massachusetts to deliver care to nearly 245,000 members. BMC HealthNet Plan is the largest health maintenance organization for both MassHealth and Commonwealth Care programs. The mission of BMC HealthNet Plan is to be a quality and cost effective provider-sponsored health maintenance organization supplying excellent care coordination and services.
Since opening in 1939, Savenor’s Market has been delighting generations of Bostonians with exotic game, unparalleled prime meats and gourmet groceries. Savenor’s gained national attention in the 1960s as a neighborhood favorite of the first celebrity chef, Julia Child, who relied upon Savenor’s meats during the 11-year run of her PBS show, “The French Chef.” Now, Savenor’s is the perfect stop for award-winning local foods.
Olivia’s Organics is a third generation, family business based in Chelsea Massachusetts. We pack and ship certified organic tender leaf items at our plant here in Chelsea. We donate a portion of our profits to local children’s charities in the areas where our products are sold. For a complete listing of our charities, and information about our company, please visit our website at www.oliviasorganics.org
Harvest Co-op Market is a community owned cooperative market with over 3,500 members in the Boston and Cambridge area. Started 40 years ago in 1971, we have two full service markets open to the public in Cambridge and Jamaica Plain, with a third location to open next year at Arboretum Place near Forest Hills Station. Harvest Co-op features organic and commercial produce, groceries, deli, cheese, and local craft breads, meat and seafood as well as beer and wine. Please visit us at www.harvest.coop
Local Pickins is your online guide to all things fresh, local and edible in the ever expanding local foods marketplace. Whether you’re shopping for a last-minute ingredient, planning on spending the day at the farmer’s market, or hunting down the most talked about food on wheels, Local Pickins directs you to your craving. From produce stands to butcher shops, pasta to cheese, ice cream to chocolate, cupcakes to bread, and farmers’ markets to food trucks, we have foraged your neighborhoods for all of the freshest purveyors so that you can get to picking and sharing the local bounty. http://localpickins.com
Pete and Gerry’s is a real family farm. We have produced high-quality eggs for four generations in the heart of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. We’re committed to producing fresh, organic, cage-free, Omega-3 eggs from hens that are Certified Humane. This commitment remains unchanged as we add family farms to our farm family. We hope you enjoy our delicious eggs as much as we do! www.peteandgerrys.com/family.php
Slow Food is an organization committed to improving the food we eat. This means supporting efforts to make our food supply more sustainable, cleaner and, frankly, better tasting. Working under the motto “Good, Clean and Fair” we strive to increase awareness of what we eat, how we procure and prepare our food and how people can preserve local food traditions in an increasingly globalized world. Slow Food was founded in Italy in 1986, ostensibly in response to the opening of the first McDonald’s Rome (fast food, get it?). Today the organization boasts more than 100,000 members around the world, including 25,000 in the U.S. You can learn more about Slow Food’s in Boston at www.slowfoodboston.com.
RelayRides is the world’s first neighbor to neighbor carsharing organization. We enable car owners to share their vehicles with others in the community. We provide the insurance and technology to make it safe, convenient, and affordable. Carsharing means making better use of resources that already exist. There is no need to put more cars on the road – creating traffic, pollution, and parking woes, and putting more strain on the earth’s resources. We are rethinking the model for urban transportation and hope you will too! www.relayrides.com
Our name is Food Should Taste Good®, but most people just call us delicious. We make tasty tortilla chips with real ingredients like flax seeds, olives, and sweet potatoes. Our chips are gluten free, all natural, and a good source of fiber. Check out www.foodshouldtastegood.com for special offers, recipes, and more.
Local In Season, founded in 2009 by Jon Ross-Wiley and Patrick Kent, is a website dedicated to the celebration of local foods, the people that use and produce them, and what the home cook can do with them. At Local In Season, we believe that community, health, environmental and ecological stewardship, and sustainability are all hallmarks of great local food. We also believe that food that is in season and has not traveled far simply tastes better, and we have enjoyed bringing our readers recipes, techniques, and interviews that support this. Local In Season. Better food is the reason. More at http://localinseason.com.
The Trustees of Reservations is a non-profit conservation and membership organization. We care for over 100 special places across Massachusetts, including farms, fields, trails, woods, and beaches. Join us this fall for farm festival days, guided kayak tours, trail walks, canning classes, historic house tours, and so much more. Visit www.thetrustees.org to get out and find your “happy place!” (BONUS: Stop by our booth to visit with live chickens and hens, and get a free temporary tattoo!)
The Museum of Science takes a hands-on approach to science, engineering and technology, attracting about 1.5 million visitors a year via its programs and 700 interactive exhibits. Founded in 1830, the Museum was first to embrace all the sciences under one roof. Highlights include the Thomson Theater of Electricity, Charles Hayden Planetarium, Mugar Omni Theater, Gordon Current Science & Technology Center, 3-D Digital Cinema and Butterfly Garden. Reaching 25,000 teens a year worldwide via the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network, the Museum also leads a 10-year, $41 million National Science Foundation-funded Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network of science museums. The Museum’s “Science Is an Activity” exhibit plan has been awarded many NSF grants and influenced science centers worldwide. Its National Center for Technological Literacy® aims to enhance knowledge of engineering and technology for people of all ages and inspire the next generation of engineers, inventors, and scientists.
We currently serve customers all across New England. With over 50 years in business, we still understand the needs and services required to satisfy our customers. We do this by offering outstanding products coupled with the highest levels of sales, service, and support. Our dedication to excellence, innovation, and support are just a few of the many things that make Arrow Paper a step above the rest! More at www.arrowpapercorp.com.
