BRFV is the home production facility for a wide variety of entrepreneurs. Click on the links below to view caterers and packaged specialty food producers:
Products are also available at stores in Asheville such as Greenlife Grocery, EarthFare, Ingles and Grove Corner Market. If you don't see them in your favorite store, ask for them!
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Specialty Food Producers
Appalachian Ginseng Farm
Contact: Richard Bonsteel & Gary Carnes
jimmylandry2@gmail.com
828-669-4299
Ginseng extracts and honey made from sustainably grown Carolina Black ginseng.
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Bamboo Ladies
Contact: Carla Squires
carla@bambooladies.com
(919) 369-1944
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Delicious bamboo shoot pickles, like you've never tasted!!
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El Molinito
Contact: Enrique Sandoval
mexicake@bellsouth.net
828-694-1098
An old family recipe can now be your secret ingredient for red or green moles. No more plain old chicken on your table.
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Fire From The Mountain
Contact: Peter & Dorene Jankowski
hotsauce@firefromthemountain.com
828-297-7956
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Hot sauces and salsa made in small batches with home-grown and smoked chilie peppers.
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Fisher Farms
Contact: Dane & Maria Fisher
maria@acatysmoof.com
704-239-1719
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Heirloom tomato sauces like tomatoes are supposed to taste.
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Imladris Farm
Contact: Walter & Wendy Harrill
info@imladrisfarm.com
828-628-9377
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"Shhh…hear that? Songbirds courting in the raspberry canes? Or the heavy silence of snowflakes slowly blanketing the blueberry bushes? Perhaps the early morning songs of berry pickers, harvesting before the mid-day heat? At any time of year, a visit to Imladris Farm is an adventure of flavor and a chance to rejoin the age-old cycle of seasons."
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Lotus Chips
Contact: Jane Burns & Harriett Kinard
info@lotuschips.com
800-213-4522
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Seasoned snack chips that taste as delicious as their packaging looks!
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Lusty Monk
Contact: Kelly Davis
keldavis@verizon.net
828-775-6655
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Hot mustards for you to enjoy!
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Salsa's Mexican-Carribean Restaurant
Contact: Hector Diaz & Nathan Snider
salsamexicancarr@bellsouth.net
828-252-9805
Hot sauce and fresh salsas from their award-winning restaurant in downtown Asheville, now available to enjoy at home.
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Theros Olive Oils
Contact: Niko Theros
niko@therosoliveoil.com
(828) 243-5882
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Authentic Greek olive oil bottled at BRFV!
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UliManaMana
Contact: Theresa Green
ulimanamana@yahoo.com
828-713-3469
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Raw cocoa-based superfoods, hot chocolate mixes & truffles will forever banish chocolate-lovers guilt. It really is GOOD for you--high in anti-oxidants and natural mood elevators.
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Viable Cultures
Contact: Brian Moe
info@viablecultures.com
828-768-7931
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Viable Cultures offers delicious, hand-made, naturally-fermented foods, made with locally and organically-grown ingredients. Products include raw, lacto-fermented vegetables (aka. sauerkrauts, kimchis), fresh tempeh (cultured bean patty), and kombucha (fermented tea).
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Directions
Driving directions from I-40 west bound or east bound: Take Exit 44. At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp, turn right (south on 19/23). Go to the fourth traffic light and turn left on Sand Hill Road. Go to the second entrance on the left and turn into the campus. The Haynes Conference Center will be on your right and Blue Ridge Food Ventures in the Incubator Building on your left.
Blue Ridge Food Ventures
Testimonial
AdvantageWest and Blue Ridge Food Ventures enabled me to turn my idea for a business into a reality. You Rock!
Leslie Suber
Owner
Sadie’s Caribbean Fish Cakes
Testimonial
Using Blue Ridge Food Ventures, I was able to move quickly to get my award-winning product from testing to full production in just a year.
Ricardo Fernandez
Owner
Chef Ricardo's Authentic Appalachian Tomato Sauces
Mary Lou Surgi
, Executive Director
Blue Ridge Food Ventures
1461 Sand Hill Road
Candler, NC 28715
ph. 828-348-0128
fx. 828-348-0486
Email Mary Lou Surgi
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