Firefly Kitchens

Specialties

Producers of organic, naturally fermented foods.

History

Established in 2010.

We started Firefly Kitchens in 2010 bringing our collective knowledge and passion together to create a line of naturally fermented products. For almost a year we used regular kitchen tools, rental kitchen space, and ceramic crocks to ferment small batches of kraut that we sold at local farmers’ markets. After that start-​up year, we moved into our own commercial kitchen space with fermentation tanks many times the size of our former crocks.

Support from Whole Foods Market’s Local Producer Loan Program allowed us to take the next steps toward growth and expansion, and we spent 2012 scaling up our production to meet the new and growing needs of local and regional stores.

By the end of 2013, we had successfully quadrupled our sales and distribution. Now in 2015, we’re sending our products off to retail locations throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and western Canada.