Celebrate Women’s History Month with local producers

March is Women’s History Month, providing an opportunity to highlight some of PCC’s extraordinary farmers and producers.

Year-round, you can find their products on our shelves and learn more about some through PCC’s Inclusive Trade Program. For just a sampling, though, don’t miss:

Firefly Kitchens

Owner Julie O’Brien wants to make fermented foods a daily part of a healthy diet. Her dedication to the products — naturally fermented, certified organic, raw and vegan — is a passionate quest as much as a business. See more here.

Frankie & Jo’s

Autumn Martin and Kari Brunson showed that vegan ice cream could be as good or better than its dairy counterparts. In addition to Frankie & Jo’s creative and seasonal flavors, they operate the company as a certified B-Corp, making ice cream a vehicle for change. See more here.

Gourmondo

Alissa Leinonen, a fourth-generation Seattleite, founded the business as a tiny cafe in Pike Place Market in 1996. The company, which produces grab-and-go sandwiches for PCC stores, has evolved right along with the city. See more here.

Hot Mama Salsa

Nikki Guerrero adapted her grandmother’s recipes into a spicy success story — Hot Mama Salsa, a full range of salsas and hot sauces. The creator says “You can write the history of the world through peppers.” See more here.

Karachi Kitchen

Through spice blends, a cookbook and cooking classes, Kausar Ahmed brought the flavors of her home in Pakistan to Seattle kitchens. Working with her daughter and her own mother, she sought to tell the story of the diverse city in which she grew up through the flavors of her family’s kitchen. See more here.

Molly Moon Ice Cream

When Molly Moon Neitzel came to Seattle, artisan ice cream shops were almost unheard of in our rainy region. She’s led a frosty renaissance showing that sustainable, ethical businesses can thrive. Read more.

Tieton Farm & Creamery

There’s “a little bit of magic” and a lot of science and hard work behind these wondrous cheeses. Owners Ruth and Lori Babcock, the farmer and cheesemaker, know the animals who produced the milk and who loaned their names to each variety of cheese. See more here.

Wunderground

Seattle entrepreneur Jody Hall used her decades of local experience to found this company blending coffee with adaptogenic mushroom extracts. As with all her businesses, she’s looking to inspire “profound human connection.” See more here.

Female farmers

Audra Mulkern’s work literally puts women back in the picture. See this Sound Consumer article on Mulkern’s Female Farmer Project, and more about her “Women’s Work” documentary here.