The Gold Seal

This year, the Good Food Awards will be recognizing a select
group of winners with a Gold Seal. While all winners are on the path
towards sustainability, and far beyond where the majority of their industry
lies, some of these pioneers have reached the stage of full, certified
organic status while also leading on taste and social responsibility. The
Good Food Awards Gold Seal will honor them for being the gold standard,
and showing all of us that it can be done.

Gold Seal Winners 2012

Beer

Hopworks Urban Brewery, Abominable Winter Ale & Hopworks IPA Oregon
New Belgium Brewing, Mothership Wit Colorado

Cheese

Garden Variety Cheese, Black Eyed Susan & Hollyhock California
Saint Benoit Yogurt, Organic Yogurt Cheese California

Chocolate

Fresco Chocolate, 214 Madagascar 74% Washington
Lillie Belle Farms, Perfect Illusion 65 Oregon
Theo Chocolate, Theo and Jane Goodall 70% Dark Chocolate Washington

Coffee

Broadway Café and Roasting Company, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Missouri
Counter Culture Coffee, Buna Ababa – Haru North Carolina
Equator Coffees & Teas, Ethiopia Watadera FTO California
Gimme! Coffee, Colombia Finca San Luis New York
Kickapoo Coffee, Organic Biloya Yirgacheffe Wisconsin
Klatch Coffee Inc., Ethiopia Worka California
Noble Coffee Roasting, Colombia Finca San Luis Oregon

Pickles

Emmy’s Pickles and Jams, Turmeric Cauliflower California
Firefly Kitchens, Cortido Sauerkraut Washington
Real Pickles, Organic Garlic Dill Pickles Massachusetts
Sour Puss Pickles, Ramps New York

Preserves

Sweet Creek Foods, Organic Raspberry Fruit Spread Oregon
The Orchard at Flathead Lake, Organic Blushing Tart Cherry Jam Montana

Spirits

Cascade Peak Spirits, Inc., Organic Nation Vodka Oregon
Death’s Door Spirits, White Whiskey Wisconsin
Marian Farms, Ltd., California Pisco California
Peak Spirits, CapRock Gin & CapRock Vodka Colorado
Square One Organic Spirits, Organic Vodka Idaho