Hummingbird Wholesale Announced as Good Food Foundation 2022 Good Food Award Winner
Hummingbird Wholesale is thrilled to announce that they have been named a 2022 Good Food Award Winner for their Tibetan Black Barley, in the Grains category. Winners were announced Friday, January 14 in San Francisco.
Hummingbird’s Good Food Award Winning, Tibetan Black Barley is grown by Oregon Grain and Bean, on an Organic farm in Idaho. This barley, with its bran intact, retains a firm, plump texture during cooking, making it perfect in soup, stuffing and stews. It’s also great when mixed with other grains due to its contrasting chewy texture.
Hummingbird Wholesale’s Tibetan Black Barley is not their first product to win this prestigious food award. Previously, Hummingbird received the Good Food Award for their Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil (2016), Organic Awakened® Pecans(2021) and Organic Hazelnut Oil (2021). Hummingbird was also recognized as a 2022 finalist for their Awakened® Walnuts.
To mark the announcement of the Winners, both Alice Waters and René Redzepi, legendary chef of Noma, sent congratulatory videos. Speaking to the sustainability and social responsibility practices of the Winners, Redzepi noted: “I believe it is our collective efforts that can turn the tide and ensure our shared earth will survive. You are the champions of the future, and you are leading the way.”
According to Stacy Kraker, Director of Sales and Marketing, “At Hummingbird, we are committed to sourcing from regional growers for our line of Organic, farm direct products, like our Tibetan Black Barley. We ensure there is health and integrity every step of the way – from how the product is grown using Organic practices, to ensuring a fair return to the farmer who grew it, and the relationships we build with our coworkers and customers. In the end, we believe you can taste all that goodness when you enjoy our products. It is an incredible honor to be recognized by The Good Food Foundation.”
This year’s Good Food Award Winners hail from 39 states and Washington, D.C. Chosen in a blind tasting from thousands of entries before passing a further sustainability and social responsibility vetting process, nearly half of the Winners are first-time awardees. 56% of the Winners are woman-owned businesses and one in six are BIPOC-owned businesses. Across 18 categories, each recognized crafter demonstrated exceptional taste and a deep commitment to building a more sustainable, just food system.