It’s often a long 20-hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Portland, Oregon. But for Lani Raider, founder and creator of NOBULL Specialty Foods, the journey took twenty years.  Lani was a small child when she first helped prepare the family meals in her grandmother’s kitchen in Los Angeles. Cutting, chopping, and slicing were all […]

Have you ever sampled the delicious Somalian food that Khadro Abdi brings each week to the Hollywood Farmers Market? Her company Alleamin Products LLC. is dedicated to bringing fresh Somalian sauces, food, and culture to the Pacific NW.  Translated as “Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful”, the word Alleamin is part of Khadro’s daily prayer.  She […]

What do an IT consultant, a military ranking, and Assam tea have in common? Not much – unless you are One Stripe Chai Co., owned and operated by Farah Jesani and Joshua Weinberg. How it all got started: Farah was raised in Atlanta, Georgia by two parents who had immigrated to the United States from […]

One of Hollywood Farmers Market’s newest arrivals is The Fermentista, a great source for live, cultured, and enzyme-rich foods. Owner and creator Sarah Pesout grew up on a homestead in the foothills of Calaveras County in Northern California where canning and preserving the garden bounty were part of summer rituals. She learned first-hand that locally-grown […]

For the past three years, Bliss Nut Butters has been a welcome presence at the Hollywood Farmers Market. Over eight years ago, Daniell Bliss and her husband created these delicious and nutritious nut butters. As a triathlete, Daniell needed something that would give her sustained energy without making her sick. While most of the sports […]