Pickled Planet was started in 2002 by Courtlandt Jennings, in Ashland, OR. With a desire to make the best fermented products, the offer of a free kitchen, and plenty of local produce, Courtlandt started making tasty sauerkraut.
Our Mission
Our mission is to produce and sell lacto-fermented foods with a brand that inspires humanity and raises awareness of their importance in out diet.
Our Vision
Our vision is to help return balance to our living systems. By providing a real living wage to employees; buying produce direct from farmers, when ever we can; providing lacto-ferments to our customers; diverting waste streams out of landfills, using 100% organic ingredients, offering bulk options; and most of all by building our business model around what helps even if it costs more.
Why Are We Here?
Pickled Planet is a response to our modern world and its “diet gone mad” on hyper processed and pasteurized food. We are in pursuit of balance between our species, our ecosystems, and the business community.
The way we see it, if microscopic lactic acid bacteria can bridge the gap from atmosphere, to barrel, to our guts, then we can bridge the gap between the bottom line and the planetary brine.