Meet the Maker

Prohibition Popcorn is gluten-free, nut-free and contains a hint of whiskey in every batch. As it turns out, popcorn and whiskey together are pure magic.  When Melanie Overby and Rodney Thompson of Two Thompsons catering were asked to create a special...

Liz Craig and Dawn Craig, sisters-in-law, created Nola Granola after teaming up to create a better granola.  Nola Snack Co. was soon founded to use all natural ingredients to create high-quality, delicious snacks. Based in Nashville, the company is named...

The Nashville Jam Company was started by Cortney and Gary Baron after having more fruits and vegetables than they could handle from their own garden.  They started making strawberry jalapeno jam, peach habanero jam, and six pepper jelly and giving...

Olive & Sinclair is Tennessee’s only bean-to-bar stoneground chocolate maker.  Every bar of chocolate is hand crafted in Nashville from slow-roasted and stone ground single origin beans and combined with brown sugar for a unique flavor. Although they started with...

Bongo Java Roasting Co. is Nashville’s first certified organic coffee roaster and Bongo Java coffeehouse is the oldest coffeeshop in the city, opening in March of 1993.  Bob Bernstein and a group of local investors opened Bongo Java as a...

In 2012, Eileen and James Ray made a drastic move from New York City to a rural farm just outside of Nashville to follow their dreams. Their mission in farming was to start with the raw land, add as few...

Co-Founders, Kyle McCollom and Chris Cole were inspired to create Everly when they were students at Vanderbilt University.  Kyle took an adventurous outdoor trip and saw a need for a sustainable drink mix that was free from artificial ingredients.  While...

Most people in the South know that GooGoo Cluster’s have been around for a long time, but it’s a little known fact that the GooGoo Cluster is actually the world’s first ever combination candy bar, invented in 1912 at the...

Grab the Gold bars are a gluten free whole food energy snack bar that will keep you fueled throughout the day. Danielle Ontiveros created them from scratch when she was just 16 years old after searching for a better tasting,...

Colt’s Chocolates in Nashville, Tennessee is a local favorite.  Mackenzie’s career and her love of Nashville started in the Music business.   As a young housewife, she used to love cooking, but dreamed of singing on stage one day.  Soon she...

Sweet Meat Jerky was started by a college student on a mission to create organic jerky that fills you with healthy energy and makes you feel amazing.  George Livingston founded the company with the help of a Kickstarter campaign in...

Oh Just Dandy was created by Jill Hickman.  Originally a New York native, the South stole her heart and she now lives in East Nashville with her own sweet family.  Jill established Oh Just Dandy as her own small business...