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'''True Leaf Market''' is an certified organic|organic seed company|seed and horticulture|horticultural company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It markets under various brands, the largest of which is Mountain Valley Seed Company. As one of the major seed suppliers in Utah, True Leaf Market specializes in supplying non-GMO seeds, microgreen supplies, and wheatgrass supplies.<ref name=catalyst/>
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'''True Leaf Market''' is an certified organic seed and horticultural company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It markets under various brands, the largest of which is Mountain Valley Seed Company. As one of the major seed suppliers in Utah, True Leaf Market specializes in supplying non-GMO seeds, microgreen supplies, and wheatgrass supplies.<ref name=catalyst/>
  
 
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''Handy Pantry Sprouting'' provides sprouting products.<ref name=HandyPantry/> Handy Pantry has been providing organic sprouting seeds and sprouting supplies for over 40 yeasr,<ref name=HandyPantry/>  while Handy Pantry Distribution has been supplying retailers for over 25 years.<ref>[https://www.trueleafmarket.com/pages/handy-pantry-wholesale-information Handy Pantry wholesale information]</ref>
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Products sold under True Leaf Market's Handy Pantry brand include the following.<ref name=HandyPantry/>
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*Sprouting Kits
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*Organic sprouting seeds
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*Seed sprouters
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*Organic Sprouting Seed Assortments
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*Seed Assortments
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*Sprouting supplies
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*Sprouting Supplies
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*Wheatgrass Kits (for customers to grow their own wheatgrass)
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*wheatgrass juicers (to make wheatgrass juice)
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*Sprouting books and media
  
 
===Wheatgrass Kits===
 
===Wheatgrass Kits===

Revision as of 19:13, 12 April 2019

True Leaf Market
Type Private
Founded Logan, Utah (1974) by Demetrios Agathangelides
Headquarters
Key peopleRobb Baumann, Lance Heaton, Kaitlin Jones, and Parker Garlitz (company owners)[1][2]
Area servedworldwide
IndustryHorticulture, Agriculture
Productsseeds, microgreens, gardening supplies, sprouting supplies, fermenting and home canning supplies
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True Leaf Market is an certified organic seed and horticultural company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It markets under various brands, the largest of which is Mountain Valley Seed Company. As one of the major seed suppliers in Utah, True Leaf Market specializes in supplying non-GMO seeds, microgreen supplies, and wheatgrass supplies.[1]

History

True Leaf Market was founded as Mountain Valley Seed Company in Logan, Utah in 1974[3] by Demetrios Agathangelides, a Greek Americans|Greek-American plant geneticist at Utah State University who was doing research on plant varieties adapted to environments with high altitudes and short growing seasons.[1] The company has since grown and merged with other companies, and has been renamed as True Leaf Market.[4] As of 2014, True Leaf Market is owned and managed by Robb Baumann, Lance Heaton, Kaitlin Jones, and Parker Garlitz.[1][2] Today, True Leaf Market remains as one of the few hundred independently owned seed company|seed companies in the United States, due to mass consolidation of seed companies by giant agribusinesses taking place over the decades.[1]

Leadership

Kaitlin Jones, co-CEO
Lance Heaton, co-CEO
Parker Garlitz, co-CEO
Robb Baumann, co-CEO

The co-CEOs of True Leaf Market are currently:[5]

  • Robb Baumann
  • Lance Heaton
  • Kaitlin Jones
  • Parker Garlitz

Brands

True Leaf Market brands include the following.[3]

  • Mountain Valley Seed Company
  • Handy Pantry Sprouting[6] (sprouting supplies)
  • Wheatgrass Kits[7] (wheatgrass supplies)
  • Bloom Master[8] (hanging baskets and other growing supplies)
  • Stack and Grow[9]
  • Living Whole Foods
  • Trellis + Co.[10] (fermenting supplies)

Mountain Valley Seed Company

Mountain Valley Seed Company, the oldest True Leaf Market brand, was originally founded in 1974.[3]

Handy Pantry Sprouting

Handy Pantry Sprouting provides sprouting products.[6] Handy Pantry has been providing organic sprouting seeds and sprouting supplies for over 40 yeasr,[6] while Handy Pantry Distribution has been supplying retailers for over 25 years.[11]

Products sold under True Leaf Market's Handy Pantry brand include the following.[6]

  • Sprouting Kits
  • Organic sprouting seeds
  • Seed sprouters
  • Organic Sprouting Seed Assortments
  • Seed Assortments
  • Sprouting supplies
  • Sprouting Supplies
  • Wheatgrass Kits (for customers to grow their own wheatgrass)
  • wheatgrass juicers (to make wheatgrass juice)
  • Sprouting books and media

Wheatgrass Kits

WheatgrassKits.com, now part of TrueLeafMarket.com, provides kits for growing wheatgrass.[7]

Bloom Master

Bloom Master is a True Leaf Market brand that includes hanging baskets and many other types of growing supplies.

Stack and Grow

Stack and Grow features specialized growing supplies that allow plants to be stacked.[9]

Living Whole Foods

Living Whole Foods

Trellis + Co.

Trellis + Co. provides fermenting equipment and kits.[10]

Products

True Leaf Market products include:[12]

  • Non-GMO seeds (for planting flowers, vegetables, herbs, cover crops, etc.)[12][13]
  • Sprouting seeds for growing microgreens and other vegetables and plants[14]
  • Kits for microgreens (leaf vegetable|vegetable green, harvested after sprouting as shoots)[15]
  • Wheatgrass seeds, kits, juicers, and supplies[7]
  • Gardening supplies: fertilizers, composting supplies, greenhouses, growing equipment, etc.
  • Mason jar accessories, including fermenting kits[10], home canning|canning supplies, and sprouting lids[6]

The company also sells its products with major retailers and wholesalers, including Costco.[16]

Community engagement

Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta

One of True Leaf Market's brands, Mountain Valley Seed Company, hosts the annual Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta at Oquirrh Lake in South Jordan, Utah every October.[17]

Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship

True Leaf Market also offers scholarships opportunities for students,[18] including the Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Pioli, Katherine (March 1, 2014). "Utah's Mountain Valley Seed Company". Catalyst Magazine.
  2. ^ a b <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"True Leaf Market". Utah's Own (Utah Department of Agriculture and Food).
  3. ^ a b c True Leaf Market company information
  4. ^ Mountain Valley Seed Company
  5. ^ https://catalystmagazine.net/utah-s-mountain-valley-seed-company/
  6. ^ a b c d e Handy Pantry
  7. ^ a b c WheatgrassKits.com
  8. ^ Bloom Master
  9. ^ a b Stack & Grow planters
  10. ^ a b c Trellis + Co.
  11. ^ Handy Pantry wholesale information
  12. ^ a b <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Hernandez, Rebecca Ory (September 11, 2015). "Good Seeds". Devour Utah.
  13. ^ Mountain Valley Seed
  14. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Growing Microgreens and Sprouts Part 3: Growing and Eating". KUED (Utah State University).
  15. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Stephenson, Kathy (February 18, 2011). "Microgreens: Harvest for all seasons". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  16. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Roseboro, Ken (December 28, 2015). "Non-GMO trend hits the seed industry". The Organic & Non-GMO Report.
  17. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Gardiner, Jen (October 20, 2018). "Thousands show up for annual Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta in South Jordan". ABC 4.
  18. ^ True Leaf Market Scholarship (Pennsylvania State University)
  19. ^ True Leaf Market scholarships

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