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It started with a five-year-old's ambitions
In 2006, at the age of five-years-old, young entrepreneur Troy Walsh was to start a home-school project at his local Farmer's Market. But, Troy had other idea's for this home-school project.
He intended to start a full-time business from it. From that day forward he has stayed true to his focus and today, it is called Chickapea Farms, LLC.
Eco-friendly, product life-cycle management
The steps we take to be better stewards of the planet
- Green product and packaging design
- Resource renewable materials from MI suppliers using green processes
- Standardize our own production using green processes
- Use of renewable materials for product packaging
- Use of renewable materials for shipping requirements that can be composted or repurposed
- Consumer product use; non-toxic for body, home environment and planet
- End of product and its packaging life disposal - Compost, Repurpose, Recycle
Reaching for the Stars
Good Standing
Locally Sourced
Earth Friendly
We have taken great pride in maintaining age-old Artisan values and traditions with no compromise in quantity. We honestly bring a product to market worth the consumer's hard earned money.
Earth Friendly
Locally Sourced
Earth Friendly
So as not to harm Mother Earth, we consciously focus on using the most renewable resources and greenest processes to keep a low carbon footprint from start to finish for each of our product's existence.
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
We believe in local supporting local. We buy local. We sell local. If not harvested from our own land, then we scrutinize sources in the sequence of: our home area within Michigan, the rest of Michigan, the Midwest.
Loving Hands
Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
We source from Michigan farms that are conscious of their carbon footprint, have ethical practices, and prioritize animal welfare and humane care for their livestock, treating them as beloved pets. All are also no-kill farms.
HandcraftedBy Tradition
HandcraftedBy Tradition
In making our products, there is no out-sourcing or mass-production machinery; just hands on, strong backbones and a lot of elbow grease to create durable, high quality, green products and packaging.
Green Packaging
HandcraftedBy Tradition
We strive to eliminate plastic and fossil fuel materials from our products and their packaging, and take the extra steps so our products and packaging can be compostable, and if not, repurposable.
Integrity, Community
At Chickapea Farms, we live by the standards we promote, committed to quality stewardship of the planet. Our integrity lies in practicing what we preach, and we are proud to be part of a like-minded community.
Comes Naturally
Even though Troy calls on his friends, family and mentors for help, he's always at the helm of Chickapea Farms, leading with love in his heart, quality on his mind! We thank you for walking a green path with us.
Compliance
- Chickapea Farms is registered as a LLC.
- State and/or federal required laws have been met for our business and products.
- Our products have lot numbers and expiration dates on the label when applicable.
- UPC and SKUs have been assigned as needed. We even have an EDI platform available if needed for retail chains.
- Directions, ingredients and/or other required information of the products has been applied as required.
- Licensing and insurances have been established.
- Electronic ordering, invoicing and payment acceptance have been configured, as well as manual or combination of
The Basics
- Our R&D was and is face-to-face with literally hundreds of thousands of people via large format expos and festivals along with hundreds of in-store market research hours. This gives us a full range of knowledge about the public's lifestyle functions, habits and expectations. It also gives us solid and extensive feedback on our products, allowing us to provide factual marketing and cross-marketing suggestions for them to you.
- All of Chickapea Farms' products are gondola to counter top presentation ready. We provide multiple wooden display configurations for Chickapea Farms' products: countertop, shelf, floor to full walk around kiosk. All displays furnished are free of charge with initial purchase of the allotted pack out.
- Shipping requirements, tracking and insurance have been established. We ship via USPS or UPS. Soon all of Chickapea Farms shipping materials will be 100% compostable with the exception of reused bubble wrap.
- We have a low minimum order requirement and free shipping available when met.
- Chickapea Farms has a history of good standing on their name. This brings customer trust and referral bringing the next sale back to you. As we say, Chickapea Farm brings the green. But for Chickapea Farms it's not just about the money but daily consciousness of doing our best to be a good steward to the planet and all of its inhabitants.
We hope to see you on our green path soon