Shrub Farm and Apple State Vinegar

Specialty Food Artisan

Whatcom County, WA 98229

Shrub Farm and Apple State Vinegar

Specialty Food Artisan

About

Josh and Tomo met in 2009 while studying massage in Maui beneath the waving palm trees. Both foodies at heart, the pair turned their attention to experimenting with new flavors and studying food culture.
On a fateful trip to Japan to visit family, Josh and Tomo tasted a delicious drink made by Tomo’s mother. The blueberry vinegar beverage combined the sweetness of berries and the sourness of vinegar to create the most refreshing, balanced beverage they could imagine. Inspired, they returned to Maui and began making their own shrub. With encouragement from mixologists and distillers, the couple started Maui Shrub Farm in 2016.
In 2017 their Northwest roots drew them back to Bellingham, Washington, where they began Cascade Shrub Farm. Today, the two branches have merged to become the one-and-only Shrub Farm. Shrub Farm has created seven unique delicious flavors of shrub by partnering with organic farms in Washington State and Maui, Hawaii.
Motivated by the land and sea they love, Josh and Tomo started a new company in 2019, Apple State Vinegar with a mission to give 6% of all profits back to marine wildlife. Apple State Vinegar is a raw apple cider vinegar made from 100% organic Washington State apples.
Apple State Vinegar Web: https://www.applestatevinegar.com/
Apple State Vinegar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/applestatevinegar/
Apple State Vinegar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/applestatevinegar/

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Certifications

USDA Organic

Location

Bellingham, WA

Manager

Josh and Tomo
Tomo earned her three year certificate in Japan as a nationally certified chef. She has an alcohol allergy and shrub is the best drink option for her free-spirited lifestyle. Josh studied food preservation and manufacturing process control at The University of California, Davis.

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