Edison Grainery is the culmination of decades of experience and a
search for a better and healthier life. In 2009, Amy Barnes became very
sick, diagnosed with several different cancers, as well as Celiac
disease. For the next two years, husband Jeffrey became her primary
caregiver and noticed that healthful foods often came with steep prices,
--anything that had a "special" label like gluten-free, organic, green,
etc.
From his decades of work in the grain
industry, Jeffr
Edison Grainery is the culmination of decades of experience and a
search for a better and healthier life. In 2009, Amy Barnes became very
sick, diagnosed with several different cancers, as well as Celiac
disease. For the next two years, husband Jeffrey became her primary
caregiver and noticed that healthful foods often came with steep prices,
--anything that had a "special" label like gluten-free, organic, green,
etc.
From his decades of work in the grain
industry, Jeffrey knew how much the raw ingredients cost, and he could
see that the end products could be marked up 200% or more. Frustrated
that people who were trying to take care of their health and the planet
had to pay such extraordinary prices, the Barnes family founded Edison
Grainery.
In 2011, they started out very small –
renting a 9x13 foot space in a public warehouse. By the late summer of
2012, Edison Grainery was bursting at the seams in their tiny space, and
they were able to relocate into a 24,000 square foot warehouse facility
in Oakland, giving them room to move and grow! The family business is
now run by their daughter Lyndsy, who continues to bring affordable
premium organic foods to consumers.