Burlap & Barrel: Single Origin Spices
World Maker Faire 2017
MAKER
Ethan Frisch
Ethan Frisch is an activist entrepreneur around issues of food innovation and fair supply chains. A former pastry chef and international aid worker, he has lived and worked around the world. He is the founder of the spice company Burlap & Barrel.
Burlap & Barrel sources unique, beautiful directly from small spice farms around the world for American cooks, and supports entrepreneurial spice farmers around the world who are challenging the commodity model of the spice trade.
What inspired you to make this project?:
As a former chef, I appreciate incredible ingredients grown by innovative, creative farmers, and as a former aid worker, I appreciate the impact that additional income can have on small farming communities around the world. Burlap & Barrel grew out of the need for faster, fairer supply chains to connect smallholder spice farmers around the world with cooks in the US who care about where and how their food is grown.
