Naga Bakehouse will donate 10% of sale from Vermatzah to VFB
March 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Naga Bakehouse Will Donate
10% Of Sales From Vermatzah
To The Vermont Foodbank
Looking for a modern twist on a traditional Passover Matzah?
Naga Bakehouse of Middletown Springs Vermont is offering a handmade, wood-fired artisan Matzah made with local Vermont wheat, for Passover. For a limited time you can find Vermatzah in Manchester at Israel Congregation, New Morning Natural Foods and the Northshire Bookstore and in Rutland at the Rutland Jewish Center and the Rutland Natural Food Market (The Co-op). Also available in Burlington at City Market and Fresh Market on Pine Street, in Middlebury at the Food Co-op, in Putney at the Food Co-op and in Vergennes at Fat Hen. Naga Bakehouse will donate 10% of all sales of Vermatzah to the Vermont Foodbank.
The Vermont Foodbank has network partners located in communities throughout the state, connecting 66,000 Vermonters to the charitable food system. In 2006 the Vermont Foodbank joined forces with Foodworks to establish the first Foodbank farm in Vermont at the Two Rivers Center in Montpelier to grow and distribute high quality, locally grown, fresh produce to Vermonters in need.
The Vermatzah Story:
Following the journey of our ancestors from the desert to the Green Mountain Hills of Naga Bakehouse we strive to re-connect the food we eat with the story of where it comes from. At Naga Bakehouse - Natural Grain Alchemy, we plant, grow, harvest, mill, and bake our matzah from our own organic grains or gather the Vermont wheat from local farmers. We meticulously guard the entire process from the planting of the wheat to the harvesting and baking of our authentic wood-fired round Matzah. We then infuse the 5,000 year old tradition of baking Matzah by the open fire in small, handmade batches.
Why Round? For the past 5,000 years, Matzah was hand shaped, irregular. It wasn’t until modern mechanization in the late 1800’s that Matzah became uniform and square with a recognizable pattern. Vermatzah is eco-kosher, connecting modern ecology with ancient dietary laws and ethical standards about food production, preparation and eating from the Green Mountain State.
Vermatzah offers foodies and localvores interested in healthy eating,
sustainable agriculture and locally grown foods a tasty alternative!
Matzah, an ancient round unleavened bread is a symbol of freedom, simplicity and the return of spring - a metaphor for getting back to the basics. Eating locally made Vermatzah at your Passover Seder is, in the words of Wendell Berry, “an agricultural act. It provides inspiration for making the kind of food choices that lead to a more sustainable lifestyle and a healthy working landscape.” Passover is the festival of Spring and of freedom - symbolizing the renewal of nature and of the human heart. This holiday is a wonderful time to reconnect with the land, to observe the rebirth of nature, to sow the seeds of spring and to partake in the renewed sprouting of the body, the mind and the landscape. To add a touch of Spring, Naga Bakehouse has included some Vermont wheat berries in each box of Vermatzah. Plant them in a pot on your sunny windowsill or direct sow in your garden and harvest in the fall! For more information contact Naga Bakehouse at (802) 325-3596 or by e-mail at nagabake@vermontel.net.
