Evan Leafy Is kombucha actually healthy? Or is it simply another health fad, like coconut oil, kale, or acaí? Humans have enjoyed this fermented tea for thousands of years, starting in China and moving throughout the world. Surprisingly, given this long history of kombucha consumption, little scientific research has looked into the health effects of this drink. Clinical Studies on …
Theodora Farms Kicks Off Its Inaugural Harvest With CSA Deliveries + Drive Through Services
Theodora Farms is kicking off its inaugural season as we write this, in the strange reality that is Covid-19 Spring 2020. And while Theodora Farms may be the fresh new farm in Godfrey, Illinois, their Farm Manager Kris Larson is celebrating his sixteenth year farming. He got his start in agriculture in college in Northern California and spent time volunteering …
Runnin’ With The Devil In Juneau – CoolBot Helps Devil’s Club Brewing Company Stockpile Brews For Cruise Season
Jake Ridle is a Juneau, Alaska native who flew the coop during his “career of schooling,” earning an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts, Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and a Master’s Degree in Global Supply Chain Management before recently returning home to roost — ahem, to brew! Jake and his friends had been homebrewing as a hobby for years, even …
CoolBot Helps ORIGIN Breads Rise To Next Level
Congratulations ORIGIN Breads for making the 100 Best Bakeries in America list from Food and Wine! Kirk Smock became a baker out of necessity while living in Guyana in 2005 with his wife. In fact, his baking was inspired at her suggestion as a solution to the extreme lack of decent bread to be found anywhere. Since Kirk was working …
Sugar Hill Produce Uses 3 CoolBots To Grow Year Round Product
Sugar Hill Produce is a very special customer. They’re the proud owners of not one or two but three CoolBot coolers! Rob VanVeld took some time out of his busy farming schedule to chat with us about why CoolBot works so well for Sugar Hill Produce. Read on to find out how this farm came to life and why they’re …
Corey’s Pickles: Chillin’ Thanks to CoolBot
Corey Bellarosa began making pickles as a kiddo with his dad. Making pickles wasn’t a “huge family thing,” according to Corey. It wasn’t like his family had been making pickles for generations. However, all of his family members were huge pickle “fanatics” and they were sick of “buying crap in the store,” tells Corey, spoken like a true New Yorker. …
For the Love of Seeds – ECHO Teaches Sustainable Farming + Provides Crops to Global Network
Holly Sobetski started working with ECHO as an intern in 2005, enrolled in their fourteen month agricultural internship program for recent college graduates. The program is specifically geared towards grads who are interested in becoming development workers overseas, helping small scale farmers in second and third world countries. Holly spent five years working in Cambodia, where she mainly worked with …
John Helms Builds Custom Refrigerated Trailers Of Your Dreams
John Helms doesn’t personally own a CoolBot. But he is deeply familiar with our products, installing them regularly at his business building custom refrigerated trailers for clients at American Trailers of the Carolinas Inc. Helms’ trailers are sold all over the country, from Texas to Oregon, Pennsylvania to Illinois, and Florida to New York. “My product is really interesting,” Helms …
“Drink Wisconsinbly” – Historic Barn Venue Gets Modern Walk In Cooler Upgrade
When Carolyn Hewitt relocated to the middle-of-nowhere Wisconsin after a stranger knocked on her door and made an offer she couldn’t refuse on her family’s Southern California home, her family experienced quite the culture shock. Carolyn hadn’t really intended to move as far away as the Midwest. They’d planned on buying an oceanside home not to far from their previous …
Holy Cow! Prairie Pure Cheese Uses CoolBot To Store Tasty Products
Brian Gerloff, along with his wife Carole, is one of the managing partners of a little company called Prairie Pure Cheese, based about fifty miles outside Chicago in Belvidere, Illinois. Brian is a dairy cattle veterinarian with a PhD in Dairy Nutrition. He plays a role in advising what to feed cattle to keep them healthy, provide great tasting and large …