In addition to a holiday ornament, our Toast the Season gift bag will feature food selections from the members of Sleeping Bear Gourmet. Please join us for Toast the Season either of two November weekends!

Sleeping Bear Gourmet (SBG) is a group of Michigan food manufacturers who strive to create food products that are best in their class and gourmet in attribute. Members aim to use locally-grown, preservative-free ingredients and to produce their goods with local labor.

Light of Day Organics is a small batch loose leaf Tea company founded by a Registered Nurse and Master Gardener. Light of Day grows, harvests & dries teas, herbs, flowers, and fruits in Leelanau County & also imports certified organic, fair trade, and biodynamic tea leaves directly from other organic and Biodynamic farmers around the world. Light of Day Organics is “Small Business of the Year” for our region 2009.

Food For Thought has a vision of treading softly on our human and natural environment, this company crafts organic and wild harvested specialty foods. Their products emphasize premium quality, low sugar, organic wine and herb-infused preserves, and includes salsas, mustards, dried fruits, and other condiments.

Naturally Nutty Nut Butters was created by a Traverse City mom on a mission, these nut butters contain hemp and flax seed and come in decadent flavors, like butter toffee, white chocolate coconut, and honey cinnamon.

Stone House Bread makes classic sourdough baguette, ciabatta and many more handcrafted breads along with cookies, scones, and pastries. We also deliver to stores throughout Western Michigan.

Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate produces truffles, puddles, caramels, bars and other chocolates that are all natural and contain many organic and other naturally grown ingredients. Visit them in Empire or online!

Higher Grounds is the Small Business of the Year for Northern Michigan and Michigan’s only 100% fair trade and organic coffee roasting company.