🎧 The Most Delicious Olive Oil You've Never Had
...and the women behind it!
November 30, 2021 | Read Online
In Episode 128, Quinn unpacks the most delicious olive oil in the world, how it came to be, and what it means to start a food business in the age of climate change.
His guest is Aishwarya Iyer, dreamer, doer, and eternal optimist. Ash is the founder and CEO of Brightland, the new gold standard in pantry essentials. They are proponents and advocates for authenticity and transparency in the food industry, starting with olive oil.
There are something like six bajillion bottles of olive oil at your local supermarket, and that’s just the extra virgin stuff. And yet, despite the plethora of options (organic, cold-pressed, etc) you’d be hard-pressed (sorry) to find fresh, high-quality oils – ones that aren’t blended, rancid, or worse.
Thankfully, you don’t have to cross the Atlantic (and the Mediterranean) in order to find the good stuff. It’s available right in California (where for some reason we inexplicably still grow almonds)!
Ash has been hard at work extending olive branches (you’re welcome) to local family farms, getting them to buy into the mission and the message. Brightland is also branching out into sweet and sour territory with truly addictive honey and vinegar offerings AND the kids love it on Instagram.
Get to know Aishwarya, her dogs (essential), and her brand -- you can thank us later.
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Links:
- brightland.co
- Use code INI at Brightland to get 10% off anything you buy through 2021
- Last day for ground shipping before Christmas: December 13, 3 day shipping drop-dead is December 20!
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aishwarya-iyer-44112a19a
- Instagram: @helloaishwarya | @wearebrightland
- brooklyndelhi.com
- burlapandbarrel.com
There's nothing quite like nourishing the people you love (and even sometimes your enemies) with delicious, healthy food. Knowing where the ingredients come from and that the workers behind them are treated well mean everything to me. So I hope you love this conversation as much as I do.
Thanks for being here, for listening, and of course, thanks for giving a shit.
-- Quinn
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