Wednesday, December 23, 2009

A Great Place to Buy Raw, Unpasteurized Almonds!

I love supporting small, family-owned businesses. Maybe I’m just a sucker for the sentimental aspect of it, but you can’t deny that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you order something from a family farm or shop. At least I can’t. Recently, I had the pleasure of ordering from one such place…

dec 23 09 417  It was during my search for truly raw, unpasteurized almonds that I came across a link to Briden Wilson Farm. According to their website (www.homegrownalmonds.com), they are “a family owned and operated almond farm in the north-central valley of California.” The real deal-breaker, however, was the price. Get this: the raw almonds are about $8 per pound—and right now you can get free shipping on all orders over $20! That is really, really good for raw, unpasteurized almonds. In fact, it’s the best I could find anywhere. And, no, they did not pay me or bribe me to do this review. It’s just one shopper to another. : )

I don’t do a lot of business over the Internet (except from Amazon and bigger retailers like that) so I was a little nervous that they would just run away with the credit card number or something—you know, all those hoaxes you hear about. Thankfully, no such thing happened. I promptly received an order confirmation and not to long after—yesterday, in fact—my box of lovely almonds came in the mail complete with a handwritten note.

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But that’s not all! Today I received a lovely Christmas e-card from them, which included a picture of their five adorable kids. This was part of the message:

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What did I say? I’m a sucker for the sentimental little touches! Cool, too, that they are Christians.

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                                         My order

I think I just found my favorite place to buy almonds!!!

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12 comments:

shannonmarie said...

Good deal. I buy mine from NaturalZing and get hand written notes, as well. I just happen to be friends with the owners. They are so genuine; some of the nicest people you'll meet.

JustAudrey said...

Thank you, Nadine! You are very kind. I too love the connection aspect of blogging. In fact, that is why I do it!

Do you have a site? I would love to visit! Best of luck on your journey to health.

Nadine Waldmann said...

Hello Audrey, I am just starting to read through your amazing site. You have such an wonderful and warming cyber voice!
I too have struggled with eating disorders most of my life. It is great to connect with kindred spirits over the internet. I wish you all the best and look forward to reading your posts! :-)

Nadine Waldmann said...

Hello Audrey, I am just starting to read through your amazing site. You have such an wonderful and warming cyber voice!
I too have struggled with eating disorders most of my life. It is great to connect with kindred spirits over the internet. I wish you all the best and look forward to reading your posts! :-)

Kathy said...

Thank you, Audrey, for this info! I just called them, they sound wonderful! I just placed my first order. I looked & "Googled" all over the place and found you. Thank you again! My own blog is here at blogspot, below. I'll probably write about this farm as well! Hope you'll visit my blog too... Have a great day!

Kathy said...

Thank you, Audrey, for this info! I just called them, they sound wonderful! I just placed my first order. I looked & "Googled" all over the place and found you. Thank you again! My own blog is here at blogspot, below. I'll probably write about this farm as well! Hope you'll visit my blog too... Have a great day!

JustAudrey said...

I'm so glad this was helpful to you! My experience was very positive with them; I hope you find the same to be true for you!

I'm going to check out your blog right now! :)

JustAudrey said...

I'm so glad this was helpful to you! My experience was very positive with them; I hope you find the same to be true for you!

I'm going to check out your blog right now! :)

Kathy said...

That's great Audrey! I need to figure out a bit more on following blogs - I'll definitely be following yours. I'm inspired by you, and am so very grateful that you shared this info. I made sure that The folks at Briden Wilson Farm knew that it was due to your wonderful review that I found them. They are just amazing! I can't wait to get the almonds... It is very difficult to find the unpasteurized ones.

I think I'm going to learn a lot from your blog! Thanks so much for your efforts!

:) Warmly,
Kath

Kathy said...

That's great Audrey! I need to figure out a bit more on following blogs - I'll definitely be following yours. I'm inspired by you, and am so very grateful that you shared this info. I made sure that The folks at Briden Wilson Farm knew that it was due to your wonderful review that I found them. They are just amazing! I can't wait to get the almonds... It is very difficult to find the unpasteurized ones.

I think I'm going to learn a lot from your blog! Thanks so much for your efforts!

:) Warmly,
Kath

Audrey said...

Briden Wilson Farms Almonds are NOT organic. To me (and many others) that defeats the purpose of buying them. I usually buy them from DimondHealth.

Audrey said...

www.threelionsfarm.com has truly raw almonds and almond flour. The best I have had by far.