Sean Matteson

Iggy’s, on Bainbridge Island along the south Salish Sea, celebrates local food by ‘bringing it to life’ via an all raw-fermented probiotic lineup of food & drinks. Iggy's is a fermentation house creating raw fermented krauts, beet kvass, herbal honey kombucha, live pickles, probiotic hot sauce & seasonal delicacies. We source ingredients locally from organic farms & directly from ethical producers we know & trust. We ferment all of our products in small batches using traditional methods–never using pasteurization or preservatives, ensuring that Iggy’s foods are always raw, probiotic, healthful & delicious. We delight in the double meaning of the word culture, and see the revival of traditional cultured foods as playing a primary role in reclaiming our cultural identity, remedying the modern day homogenization, sterility, and industrialization. It is our mission to serve local living culture. As Sandor Katz reminds us, "microorganisms are never found in isolation; they exist in communities.” -- “mixed cultures are the rule of nature.” It is with this in mind that we say "Alone we rot. Together we Ferment!" We are a grass-roots company run by 'plant-people' who ferment with reverence in the spirit of the old-world Green Man archetype who is also our logo. He is the mythological personification of natures' vitality, who enthusiastically proclaims, '"I am the thought of all plants!"