Hodmedod
Hodmedod was founded in 2012 by Nick Saltmarsh, Josiah Meldrum and William Hudson after they realised the absurdity of the British relationship with pulses: most of the UK’s beans are exported to the Middle East and Northern Africa, while most of the pulses consumed within the UK are imported from abroad. They decided to do something about this and started working with local producers of fava beans, a bean which has been grown in Britain since the Iron Age but little eaten here in recent centuries. After successfully bringing British-grown Fava beans to the market, with a highly favourable response from individuals, retailers and caterers, they started to explore other British varieties of beans and peas, as well as cereals like lentils, quinoa, chia and grains like naked barley.
Hodmedod works with a network of farmers to source and sell both organic and conventionally farmed peas, beans and British quinoa online and through independent retailers and farm shops.
In 2016 Hodmedod won multiple awards:
BBC Food & Farming Awards Best Producer 2017
Soil Association Boom Award 2016 - Best overall product in Pantry category
Delicious Magazine: Winner, From the Field 2016
Suffolk Greenest County - Food & Drink category 2016
Great Taste Awards - British Quinoa, Carlin Peas and Yellow Split Pea Flour, Organic Naked Barley and many other products.
