The Organic Dish – Customers and the press talk about how our healthy, organic food has helped them succeed

The Organic Dish is an organic meal prep (a.k.a.
make–your–own–meal or make–and–take) service where you can easily create multiple family–sized
organic dinners to take home. Follow the easy cooking instructions and quickly enjoy delicious, nourishing home cooked meals (for
vegetarians and omnivores). If you don’t feel like doing your own meal prep we’ll do it for you and have your organic
dinner kits ready for pick up (or delivery within Boulder county)

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In the news

3/03/2010: Toby gets shifty eyed as he explains what we do during an interview for Portfolio magazine.
11/01/2009: Our friend Barr Hogan of Flavorista posted a short video of Beckie explaining what we do.
08/26/2009: Information diet: Local restaurants use social media to attract, retain customers – Beckie gains fame (but no fortune) through a big article in The Daily Camera.
08/04/2009: Intrepid Entrepreneurs: The Organic Dish – Bob Wells from the Boulder Reporter finally found us and wrote a nice profile.
08/02/2009: – Examiner reporter Corrie Romine writes a nice profile of The Organic Dish.
07/30/2009: Small Business Finding Room To Grow – an article and short video by Denver Channel7 News about surviving (and thriving) during the recession.
07/13/2009: Healthy Ideas Under One Roof – an article by The Daily Camera about the winners of the CU Bard Center Business Plan Competition in Denver.
05/2009: The Organic Dish wins the "Best of the West" award (editors’ choice and readers’ choice) in the "Ready Made Dinners" category from Yellow Scene Magazine.
Spring 2009: The Organic Dish is featured as a Zero Waste Business in the Eco-Cycle Times.
3/4/2009: Blogger Julie Gerber gives us her two cents on some of our meals.
3/3/2009: Healthy Discovery – a review of two meals on healthydiscoveries.com.
2/18/2009: Healthy Instant Dinners from Local Company – a review of several vegetarian meals on denverpost.com.
1/26/2009: BIC Graduates Thrive In Down Economy – an article in The Boulder County Business Report on several businesses that recently graduated from the Boulder Innovation Center.
12/2008: Do-it-Yourself Dinners – an article in QSR Magazine about the meal preparation industry and how The Organic Dish offers "stand out food" by catering to different dietary needs.
Fall 2008: Dirty Aprons and Flying Spatulas – an article about private parties in the corporate world. The Organic Dish is mentioned as THE place for private parties in Boulder.
8/15/2008: Eco-Cycle facilitates ’zero waste’ for businesses – an article in the Boulder County Business Report that mentions The Organic Dish as a ’zero waste’ business that composts and recycles, in addition to recycling Ziploc bags through CHARM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials).
1/31/2008: Outsourcing Home Cooking – a short article on time.com about the meal preparation industry which mentions The Organic Dish. OK, it’s only the following 17 words, but still, it’s on time.com: "…going upscale: Colorado’s Organic Dish, which focuses on local ingredients, has entrées such as Halibut en Papillote."
1/3/2008: From Your Kitchen To Mine – an article in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine about how meal prep companies can help during kitchen remodels. The Organic Dish is highlighted as the only truly organic option.
9/26/2007: Dinner is Served! Meal Preparation Companies Taste Tested – a review of different make-your-own-meal companies in the Denver/Boulder area in Kids’ Pages Family Magazine (please scroll down ¾^ths of the page when you click the link, or take a look at just the review for The Organic Dish)
5/16/2007: In the 5280 Magazine "Table Talk" newsletter: Beckie and Toby Hemmerling have introduced Organic Dish, a meal preparation service where shoppers can purchase multiple family-sized entrees, or assemble meals themselves at the Hemmerling’s professional kitchen in Boulder. While take away food is nothing new, a focus on sustainable ingredients is: Approximately 85% of what the Hemmerling’s use is raised sustainably or certified organic, like produce from local growers such as Red Wagon Organic and Toohey Farms.
5/12/2007: 15–Second Pitch: The Organic Dish – a VERY short overview in The Daily Camera with a nice comment from one of our customers
4/25/2007: Dishing up organic meals in bunches – an article in the Boulder County Business Report on The Organic Dish
4/10/2007: To market, to market – a short story in The Daily Camera on the new vendors for the Boulder Farmers’ Market