ray@bpa.UUCP (RAY BENASH) (03/20/84)
I've done some research locally for you and here's the scoop: Retail source: La Bar's Natural Foods 12 N. Lansdowne Avenue Lansdowne, PA. 19050 1-215-626-3667 (Phone) I have never dealt with these people before, and am in no way affiliated with them. This is not an advertisement. I would write to you personally but you did not leave an address in your request, so I'm posting to the net. They told me they would order them from the wholesaler for you, but would only sell in a case lot of 12 to a case at $2.75 each or $33 a case. The reason for the minimum order is that they do not stock this item. Wholesale source: The Farm Summertown, Tennesee 38483 I got this address from a local cooperative, and again never dealt with or am affiliated with them. You would have to write these people to work out a deal. As per my correction to my first article, the starter for tempeh is not a bacteria, but a mold (rhizopus oligosporus). I have never made my own, so I'll also include the adress below as a wholesale source for the finished product: The Tempeh Works P. O. Box 870 Greenfield, MA 01302 My co-op sells this brand for about $2.50 a lb. (8 oz. packages), but prices in the "health food stores are as high as $4 a pound. Some more fun facts on tempeh: The the mold or culture has been traditionally grown on the leaves of the Hibiscus. Fresh tempeh contains 19.5% protein and a 4 oz. serving contains 160% of the U.S. RDA of vitamin B 12. The fermenting process makes the protein complete.