Virginia

Located in Glen Allen, Virginia, A Thyme to Plant cultivates herbs and vegetables from their 37-acre, sixth-generation family farm. Their greenhouses produce over 300,000 herbs and vegetables a year, bringing delicious and fresh produce to neighboring communities and beyond.

Generations Cakes bakes rich, delicious mini pound cakes in Gloucester, Virginia. Marvin Townsend started the bakery after his love for baking trickled down from three generations of baking experts. He now uses top-secret recipes passed down from his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother — and adds a twist to make them his own.

George’s Seafood has been in Norfolk, Virginia, since 1995. They produce a wide variety of fresh and frozen high-quality fish.

Mac’s Smack was born after McKenzie Payne decided to make a skincare balm using ingredients she trusted. Now, Mac’s Smack makes small-batch balms in Hanover, Virginia.

To her friends and family, Crissanne Raymond is known as “the veggie burger lady,” in no small part because she founded NoBull Burger. She and her sister, Elizabeth, built the company to help people eat as close to the earth as possible without compromising quality ingredients or flavor. They use grains, lentils and veggies to create plant-based sources of protein.