Cōpow Foods

How it started. How it’s going… I don’t just build businesses, I create beauty. I take what’s ugly and make it desirable. Buildings. Food systems. Doesn’t matter what it is. I set my mind to changing it and nothing stops me. How do you create change? One day at a time. Without hesitation. Without questioning yourself. Silencing the doubters. Not taking no for an answer. Accepting no bullshit excuses. Believing you can. Not bad progress for 18 months huh? Can I create the largest food company for good in the world? Hold my beer…metaphorically (I don’t drink;) Boise, ID January 2026 Bend, OR Q2 2026 NYC late 2026

I took my first trip to Europe in 2002. It was the year my daughter Kathryn passed away and I couldn’t get far enough away from the pain I was feeling at home. Italy seemed a perfect respite. I instantly fell in love. The people, the architecture, the art and mostly the food. At home, digging in the dirt and gardening, along with teaching myself to cook and moving my body through exercise were the ingredients to healing my broken heart. Little did I know where that journey would lead me. Why should Europeans have access to and a wholesome relationship with beautiful, real food yet we Americans can’t? Well we can, and we will because I’m building it. Food grown in soil rich with nutrients brings with it an abundance of light and life. Vibrant colors, vitamins and minerals, all we need to live a brighter life. Food this vibrant also brings with it joy, community and fulfillment. What started as an idea to bring real food in a convenient fashion to fit our modern lifestyle has quickly morphed into more than I could’ve dreamed. Relationships with farmers who are dedicated to rebuilding our soil. Nutritionists, doctors, chefs, ranchers and more, all becoming new friends and helping build a community who is grateful for where their food comes from. I have been traveling to Europe for 20+ years and those travels are the basis for what I am building at Cōpow. European style grocery stores with your daily staples, farm fresh seasonal produce and nothing you’d find in the middle of an American grocery store. With home cooked meals everyone can enjoy, without having the time to do it all themselves. Cafés where you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time and onto another continent. Flour milled by @molinoverrini in Capri, Italy for over 100 years. 100 year old sourdough starter gives birth to all our bread and cinnamon rolls. Coffee that rivals my favorite cup in Florence. No digital menus. No apps. Just real people and real food. Who would’ve known that first trip 23 years ago would spark the mission to build a new kind of food company in the U.S. From my family, who hopes you feel the love of food we are sharing. Opening soon: Boise, ID & Bend, OR NYC late 2026

How do we bring down food prices? You buy high quality organic and regenerative food and you encourage all your friends to do the same. Food costs come down when there is a strong enough market for it. Why is junk food cheap? Sadly because there is a larger market for it than there is high quality real food. All of us have to work together to change it. When I founded Cōpow Foods, it was to join the hand of the regenerative farmer and the consumer. To bring the highest quality, purist food to everyone in a convenient way that matches our modern lifestyle. I travel the country meeting farmers, meeting investors and meeting consumers. We all want the same thing…better food at better prices. Farmers are doing their part to change to regenerative farming. Investors want to support better food but until there is a massive market for it, they don’t put money into this system because the returns are too unpredictable. That’s where the consumer must step up. We demanded unlimited food options and cheap food. That’s exactly what we got and it destroyed our health and our soil. It is now our responsibility to change it. But farmers and food companies like Cōpow Foods cannot do it without all of you. Buy high quality, real food. Support farmers and buy local. And tell all of your friends and family to do the same. We cannot do it without you. We all have a right to real food but we have to support the systems trying to fix our broken food system.

What makes Cōpow Foods different? We are unwavering food purists. If it’s not in season, it’s not in our food. Beyond organic. No seed oils. No preservatives. No emulsifiers. No added colors or flavors. NO FAKE FOOD ALLOWED. We are teaching people what it means to eat real food. And that means you can’t have whatever you want whenever you want it, because that’s not how nature works. We don’t force nature to provide us something she doesn’t give during that season. We take what nature gives us, and we make it delicious.