On Monday, October `19th, I went with local business owner, Radhika Murari, in the Common Ground bus up to Maryland China Co. on an unusual mission!

Radhika is the owner of OmMade, an artisanal peanut butter company that is based here in Reston, VA and has gotten quite a lot of press recently for being awarded a grant to invest in peanut farming in Virginia, but she was in desperate need of another type of peanuts - environmentally safe, compostable packing peanuts. 

She found a vendor up in Maryland about an hour and a half away, Maryland China Co, who sells them in bulk, but Radhika needed more than her small car could hold after making two trips in the last two weeks and going through them quickly! 

So Common Ground came to the rescue! We were able to pack 16 bags onto the bus and help our community in a very cool way! In fact, as a thank you, Radhika offered to run a fundraiser for our center! She will be donating 20% of all sales through this link: http://www.ommadepb.com?aff=4 to our center!

The story of her peanut butter is a really cool one!

She was looking for a health peanut butter to feed her son. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, she started making it. But once she started, it led her to experiment with different flavors!

This peanut butter isn’t just for kids. The chocolate and coconut are my favorites so far, but my friend is obsessed with the chai nirvana!

Radhika is incredibly humble about her business, saying that it belongs to the community and giving the credit to her success freely to the people who support her. However, anyone who has met her knows it’s her passion and work ethic, coupled with the best peanut butter in existence that deserves all the credit!

Please shop here: http://www.ommadepb.com?aff=4 to support both OmMadePB and Common Ground!

If you’re attending the center, choose local pick up and you can pick it up from the Center!

-Miss Liz